mental health issues
psychosomatic symptoms
Psychological problems manifest themselves not only mentally, but also physically in my case. This often happens long before I mentally realize that I am not feeling well. A classic indicator that I have had too much is migraine. The same applies to my chronic sinusitis, which tells me when I have had “enough.”
In acute situations that are very emotionally stressful for me, my left leg often hurts. Sometimes so badly that I can hardly walk. I now know that I need to listen more closely to how I am
actually feeling.
inpatient
therapy
(2025/2026)
Severe depression lead me to a psychosomatic clinic. Here you find related drawings I made there.
take life easy...
This is a difficult topic for me. Unfortunately, simple advice doesn't help me. I don't consciously remember my embryonic period, but I still believe that these early experiences are stored somewhere inside me.
Reprogramming this “memory” is hard work.
power of a thought
Most of the time, it's a quiet thought that pops into your head. It comes from somewhere. You don't pay much attention to it. But it's there. It grows. And it creates new realities.
time to sort things out
Since I am a highly sensitive person, I absorb a lot of stimuli and moods.
I collect everything and regularly need time to myself to sort through and process what I have experienced and felt.
I am still learning to take these breaks regularly.
brains states
My brain experiences different states. Unfortunately, they do not always correlate with my needs or the expectations of others.
beliefs
Sometimes it is necessary to renovate one's own beliefs.
trauma
A traumatic experience fractures the self. You break into a thousand pieces. You learn to patch them all back together somehow. Different things help us do this. This trauma remains a part of us. It is not a flaw. It makes us who we are.
Just like in the Japanese art of Kindsugi/Kintsukuroi. Broken ceramics are repaired with gold glue. The damage makes the ceramics special and honors their history.
Sea of feelings.
Sea of memories.
Just as our footprints disappear into the sea on the beach, becoming part of the sea, so too do our experiences and feelings become part of our memory, part of a collective memory.
highway of life
To feel different from what society dictates is confusing. And to trust your own journey requires courage. But it is worth it.
finding my way
Sometimes I'm lost in my life, in my mental health. So I have to remember my skills and coping strategies to get through a dark phase and find my way back to the light.
so much therapy...?!
Since I was 16, I had different therapies in clinics and with outpatient therapists. And sometimes I ask myself what for? Sometimes I don't see the progress and I am frustrated and feel lost.
