alison hawtin - Art Therapy in Peterborough & Cambs

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Coronavirus and the Power of words....after Sunday's update

I’m wondering if Boris & Co consider the psychological impact of language? STAY AT HOME was/is concrete, active and protective. STAY ALERT is abstract, uncertainty provoking and triggering of our stress and alarm systems.  #collectivetrauma #trauma #fightFlightFreezeFlop #raisingBP#cortisol #anxiety #stress #parasympathetic #sympathetic 
Please be kind to yourself if you’re feeling ‘out of sorts’ (jittery, anxious, cornered, lethargic, demotivated, irritated etc)...here is my expressive drawing done on the iPad today.

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