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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


Still trying to catch up with topics...
Firstly, COVID. Yes I’m still below par, but slowly improving. I had a “boom and bust” last week where I did my usual exercise classes...

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Nov 3, 20222 min read


Anxiety when good things happen
So we were successful with our bids for the piano! We visited it and I played it, tried lots of others too. My piano tuner had told me I...

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Sep 22, 20222 min read


Endings and shiftings
I’ve not particularly wanted to write about the Queen’s death but it’s become almost the elephant in the room now, it seems crazy to...

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Sep 15, 20222 min read


Trip to London
I got back last night from my course and today am catching up with myself and all my jobs, one of which is writing here. So did I learn...

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Jul 31, 20223 min read


Rocks
I’m writing this ahead to time as I’ve got a very busy end of week coming up. The last few days have been filled with anxiety. Why did I...

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Jul 3, 20222 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


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


Interesting times (for me personally)
We have all been living through “interesting times” recently with the pandemic and now the war in Ukraine but this week I have been going...

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May 6, 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


I'm back, plus Fear
That was a tough week. I’m so self conscious, making an audio tape presentation to hand in for my coursework was a killer. Not to mention...

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Jan 29, 20222 min read


Post xmas catch up
Well I tried to post last week but I just couldn’t get on my website, and I was too time pressured to try again. The good news is that I...

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Dec 31, 20211 min read


Pre Christmas meltdown
It’s been a funny old week as I had my annual pre christmas meltdown. The good news is that I used to have this in October so early...

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Dec 10, 20212 min read


Updates and procrastinations
page of visual diary from a few years ago I’ve had a quiet week, my Moderna booster was on Tuesday and like so many people I had 48 hours...

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Dec 3, 20212 min read


Excited or anxious?
The cat helping with the printing last week, they find the press so comfy. My mood has been cycling recently round and round in an...

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Nov 5, 20212 min read


Back again but not getting very far.
It’s been a funny old time, enforced absence from my work, computer broken, fixed, but actually not really working that well…. So I spent...

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Oct 29, 20212 min read


Neuro diversity
Meeting up with an art friend. I always come away from meeting my art friend high as a kite and my head exploding with ideas. And that is...

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Oct 14, 20214 min read


Working on Hyper Vigilance
I’ve been reading a really good book recently. “The body keeps the score: Mind, brain and body in the transformation of Trauma” by Bessel...

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Sep 24, 20213 min read


Complex trauma or C-PTSD
I’ve been reading some interesting stuff in the last couple of weeks. I’m interested in blogs that talk about dealing with mood swings...

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Aug 27, 20212 min read


