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Illustration with two roughly cut out photos of manatees that look like they're about to embrace with "Manatee hugs" above them.

~tortured artist feelings~

On 11 September, 2012 · 12 Comments · In Art, Mental illness

I’m really fed up with the tortured artist trope. People have said it about me since I was a teenager, and while it’s true that I am kind of a bit artistic and also depressed as fuck, the latter does not positively affect the former. If this were the case I’d be a lot further [...]

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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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