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Rewiring faulty circuits
I recently was sent an email from Sarah Woodhouse https://sarahwoodhouse.com who is a trauma specialist and psychologist. She was...

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Mar 9, 20232 min read


Boxing Lessons
I’ve had some uncomfortable but interesting lessons from boxing. I always examine everything (too much in a lot of people’s viewpoint,...

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Feb 18, 20233 min read


Having the opposite reaction to good things.
It’s that time of year again, my second worst day after Xmas, birthday time! Sometimes I find just being me is so....tiresome! I’d like...

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Feb 11, 20231 min read


Working on Zine 5
I’m back at work at Zine 5 now. It is slow progress, slowly whittling away at the pages, putting things together and then fiddling around...

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Jan 29, 20232 min read


Weird week of ups and downs
Self awarded rosettes for my hospital visit I think this week I shall give you a rundown of the various bits and pieces. And of course,...

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Sep 3, 20223 min read


Visit from someone who triggers me
I have written before about a member of my husband’s family who triggers me regarding abuse as a child. (Here) Well would you believe...

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Aug 25, 20222 min read


Big news!
Big news for me at least, I’ve sent Zine 4 to the printers ready to be printed off! I knew there was only a tiny bit of tweaking to do, I...

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Aug 21, 20222 min read


Events of last week (part2)
Third event: Attending the comic book fair in Macclesfield, MACC-POW. I had to do this as part of my course, putting my work out there,...

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Jul 14, 20223 min read


Signed up for a course!
I posted a few weeks ago about what I might do in the future and then an email dropped into my account with a newsletter from LDComics....

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Jun 24, 20223 min read


Working on Zine 4
Quite apart from real life problems, I’ve been working on Zine 4 and it has brought up lots of pesky emotions which just get in the way!...

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May 27, 20221 min read


Family Events
Health update: I can sum this up as “Irritatingly unresolved” The biopsy showed normal tissue but the surgeon thought he had missed the...

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May 21, 20222 min read


Still with the health stuff
A weird, full on week, overall. In the last 10 days I have seen 5 different medics for 3 different issues! Having not seen any doctors...

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May 13, 20222 min read


Landmark moment
I’m really winding things up this end, so nearly at the finishing posts for my course… I’ve just sent the final copies of Zines 1, 2 and...

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Apr 14, 20221 min read


Illness behaviour and Tea Towels!
I’ve written before about having migraines, well this week I’ve been poorly all week. It has been very useful with Covid around, everyone...

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Apr 8, 20222 min read


Pride
I’ve been thinking about pride a lot this week. Of course pride can be a good thing but I think I notice about myself that pride is a big...

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Mar 26, 20222 min read


Loneliness
A follow up to last week is that I had to put a ban on myself getting fixated on an issue which I had no control over, no say in and...

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Mar 18, 20222 min read


Loyalty and confusion and knowing you're right
What do you do when you feel very angry about someone’s behaviour and everyone around you insists that you are the difficult one and they...

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Mar 10, 20222 min read


A good book on Emotional Neglect
I’m going to add a book list to my blog as I’ve been reading a new book that has been really helpful. I’ve struggled to find books that...

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Mar 4, 20222 min read


Family Visit
often dread people coming to visit. I’m such an extreme introvert that it is a struggle having people invade my safe space with their...

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Feb 27, 20222 min read


Being an artist and complex-PTSD
I had a blog post half prepared and then I met up with an artist friend and I thought I would write about that. We always cover a wide...

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Feb 19, 20222 min read


