anxiety
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Somatic Exhaustion: A Grounding Art Ritual
Just Another Tuesday A Tuesday, 2010. I was in the car when it happened. A truck pulled up behind me at a light. Wrong color.…
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Sleep Paralysis Trauma: The Incubus & Bodies That Remember
She woke up and knew something had been in the room. Not a dream. Not quite. The weight was still there, pressing the memory of…
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The Haunting Is The Healing: Where Trauma Meets The Unseen
The world that hurt you has no language for the medicine that arrives in the aftermath. The medicine that often looks like a ghost, an…
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Let Death Be Death. Stop Dragging It Forward.
The Shadow Seekersโ Dispatch, Ed. 11 Let Death Be Death Fall has arrived. Things are dying. That is not poetry. It is biology. Leaves brown…
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Grounded in the Rockets’ Red Glare
Shadow Seekersโ Dispatch, ed. 9 When the sky starts showing off, some nervous systems brace. Fourth of July can be beautiful if your body reads…
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The Dark Mirror: What Jealousy, Cringe, and Obsession Reveal About You
The dark mirror doesnโt lie. It doesnโt flatter. It doesnโt care who you pretend to be. It shows you the self you thought you had…
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Shadow Desires: Secret Fantasies, Sacred Longings, and What Theyโre Really Trying to Tell You
Welcome to Your Wildest Secret Self Thereโs a part of you youโve never introduced to the world.Not to your friends.Not to your journal.Not even to…
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Living in Bipolar Disorder and the Grayness of Mental Illness
March 30 is World Bipolar Day, a time to raise awareness and break the stigma surrounding bipolar disorder. But for many of us living with…
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Emotional Healing Made Visible
Turning Pain into Art It is creating art! The act of creating bypasses your logical mind and speaks directly with your emotions. Whether itโs drawing,…
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The First of a Man on a Wall
I don’t know if that will be the title of the painting I’m working on right now, but I thought I’d share my unsatisfactory foray…
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Art Doll for PTSD Relief – Butterfly
Butterfly A You-Do-You Voodooโข Art Doll for PTSD Relief and Positivity “Butterfly” is an art doll for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) relief and to help…
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Archives
More Than Expression This portfolio isnโt just a mix of artworkโitโs a reflection of how I process the hard stuff: identity, emotion, memory, and the…
