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Chameleon /crazy Carrie
There was an article in the paper I read recently about autistic women being chameleons and “little psychiatrists”. Did they base the...

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4 days ago2 min read
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Ch-ch-changes
The gorgeous Midland Hotel, just don't look too closely David Bowie’s song is running through my head. Life is never fixed. We stand by...

spillustrate
Mar 252 min read
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Death comes to us all
How do you say goodbye to someone you havent seen for around 30 years? Who you loved / adored as a small child but as a young adult, that...

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Mar 192 min read
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Mar 170 min read
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Margery Gill
I loved the book “A little Princess ” by Frances Hodgson Burnett when I was younger. Margery Gill illustrated the copy I read. I looked...

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Mar 72 min read
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Steps Forward
I see myself moving forward all the time. But it doesn’t mean that life gets suddenly easy and smooth. If anything life can get more...

spillustrate
Feb 272 min read
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Birthday review
Boxing helped. I thought it would be a good idea to do a review of my birthday, at least I can reread it prior to next year. Overall, it...

spillustrate
Feb 172 min read
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Pillbox bunker
I have a birthday coming up and as ever, I struggle with this. So much so that in my blanking out of birthdays I failed to ring one of my...

spillustrate
Feb 72 min read
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Fear in the night vs "crazy fighting"
I was woken by the sound of my husband knocking over a glass which smashed, in the bathroom last night. I realised what had happened, it...

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Jan 192 min read
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Post Christmas Virus?
I was glad to do a review of last year, it took me ages to read through my journal and sum it all up but it was satisfying to think of...

spillustrate
Jan 131 min read
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2024 Review
Lots of steps forward over the year, downgrading my fears into more childlike forms. 1) Fear of not being good enough Learning to be less...

spillustrate
Jan 52 min read
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Nothing stays the same
I feel that I am in a constant state of flux or change. Sometimes I wonder if I am really changing or am I just reading stuff, thinking...

spillustrate
Dec 20, 20242 min read
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Holidays, good or bad, discuss.
It’s been a long time since my last post as I’ve been away, the other side of the world in New Zealand. I’ve had a week of jet lag but am...

spillustrate
Nov 28, 20242 min read
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Out for a while
I'm going to be away for a while, back in a few weeks

spillustrate
Oct 8, 20241 min read
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Mother of all migraines and my favourite work so far.
I am just recovering from the most severe migraine I’ve had for a while. Hmmm, just after I produced my favourite series of drawings that...

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Sep 21, 20242 min read
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Parallel life if the "big bang" never happened
I’ve been finding lots of alternatives to use when I wake up with a strong fear or difficult emotion. I recently reexperienced my...

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Sep 15, 20241 min read
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Printing, parallels and metaphors
I’ve been busy doing some printing, we are going away fairly soon and creating my xmas cards is a job that I would rather not have on our...

spillustrate
Sep 6, 20242 min read
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Reflections after the visit and other things
Well it actually went very well, the family visit. And I have to give myself a big pat on the back for that because the difference was...

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Aug 31, 20242 min read
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Learning through challenges
I am getting ready for a challenging visit from a particular family. I have been through all the usual bouts of anxieties and paranoia....

spillustrate
Aug 23, 20241 min read
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Just being an ordinary person,
with quite a lot of the answers worked out, but not all of them, and that’s ok. I have now had over a week of a huge step forward. I’m...

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Aug 9, 20241 min read
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