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My Mosaic

BowSenior Contributor18 Nov 2020, 7:26 pm AEDT

My Mosaic

My Mosaic

I like mosaic art, I’ve never actually done any, but it intrigued me. Made up of hundreds of tiny pieces of stone, glass and ceramic. If you look at it close up it doesn’t really look like anything special, if anything it looks like a mess. But if you take a step back and view the whole picture- it’s a master piece. I guess it’s kind of like life. So many tiny parts, some messy if we look just at the one part. Some day i guess I’d hope that the mess of my life will at some point look half decent.

So here is part of my mosaic, bits and pieces kept tidy together 🙂

tagging you @Emelia8 cause you asked 🙂

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JynxModerator28 Oct 2021, 7:24 pm AEDT

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@Bow I can imagine the storm you're weathering feels endless and enormous. You are doing so well, even if it feels like the opposite is true.

I'm here with you

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Eve7Senior Contributor28 Oct 2021, 8:28 pm AEDT

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Lots of love @Bow

🙏💜💚🤗💚💜🙏

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BowSenior Contributor28 Oct 2021, 8:29 pm AEDT

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Want to sleep to escape the flashbacks but then I have nightmares. They are both as bad as the other. What else is there to do?

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JynxModerator28 Oct 2021, 8:59 pm AEDT

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I can't imagine a more painful rock and hard place to be stuck between @Bow.

I think it helps to remind yourself that you are safe - even saying it to yourself out loud, that you are safe, that you are no longer in that place.

I found this info page and also a (slightly longer and more dense) PDF - both are about trauma flashbacks and nightmares, and they do include some strategies to try as well, maybe they can help.

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outlanderSenior Contributor28 Oct 2021, 9:17 pm AEDT

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@Bow 🧡

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Eve7Senior Contributor29 Oct 2021, 6:07 pm AEDT

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Hi @Bow

thinking of you and sending love.

💜🤗💜

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BowSenior Contributor29 Oct 2021, 8:50 pm AEDT

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Thanks @Eve7 @outlander its been another day of the same. I'm so exhausted tonight but I'm too scared to sleep. It's such a horrible place to be in.

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Eve7Senior Contributor29 Oct 2021, 9:23 pm AEDT

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I hear you @Bow

💙🦋💙

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AnastasiaSenior Contributor30 Oct 2021, 11:08 am AEDT

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@Bow 💞💐

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BowSenior Contributor30 Oct 2021, 2:40 pm AEDT

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I'm so tired of torturing my body with this ED. I am so exhausted. I'm tired of the battle inside my head. Tired of feeling this way physically.

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