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So what have I learned about pain?
It was a tough 10 days before it settled. My tooth / jaw pain is much better, not 100% resolved, still I get episodes, sadly triggered by...

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Jun 301 min read


Fibromyalgia? A good thing?
I am hard at work at the moment trying to reach a deadline in May. I want to finish Zine 7 before I go away for a few days at the end of...

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May 52 min read


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...

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Jan 52 min read


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...

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Sep 6, 20242 min read


Fear
I’ve been reading a couple of interesting books on fear. Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker Embracing Fear by Thom Rutledge. I was looking...

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Jul 25, 20242 min read


A good week
I had an email in my inbox this week from Sarah Woodhouse( https://sarahwoodhouse.com/about-me/) Those of us with relational trauma often...

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Nov 25, 20232 min read


Meeting new people, doing new things.
Another very busy weekend. This time I made my way to the Lakeland Comic Festival. The Lake District is very beautiful even in the rain....

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Oct 4, 20233 min read


Migraines and yoga
A week ago I woke up feeling fine, had a quick walk to the shop which was lovely, fresh and peaceful, the birds singing, which was lovely...

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May 6, 20233 min read


Cello and horses
Busy old week with two very different enterprises. So a few weeks ago I had mentioned my continuing preoccupation about the cello. The...

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Apr 2, 20232 min read


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


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 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