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May – Mental Health Awareness Month
Observing mental health issues brings a different kind of awareness to me. Is it only about chemical reactions in the brain? It seems to me that it is more about boundary lines – boundaries we grew up in, boundaries in which our thought processes were dumped in and locked up. Someone decides to transgress the … Continue reading May – Mental Health Awareness Month
Amygdala hijack
amygdala hijackheightens imaginationtrust slackensoverlook the goodsurrender hope-impending disasterthat never happens fear paralyses lifesucks out positivesanity fractionedmental illness killslong before spring-autumn digssummers wizened belief is the only truthshut eyes to real-life blackenedstruggle to proveperspectives are true-dignity cheapenedmisery deepened Moonwashed Weekly Prompt - impending
Shocking Potential
During the pandemic phase, I shared the story of a 84-year man who climbed 14 kilometers uphill on a steep slope, in a state of delirium. He was considered to be physically weak after recovery from Covid. The potential of the human body is amazing. Maybe his mind would have stopped him in a more … Continue reading Shocking Potential
Holding a mirror
If I hold a mirror to you, will you recognise yourself? You may call me disfigured, broken or ugly You may say conforming is the only way to go Will you see shades of your fractured self in me? You may call me disfigured, broken or ugly For all that is different, is alien to … Continue reading Holding a mirror
That’s not me
I surprise myself with my resilience I still breath in toxic ambience I wonder if brains alter with what I face jumping from manic to depressive phase I analyse what’s inaccessible see blindness, hear the inaudible Then I see shadows that follow me It’s so familiar, but that’s not me I die several deaths, but … Continue reading That’s not me
The Word
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GN2oAPvGYPu4coGg9469D?si=79b4aab2bcc3464f I find a word somewhere on my morning walk, and I don’t know what it means. I stash it away in my bag as a keepsake, a reminder of the wonderful morning I feel lucky to breathe in. The horror starts when the bag starts getting heavy. My shoulders ache, so I place it … Continue reading The Word
Wise Wednesdays – Mental Abuse — SacredCircleforWomen
https://www.youtube.com/embed/tLRkSbaj1Rs?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent The people on a far-off island are afflicted by a rare skin disease. Everybody suffers from the same, for many generations. A doctor happens to land on the island from a shipwreck, and wants to investigate the disease. The locals look at him derisively, and claim it is ‘normal’. It’s not a disease. 2. … Continue reading Wise Wednesdays – Mental Abuse — SacredCircleforWomen
Projection — SacredCircleforWomen
How often have you felt you are being unfairly accused of things you did not think about or do? It’s not about you, it’s about them. PROJECTION Projection is a mechanism where people accuse others of things they feel guilty or inferior about, or don’t like about themselves. Since the process is subconscious, they do […]Projection … Continue reading Projection — SacredCircleforWomen
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