James
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Avoiding emotions is like driving with brake stuck on.
Now I’ve done therapy, I can deal with everything, all the emotions! So when they arrive I know exactly what to do Disappointment, Anger, grief, self depreciation, annoyance, frustration, tick them all off, I just sit, breathe, and let wash… Continue reading
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Me and the Colour Purple (Part 9)
Theres a reason why I made the logo to this page purple. Purple became a healing colour for me. As a weird coincidence I watched 2 films in the summer before I left the family home for the first time.… Continue reading
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Healing is possible – when we walk
The day started like the last 3 on my summer camping trip to the Yorkshire dales. Grey. Drizzly. Wet But, after breakfast and tidying up, the smallest semblance of blue sky emerged. Just the tiniest bit. The tiniest blue in… Continue reading
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2 years of being able to breathe
I realised this week that I’ve been able to breathe for 2 years now, these were the first two years I’d been able to breathe in my whole life I remember when I walked into the flat 25 months ago… Continue reading
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The shame of being male
This feels like one of the most difficult pieces I have ever written, but that fact alone doesnt stop me from wanting to write it, for theres a feeling I get every now and then, that I hate, and this… Continue reading
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Saving an exhausted bumble bee
Lying motionless, almost on my small balcony lay a bumble bee in the morning heat today Exhausted Barely clinging on to the edge of the wood, nearly about to drop down a 30ft gap close, to death So I googled… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 