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The rash keeps getting worse.

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The rash keeps getting worse.

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The Mac n Cheese was inedible at #PeaceArchHospital.

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The rash keeps getting worse.

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I was able to bring a little friend with me. I first got this little #plushtoy bear when I was at the Abbotsford Regional Hospital in September 2021 following a major depressive episode and suicide attempt.

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Waiting for CT scan at #PeaceArchHospital. First of all.

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The rash keeps getting worse.

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In their rush to get away from the infected person, some staff don’t make sure the door is closed behind them.

Should I make an escape attempt?

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The rash keeps getting worse.

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When I first saw this sign posted outside of the room I was in I thought someone else had something wrong, like COVID.

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#Lunch is staying down, but I have a #fever that won’t break, at the #PeaceArchHospital.

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“The dance of manifestation requires us to do two difficult yet essential things. The first is to know yourself—to understand the motives behind your desires and to learn the power of surrender and nonattachment. The second is to ask our higher power the most important question of all, which supersedes the self-importance of the wanting self: “What is your will for me?” We can also ask, “How can I serve you today for the highest good? Can what I want align with what you want for me?” And finally: “Help me be brave enough to follow your will.”” - @colettebaron_reid from her book, THE ART OF MANIFESTING: A MEDITATIVE DRAWING PRACTICE TO REWIRE YOUR BRAIN, co-written with @neurographics.art ♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️

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Stuff.

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Stuff.

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#Lunch is staying down, but I have a #fever that won’t break, at the #PeaceArchHospital.

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“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.” - Corinthians 13:4-8 (ESV).

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“They want to be a part of something—to experience real connection with others—but not at the cost of their authenticity, freedom, or power. Participants further reported feeling surrounded by “us versus them” cultures that create feelings of spiritual disconnection. When I dug deeper into what they meant by “spiritually disconnected,” the research participants described a diminishing sense of shared humanity. Over and over, participants talked about their concern that the only thing that binds us together now is shared fear and disdain, not common humanity, shared trust, respect, or love.” - BRENE BROWN (@brenebrown), from her book BRAVING THE WILDERNESS: THE QUEST FOR TRUE BELONGING AND THE COURAGE TO STAND ALONE

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“Hidden depression drives several of the problems we think of as typically male: physical illness, alcohol and drug abuse, domestic violence, failures in intimacy, self-sabotage in careers... We tend not to recognize depression in men because the disorder itself is seen as unmanly. Depression carries, to many, a double stain—the stigma of mental illness and also the stigma of “feminine” emotionality... Depression in men—a condition experienced as both shame-filled and shameful—goes largely unacknowledged and unrecognized both by the men who suffer and by those who surround them. And yet, the impact of this hidden condition is enormous.“ - Terrence Real, from his book I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT: OVERCOMING THE SECRET LEGACY OF MALE DEPRESSION.

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“THE KIND OF KINDNESS THE WORLD NEEDS… is one that starts with understanding. It’s the kind that willingly climbs the mountain that is anxiety and knows that connection is cultivated, not clicked on. It’s the kind that realizes that Kindness isn’t a “nice-to-have,” but a “must-have.” Perhaps it’s not a supplement or a pain reliever at all, but rather a fundamentally key ingredient in helping heal a deeply wounded world.” - Houston Kraft, from his book DEEP KINDNESS: A REVOLUTIONARY GUIDE FOR THE WAY WE THINK, TALK, AND ACT IN KINDNESS.

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“Symptoms of depression, like lack of motivation, can be mistaken for laziness. Recognizing these behaviors as symptoms can help you prevent feelings of guilt or self-doubt.” - Margarita Tartakovsky, MS, from her June 2023 article, “Laziness and Depression: Why Some People Get Them Mixed Up,” written for @psychcentralofficial.

“While many of the men I treat report the classic symptoms of overt depression, feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, and despair, many more experience depression as a state of numbness, which is known in psychiatry as alexithymia. This experience of depression is not about feeling bad so much as about losing the capacity to feel at all. They are like the souls in the lowest rung of Dante’s Inferno, who were not seared in fire but frozen in ice.” - Terrence Real, from his book I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT: OVERCOMING THE SECRET LEGACY OF MALE DEPRESSION.

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It’s been months since I last added to this series. And that’s okay! Because. “…when you realize beyond the odd glimpse and glimmer that you are never separate from the forces of creation, your life will become a masterpiece—your own work of art. The starting point is knowing that you have the power to partner and co-create with the master artist (again, use your preferred nomenclature!) and to remember that all of us are connected. In fact, you aren’t really separate from what you desire—you just think you are. You are the universe, and the universe is you.” - @colettebaron_reid from her book, THE ART OF MANIFESTING: A MEDITATIVE DRAWING PRACTICE TO REWIRE YOUR BRAIN, co-written with @neurographics.art ♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️

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“When a multisensory personality looks inside itself, it finds a multitude of different currents. Through experience, it learns to distinguish between these currents and to identify the emotional, psychological, and physical effects of each. It learns, for example, which currents produce anger, divisive thoughts, and destructive actions, and which currents produce love, healing thoughts, and constructive actions. In time, it learns to value and to identify with those currents that generate creativity, healing, and love, and to challenge and release those currents that create negativity, disharmony, and violence. In this way, a personality comes to experience the energy of its soul.” - Gary Zukav (@gary_zukav), from his book THE SEAT OF THE SOUL.

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“But if I had to identify one core variable that drives and magnifies our compulsion to sort ourselves into factions while at the same time cutting ourselves off from real connection with other people, my answer would be fear. Fear of vulnerability. Fear of getting hurt. Fear of the pain of disconnection. Fear of criticism and failure. Fear of conflict. Fear of not measuring up. Fear.” - BRENE BROWN (@brenebrown), from her book BRAVING THE WILDERNESS: THE QUEST FOR TRUE BELONGING AND THE COURAGE TO STAND ALONE

#anxiety #depressed #depression #mentalhealth #sick #stroke #strokesurvivor #heartdisease #highbloodpressure #diabetes #selflove #selflovejourney #selflove #selfloveisnotselfish #persistentnegativethoughts #finearts #student #photography #selfie #subvertedselfies #writing #nonfiction #visualdiary #art #portrait #wordportraits

“We are never too old to be young at heart. Being young at heart means simply being willing to be a beginner.” - @juliacameronlive from her book, FINDING WATER: THE ART OF PERSEVERANCE.

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“Too often, we relegate love to a romantic definition or classify love, like the dictionary does, as a “good feeling.” But love is far more than a feeling or a romantic relationship. Love is a bond that is found in all kinds of relationships, and it is also a way of living. You see, love is more than a noun. Love is a verb as well. And when love is your main motivation, your actions show it.” - Greg Atkinson, from his book THE SECRET POWER OF KINDNESS: 10 KEYS TO UNLOCKING YOUR CAPACITY TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” - Will Durant

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“Never underestimate the power of being seen—it’s exhausting to keep working against yourself when someone truly sees you and loves you.” - BRENE BROWN (@brenebrown), from her book BRAVING THE WILDERNESS: THE QUEST FOR TRUE BELONGING AND THE COURAGE TO STAND ALONE

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“Stand tall in a private space and spread your arms wide, as if you’re embracing the universe. Take a deep breath and declare your intentions boldly and clearly, starting with “I am ready to . . .” For example: “I am ready to welcome love,” or “I am ready to step into my purpose.” Feel the power of your voice and the energy of your words vibrating through your body. After each declaration, pause and say, “Because I deserve it.” Feel that truth sinking into your being. Repeat until you feel a rush of certainty and empowerment.” - @colettebaron_reid from her book, THE ART OF MANIFESTING: A MEDITATIVE DRAWING PRACTICE TO REWIRE YOUR BRAIN, co-written with @neurographics.art ♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️

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“High lonesome can be a beautiful and powerful place if we can own our pain and share it instead of inflicting pain on others. And if we can find a way to feel hurt rather than spread hurt, we can change. I believe in a world where we can make and share art and words that will help us find our way back to one another. Then instead of yelling from afar and refusing to help each other when we’re struggling, we’ll find the courage to show up for each other.” - BRENE BROWN (@brenebrown), from her book BRAVING THE WILDERNESS: THE QUEST FOR TRUE BELONGING AND THE COURAGE TO STAND ALONE

#anxiety #depressed #depression #mentalhealth #sick #stroke #strokesurvivor #heartdisease #highbloodpressure #diabetes #selflove #selflovejourney #selflove #selfloveisnotselfish #persistentnegativethoughts #finearts #student #photography #selfie #subvertedselfies #writing #nonfiction #visualdiary #art #portrait #wordportraits

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, joy, trust, intimacy, courage—everything that brings meaning to our life. An armored front sounds good when we’re hurting but causes us much more pain in the end. When we let people take our vulnerability or fill us with their hate, we turn over our entire life to them.” - BRENE BROWN (@brenebrown), from her book BRAVING THE WILDERNESS: THE QUEST FOR TRUE BELONGING AND THE COURAGE TO STAND ALONE

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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. —JAMES A. BALDWIN, as quoted by BRENE BROWN (@brenebrown), from her book BRAVING THE WILDERNESS: THE QUEST FOR TRUE BELONGING AND THE COURAGE TO STAND ALONE

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“I do believe, however, that most of us can build connection across difference and fight for our beliefs if we’re willing to listen and lean in to vulnerability. Mercifully, it will take only a critical mass of people who believe in finding love and connection across difference to change everything.” - BRENE BROWN (@brenebrown), from her book BRAVING THE WILDERNESS: THE QUEST FOR TRUE BELONGING AND THE COURAGE TO STAND ALONE

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“Vulnerability is the core of all emotions and feelings. To feel is to be vulnerable. To believe vulnerability is weakness is to believe that feeling is weakness. To foreclose on our emotional life out of a fear that the costs will be too high is to walk away from the very thing that gives purpose and meaning to living.” - Brene Brown (@brenebrown) from her book DARING GREATLY: HOW THE COURAGE TO BE VULNERABLE TRANSFORMS THE WAY WE LIVE, LOVE, PARENT, AND LEAD.

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“Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives, but I’d rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because they’ll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we’ve lived.” - Captain Jean-Luc Picard (@sirpatstew), in 1994’s STAR TREK GENERATIONS; written by Rick Berman, Ronald D. Moore, and Brannon Braga; & directed by David Carson.

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“But if I had to identify one core variable that drives and magnifies our compulsion to sort ourselves into factions while at the same time cutting ourselves off from real connection with other people, my answer would be fear. Fear of vulnerability. Fear of getting hurt. Fear of the pain of disconnection. Fear of criticism and failure. Fear of conflict. Fear of not measuring up. Fear.” - BRENE BROWN (@brenebrown), from her book BRAVING THE WILDERNESS: THE QUEST FOR TRUE BELONGING AND THE COURAGE TO STAND ALONE

#anxiety #depressed #depression #mentalhealth #sick #stroke #strokesurvivor #heartdisease #highbloodpressure #diabetes #selflove #selflovejourney #selflove #selfloveisnotselfish #persistentnegativethoughts #finearts #student #photography #selfie #subvertedselfies #writing #nonfiction #visualdiary #art #portrait #wordportraits

“High lonesome can be a beautiful and powerful place if we can own our pain and share it instead of inflicting pain on others. And if we can find a way to feel hurt rather than spread hurt, we can change. I believe in a world where we can make and share art and words that will help us find our way back to one another. Then instead of yelling from afar and refusing to help each other when we’re struggling, we’ll find the courage to show up for each other.” - BRENE BROWN (@brenebrown), from her book BRAVING THE WILDERNESS: THE QUEST FOR TRUE BELONGING AND THE COURAGE TO STAND ALONE

#anxiety #depressed #depression #mentalhealth #sick #stroke #strokesurvivor #heartdisease #highbloodpressure #diabetes #selflove #selflovejourney #selflove #selfloveisnotselfish #persistentnegativethoughts #finearts #student #photography #selfie #subvertedselfies #writing #nonfiction #visualdiary #art #portrait #wordportraits

“”Inspiration” is really as simple as the act of listening and being willing to trust that still, small voice... Over the years, I have learned that there is a flow of ideas that we as artists can tap into. The flow of creativity is a constant. We are the ones who are fickle or fearful. I have learned that my creative condition and my spiritual condition are one and the same. Making art is an act of faith, a movement toward expansion. When I am stymied in my work, I am stymied in my spiritual condition. When I am self-conscious as an artist, I am spiritually constricted. I need to pray to lose my self-centered fears. I need to ask for selflessness, to be a conduit, a channel for ideas to move through.“ - @juliacameronlive from her book, FINDING WATER: THE ART OF PERSEVERANCE.

#anxiety #depressed #depression #mentalhealth #sick #stroke #strokesurvivor #heartdisease #highbloodpressure #diabetes #selflove #selflovejourney #selflove #selfloveisnotselfish #positive #positiveaffirmations #finearts #student #photography #selfie #subvertedselfies #writing #nonfiction #visualdiary #art #portrait #wordportraits