Tag: mental illness
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Anchor
My boat sits atop the ocean, the sky, and waves indistinguishable in the dead of night. I sense the wave coming and brace for the incalculable impact. Knuckles white with dread, I try to recall the glass-like sea, crystal-clear water and boat in motionless synchronicity, the air still and silent.
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Plates
jeering a grin water-coloured crystal shimmer spindle-esque discs spin over, around and above on stilts like rainbow coloured clowns their secrets given up by the hummingbird whoosh tottering on tiny brittle twigs atop the wobble-legged table point on, slip a mil away crumpled mosaic to be floor candy … […]
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World Mental Health Day: 9 Ways to Rethink Your Health and Influence Your Mental Health
Over the weekend I volunteered for a local community-based expo called Rethink Your World. I had a blast with Seeds Newcastle that organised the expo and I have learned a great deal about how physical, mental and spiritual health intertwine and support each other for optimum health. I took notes. Mostly because I selfishly want to […]
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Schedule Power Down Sessions to Silence the Voice of Guilt
As part of Mental Health Month, I will be sharing more on what my day to day life can be like as a Christian living with Bipolar 2 Disorder, Generalised Anxiety and Panic Disorder. I hope to uncover some real life battles that go on and how I am learning to manage the onslaught, fight the battle and come out stronger in my faith and my wellbeing.
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A New Perspective Can Bring Change if You’re Paying Attention
As it’s Mental Health Month here is Australia I got to thinking about my own journey with Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety and Panic Disorder. The past few weeks have been quite flat out with family, church, obligations and well, just life! I’ve not stopped a great deal but I have made the effort to have an […]
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Tuning in to your close network may provide more effective support
Our instant society enables us to access educational, inspirational and motivational information in seconds. This is a wonderful time to be alive and be able to direct our own personal growth and development. But is this the best way to seek advice in the 21st Century? We all have questions. We all have a need […]
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I found myself on the page…
I am a hopeless case – I just can’t write bullshit. I can’t pretend to write stuff that doesn’t touch the heart and pull it out into the light. I can’t devote my energy, time, point of view or ideologies to words that when strung together are ‘just fine’
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Living inside the wall and all that’s inside
I could never understand why I didn’t finish this picture, because it always felt unfinished, like much of what I put my hand to. But now that I see it here I realise that there is a really good reason – I am not yet finished.
Miriam E. Miles 