Do you have a gate keeper to ward off the most difficult thoughts. This little butterfly could help remind you.

[Kkimm]

If we have PTSD or an anxiety disorder we all have thoughts that can spiral out of control at times.

I developed GAD two years ago after 2 life traumas in close succession and became very ill very quickly.

I felt dizzy and nauseous, lost my appetite completely and felt afraid for no apparent reason almost all the time. The periods when I felt as if I was myself again we're short lived before I spiralled again into a frightening sequence of thoughts.

Stopping the train of thought before I began to going down that spiral could help prevent fear building up.

I took a walk through the countryside and along the shore of my coastal estuary and came upon a hedgerow of pink blackberry blossom which was alive and buzzing with bees and butterflies.

At quick glance the butterflies all looked brown and dun coloured but when looking closely I noticed the different markings many of them displayed. This fellow is quite pretty I think. When I got home and looked him up I found that he provided yet another opportunity for a metaphor. He is the Gate keeper. What gate he keeps I am not sure but he could do worse than help us be a gate keeper of our thoughts.

Kim

[Nathalie99 Partner]

Thank you very much, Kkimm, for this beautiful photo and a reminder to slow down the mind.

I really need to do this right now. It's so exhausting.

[Kkimm in reply to Nathalie99]

Thanks Nathalie, I really value your replies. I have just done a long reply to your post about how you are feeling, I hope it could be of some help if you have the resilience to read it!!

Very best wishes.

Kim