Self awareness
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Trigger Warning – Abuse of any kind. Please do not read if you have experienced abuse, unless in a safe place to be able to do so. This is written to educate those who might not know the difference, if you have experienced abuse, you know this already. I think I was 14 when I…
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Ive been taking ‘photos’ for over three years. A Camera has accompanied most of my walks, and especially during the lockdown walks. I see nice things, then think, ill take a photo of it. Or.. Ill go birdwatching and take photos of birds, or actually any nature, foxes, squirrels, rats, mice, anything natural to be…
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A Morning Blessing by John O’Donohue.
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If you’re like me and have spent a lot of your life reading or watching politics, you may know about the phrase ‘hyper-normalisation’ . I dont know who coined it, but its spoken of in depth in Adam Curtis’ brilliant documentary here. The key part in which he speaks of it, is when the people…
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I was wondering, what are the things we do, when in the midst of abusive relationships, before we realise that it wasn’t actually us? Therapy is one of them This reminded me of more….in an abusive relationship, of some of the strong imbalances.. You do the work – for those that wont You do the…
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Spiders, Clowns, Heights, Buttons, Spaces, The dark, Nuclear war, being bullied at school…. These weren’t the things I fear in most of my life. It wasnt things. It wasnt just ‘that parent’ that gave me considerable terrors. Have a read of my story above for more. That was bad enough. That voice. Those footsteps up…
James Ballantyne 