“You seem fine.”
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“You seem fine.”

Lisa Martens
Lisa Martens

Jul 15, 2019

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Attention is One of My Deepest Triggers.

I’m a writer and performer, but being seen makes my PTSD symptoms emerge.

I do not want this to be me. Photo by Marc Schaefer on Unsplash

We often connect mental struggles with creativity, assuming the two must live together, or that one feeds the other.

But there are times when mental struggles limit creativity instead of aiding it.

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