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I love art - I’m a trained art historian and I make art and write poetry. I used to work for a museum but now I’m an administrator for a university. I am Buddhist and practice meditation and yoga. I’m married with two kids, one with special needs. I was diagnosed bipolar in early 2019 after being sectioned because of mania. I have struggled with depression throughout my life and experienced postnatal depression with both kids. The mania grew out of work related stress as I had to leave my museum job.

Author: Phillippa

Colouring in of a wishing well
Cat Links Coping strategies, Lived experience

How to survive Section 2 Life

Posted on February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Phillippa

Concentrate on your well-being – say to other patients if they try to rely on you to heal them “I

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Shoshana Kessock speaking on stage
Cat Links Creativity, Literature review, Medication

Review of Shoshana Kessock’s essay “Falling/Burning: Hannah Gadsby, Nanette and Being a Bipolar Creator”

Posted on November 2, 2021November 4, 2021 Phillippa

Shoshana Kessock is an author and game designer from Brooklyn, New York. She wrote about her experiences as a bipolar

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Cat Links Anxiety, Art, Coping strategies, Depression, Lived experience, Mania

Early Early Morning Leaves

Posted on October 27, 2021October 28, 2021 Phillippa

Back in February and March 2021 when I was recovering from a pretty deep manic episode with a lot of

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Cat Links Art

Artwork: Walking the line between insight and mania

Posted on March 28, 2021October 23, 2021 Phillippa

I’ve been meditating since 2006 and have often had images appear that I paint or write poems about. But in

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  1. Kurt on When Love Hurts Instead of HealsNovember 4, 2022

    I just read this again Birdie and it is shocking. I’m pretty sure this is actual kidnapping 😬. It’s interesting…

  2. Kurt on You may be hypersexual if?October 20, 2022

    Thanks for sharing Lance. I wonder whether those coping mechanisms are the healthiest? I appreciate it’s safer than unprotected sex…

  3. Joe on Language and Mental Illness – From Our PerspectiveMay 30, 2022

    Using the words "mood swing" is misleading in so many ways. "Mood" fails to convey that there are different states…

  4. EmilyLivesOn on You are my favorite teapot, and I will love you even when you leak.January 10, 2022

    Incredible writing. Beautifully done. I think my husband tries to portray this to me but doesn't have the eloquence that…

  5. EmilyLivesOn on You’re Selfish. I’m Alive.January 10, 2022

    Oooph, this hits hard. It sucks hard at times but I hope people continue to be selfish for you as…

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