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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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Captain24Senior Contributor30 Jan 2023, 5:00 pm AEDT

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Im glad she can fit you in tomorrow @Bow. I hope you are ok

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creative_writerSenior Contributor30 Jan 2023, 5:24 pm AEDT

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@Bow, I hope Tom’s therapy session goes well for you. I haven’t tried exposure therapy, I’ve done emdr and schema therapy, but it is common for even those therapies to bring stuff up. Have you spoken to your psych about managing difficult emotions during therapy? My psych went through self-soothing exercises with me before starting emdr.

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BowSenior Contributor30 Jan 2023, 6:28 pm AEDT

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Thanks @Captain24 @creative_writer

@creative_writer how did you find emdr? My psychologist is not experienced in that, but she told me at the beginning of this year that it’s her goal for the year- to become qualified in that, she has more recently been focusing on schema therapy, which she has been doing a little bit with me.
yes we discussed self soothing before starting exposure therapy. We made a list of things that I can try. And during therapy I have my pillow and rock. She also keeps a very close eye on me and constantly checks my suds levels and if I get too high we stop and do some grounding before starting again.

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creative_writerSenior Contributor30 Jan 2023, 7:03 pm AEDT

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@Bow emdr does help, people don't really fully understand why it works. It is a very different type of therapy and can be really helpful for those of us who store trauma in our bodies. I don’t even have to talk about the traumatic event in great detail either.

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SnowieSenior Contributor30 Jan 2023, 7:03 pm AEDT

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@Bow 💗💗

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BowSenior Contributor30 Jan 2023, 10:14 pm AEDT

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My head is a very dark place tonight.

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BowSenior Contributor30 Jan 2023, 10:41 pm AEDT

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I’m ok

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NatureLoverSenior Contributor31 Jan 2023, 7:40 am AEDT

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@Bow Hoping your SUDS levels are OK for your appts today and tomorrow 💜

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BowSenior Contributor31 Jan 2023, 12:57 pm AEDT

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I did ok today. Very short session, that’s all I could manage today. But I kept my suds down.

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SnowieSenior Contributor31 Jan 2023, 1:55 pm AEDT

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@Bow 💜💜

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