@MHChat

#MHchat is an open access Mental Health community (https://xitter.cf/t.co/tUZwlh6pPS) Join+Share your views & experiences of #MentalHealth @MHChat Wednesdays 8:00 PM BST / 3:00 PM ET

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Hope you're well and apologies for the hiatus @MHChat unfortunately, was unable to tweet due to a critical issue. Have now returned home and in process of recovery. So there'll be no chat this week or next. But look forward to be back soon and reply to your kind messages @MHChat
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Sorry we won't have a chat todat @MHChat but hope you're keeping well and wish you a good continuation of your week. @MHChat #MHChat
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Thank you for joining and sharing your views about arts and #MentalHealth. We'll leave this chat open so everyone can share their views and experiences @MHChat and if you wish, don't hesitate to share your art @MHChat. Wishing you care & kindness today and always @MHChat #MHChat
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In a fast-paced world that offers little space for individual expression, arts offer a medium & language and an avenue for self-discovery and self-expression; they offer a voice to the voiceless and a language to speak about what is often to difficult to express. @MHChat #MHChat
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In response to your invitation to share our art - anyone who is interested can see my art on pollyfielding.com
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I have always loved bright colour eg poppies & have done many pictures of poppies & sunsets reflecting my love of these subjects. Vibrant colours can change my mood 4 the better. In Burano, a Venetian island, they paint their houses in bright colours - amazing 2 see #MHChat
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Thank you for joining and sharing your views about arts and #MentalHealth. We'll leave this chat open so everyone can share their views and experiences @MHChat and if you wish, don't hesitate to share your art @MHChat. Wishing you care & kindness today and always @MHChat #MHChat
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In a fast-paced world that offers little space for individual expression, arts offer a medium & language and an avenue for self-discovery and self-expression; they offer a voice to the voiceless and a language to speak about what is often to difficult to express. @MHChat #MHChat
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HMM@doepublic24 May 2023
Replying to @MHChat @FieldingPolly
It takes a notebook, a pen and the courage to journey with any expression you place upon the paper.
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Jane Hersey@HerseyJane24 May 2023
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#mhchat Poverty and deprivation and increasing social inequality means that many talented people never get the opportunity to express themselves.
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I find that using bright colours when painting can literally brighten up my day sometimes #MHChat
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Jane Hersey@HerseyJane24 May 2023
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#mhchat Without UTube and the internet I would not have had the opportunity to learn to paint or be able to contribute to a valuable site like #mhchat
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Sam Castell-Ward@SamCastellWard24 May 2023
Yes, you may be an artist and do stuff to express how your mental health issues are affecting you and/or it may be therapeutic to you…
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Question 1 @MHChat: In your view, is there a relationship between arts and mental health? @MHChat #MHChat
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Jane Hersey@HerseyJane24 May 2023
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#mhchat I have never been able to open a book and read it due to childhood trauma but I learned to read music almost immediately because there was no association with the past.
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Jane Hersey@HerseyJane24 May 2023
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#mhchat About 15 years ago I had a friend who was a retired head teacher. Aware of my deprived background. She introduced me to the piano and I learned how to play in a short period. Her snobbery and rejection was palpable.
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HMM@doepublic24 May 2023
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A2 Art can start a conversation and be the trigger for contact with environment and people. Sharing the journey can be a work of art in itself. #MHChat Genuine engagement helps us all.
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Jane Hersey@HerseyJane24 May 2023
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#mhchat The colours and the paintings provide visual stimulation rather than bleakness and depression but often make me feel sad because I wish my mother could have lived in a better environment. It was a very complex situation.
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HMM@doepublic24 May 2023
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'Chinese" painting encorporates the performance into the work, as well. A "prayerful", "meditative" approach.
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HMM@doepublic24 May 2023
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I discovered an abandoned set of paints on a ward, day room table. 19 years later I like using inks and watercolour, progressing towards personal and nature journalling johnmuirlaws.com/nature-jour…

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Jane Hersey@HerseyJane24 May 2023
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#mhchat I was my mother's sole carer from the age of 6 in a minority community where I had no status for education so when asked about education and occupation it immediately ruled me out. I chose the online course so I could remain partly anonymous.
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