Repeating after myself: I am not alone. Even when my critic corners me in the darkness of the night, in the hours where only faeries dip their penbrushes in their inkpots to write the tales of dusklight and in-betweens, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s not the loneliness that can get to me sometimes. It’s the illusion of loneliness especially when there’s so much going on behind my eyes that no one can see. It’s not fair to expect everyone – or anyone! –[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ongoing struggle. I don’t have more words to add for this one. OK I do have words. I’M STRUGGLING SO HARD AHHHHHHH. Thanks for coming to my Ted (Totally Energy Draining) talk.
I sometimes ask myself whether I’m oversharing. Overstating what’s behind the mask I wear in order to function in public. So I hesitate to post every comic I draw, especially the ones that feel raw. Then I realise it’s my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The critic starts out healthily most of the time. Just an example of how it can end up badly. Also a pretty regular struggle I have. And also why I always say I’m sorry.
My over developed critic is like a broken record. I’m still struggling with him. He questions why I post my comics. He insists I’m trying to pretend to be better than I am. He reminds me of my guilt and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t have much to add to this one. My healthy adult exists. He’s just… too used to being bullied. He operates quietly outside of view, if he does operate. Depressed Dave was born because he knew Dave had to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m borrowing from schema therapy, which is the main therapy model that my therapist and I are using. But it’s been very effective in pulling out some major parts of my brain, and given many insights into the various functions[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s been an interesting experiment trying to choose Chinese/Mandarin characters that are simple enough to convey what I want to talk about, and then to choose the words to fill the strokes needed to write the character. But perhaps for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The damage that we do to the younger folk we care for can be very damaging indeed. Even if it’s out of the fear that the world will hurt them more than we can. It’s true that the world can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…