Inside & Out of My Mind
Sharing stories through creativity & how it can support positive mental well-being
*** NOTE TO READERS *** These are very personal and unique stories, just like yours. Each piece has been created at different times during a person’s journey through illness and recovery, and thoughts and feelings may be different now to the time that pieces where created. *** If you find any of this work triggering please contact a support worker, family member, friend or support network such as Childline on 0800 1111 or The Samaritans on 08457 909090 (UK) ***
The extracts on this page are from Naomi's journals which she kept during her illness and recovering. Naomi found art as a valuable way of communicating her experiences of mental health.
"As well as drawing and writing in my journals to express how I'm feeling I also do a lot of crafting, like crochet or jewellery making & its great to have a break from mental health too. I often do this post meals as a form of distraction, or when I'm needing to keep my hands busy or take my mind off hearing voices.
Its really lovely to see the things that you've made, especially when people complement on how lovely the things you've made are.
Often when you're struggling with a mental illness you feel like you can do nothing right and everything you do is wrong; Anorexia says to you that you can't be perfect and you never will reach that unattainable goal and this is only emphasised by the depression which becomes psychosis."
