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A photo of some cream yarn and crocheting on a floral tapestry couch.

Stitch and Twitch: Social anxiety and public crafting.

On 3 April, 2011 · 10 Comments · In Mental illness

Over the last few months I’ve been coming to terms with learning something new about myself. I’ve been dealing with generalised anxiety and depression for many years but a few months ago I found out I was also suffering with social anxiety. I’ve never been into partying a lot (well, besides my early 20s and [...]

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A photo of me looking into a bathroom mirror holding a DSLR. I'm wearing a black and white striped long tshirt under a pink pinafore with a white half doily brooch. My hair is now white-ish blond with an undercut and a long top and my sunglasses sit in my hair.

Taking care of business (and by business, I mean me.)

On 27 January, 2011 · 37 Comments · In Mental illness

I have been sick in the last few months and it’s been very difficult to manage all the different parts of my life while also taking care of me. A few months ago my anxiety got to a point where it was making me withdraw from the world and it probably would have been a [...]

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Photo of a bougainvillea branch against an unpainted wood fence; the flowrs are bright fucshia.

Sometimes it’s a struggle to manifest fance (manifance?)

On 29 September, 2010 · 31 Comments · In Mental illness

This past few weeks I have struggled. Not just with blogging but personally too (and I’m waiting on some blood test results that might return an outcome I’m NOT keen for.) Lots of bloggers seem to cover up all the bad bits and present the shiniest and most palatable version of themselves to the world, [...]

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