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A musing about the fat body, and the fear of being perceived as morally incorrect.

A musing about the fat body, and the fear of being perceived as morally incorrect.

Posted on 15 December, 202315 December, 2023Author NataliePosted in Fat, Feelings, Mental illness

Scopophobia is the morbid fear of being stared at. When you’re fat, you’re stared at a lot.

Things I want to tell you about living with complex mental illness.

Things I want to tell you about living with complex mental illness.

Posted on 3 May, 20193 May, 2019Author NataliePosted in Mental illness

This past year has been tough for me. I’ve been ping-ponging between hypomania and depression while living with social anxiety that sees me unable to leave my house for weeks at a time. Navigating life as a mentally ill person in Australia is confusing and opaque. This post discusses mental illness and self harm. It’s…

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Hyperglycaemic whimsy: put a flower on your bike.

Hyperglycaemic whimsy: put a flower on your bike.

Posted on 3 April, 2013Author NataliePosted in Mental illness7 Replies

Since I was blessed with my bipolar 2 diagnosis a lot of things have started to make sense. I don’t want to make light of mood swings and behaviour changes, but I can identify with oscillating between saccharine whimsy and eye-rolling cynicism and it’s pretty evident in the sort of things I make. I also…

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~tortured artist feelings~

~tortured artist feelings~

Posted on 11 September, 2012Author NataliePosted in Art, Mental illness13 Replies

I’m really fed up with the tortured artist trope. People have said it about me since I was a teenager, and while it’s true that I am kind of a bit artistic and also depressed as fuck, the latter does not positively affect the former. If this were the case I’d be a lot further…

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Stitch and Twitch: Social anxiety and public crafting.

Stitch and Twitch: Social anxiety and public crafting.

Posted on 3 April, 20113 April, 2011Author NataliePosted in Mental illness10 Replies

Over the last few months I’ve been coming to terms with learning something new about myself. I’ve been dealing with generalised anxiety and depression for many years but a few months ago I found out I was also suffering with social anxiety. I’ve never been into partying a lot (well, besides my early 20s and…

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Taking care of business (and by business, I mean me.)

Taking care of business (and by business, I mean me.)

Posted on 27 January, 201127 January, 2011Author NataliePosted in Mental illness37 Replies

I have been sick in the last few months and it’s been very difficult to manage all the different parts of my life while also taking care of me. A few months ago my anxiety got to a point where it was making me withdraw from the world and it probably would have been a…

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Sometimes it’s a struggle to manifest fance (manifance?)

Sometimes it’s a struggle to manifest fance (manifance?)

Posted on 29 September, 201029 September, 2010Author NataliePosted in Mental illness31 Replies

This past few weeks I have struggled. Not just with blogging but personally too (and I’m waiting on some blood test results that might return an outcome I’m NOT keen for.) Lots of bloggers seem to cover up all the bad bits and present the shiniest and most palatable version of themselves to the world,…

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