100 comments and counting on ’...
100 comments and counting on ‘Another Red Pill…i’m truely shocked! Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave comments on this shot, they are all very much appreciated : ) I can safely say every single comment has been positive and constructive in its own way, a testament to the great community of people here on Redbubble. Take care everyone! Ben
“We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispens…
“We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or chemical laboratory in which chance steers our hand sometimes to a soothing drug and sometimes to a dangerous poison.” / - Marcel Proust I have an image in the latest round of the Saatchi Showdown. You can vote for it here. And a final reminder: if you are in Melbourne you can see this image and three other self-portraits from the asylum, plus a portrait of me by Paul Louis Villani, plus many, many other wonderful photographs at the closing night of the Brunswick Street Gallery Picture This Prize from 6-9pm tonight. Hope to see you there.
No no.. am not suggesting some celebration or something.. though i do wish that more people will understand about mental health, and hope…
No no.. am not suggesting some celebration or something.. though i do wish that more people will understand about mental health, and hopefully dampen the annoying stigma the society tend to paste on us. Basically i just managed to join Voices of the Dark and the Deep group as an admin. the main reason is because i was hoping to get a place for some of us to gather and share our experiences and help each other. due to time constraints, the forum’s not really well formatted and categorised yet.. but the first section i made is certainly for there to stay (i hope)! Tips & Advices From The Experienced Section / i realized from Karin’s journal to help me, Clinical Depression & Silent Cries that many of us here actually do suffer from some form of depression or bad health or mental health problems.. What are some of the different Mental Health Problems? / Check out the list on the left hand side of this website or this page for those who have no idea what genre are those under (there’s that many different form and names). i think some of us who have a form or another of mental illness will agree with me that the public need to be seriously educated that there are actually many form of mental illness eh? Well, we may not be able to educate everyone, but we can try by slowly educating the one closer to us. Easier said than done. / is that what you’re thinking? hehe.. yesh, i read minds… / i agree. it’s seriously easier said than done. i know because i’ve been trying to educate 1 lady for the past 4yrs, and till now, i still fail. but hey!! does that mean i should stop trying? if it’s for my own good, why should i stop? it’s frustrating, yes. i agree. but it’s really important we try to educate those close to us ie. friends and especially family because they’re there to stay and (hopefully) support us someday. Anyway, back to the point… the Tips & Advices From The Experienced Section is create with the idea of us sharing some tips and advices we might have, be it from personal experience, or from the experience of someone we love. But it is in no way a professional advice section. So ultimately, if you or someone you know, if having a medical problem that might be related to mental health, please please do seek proper professional medical help. Visit your GP, or the hospital. Seek help. It’s nothing abnormal. How can it be with millions around the world suffering from it. Seek treatment. Work towards recovery. Be strong. And screw the stigma society paste on our medications, aka “Happy Pills”. The ignorant masses will call it Happy Pills. / Many in general tend to think that it’s bad to depend on medication. “You’re get addicted.” “Why are you taking Drugs?!” “Are you nuts!?” and yadda yadda yadda.. Basically most of us know the general public believes that it’s bad to get addicted to our “Happy Pills”. But my advice is please please, stick to your medications as prescribed by doctor don’t bother taking extra (i’ve tried, it doesn’t work that way) don’t try to wean off it without consulting your doctor first (i’ve tried it and it backfire and even worsen my condition) don’t believe the public stigma about being addicted or dependent on the medicine. Why the last statement? Because i feel the public lack 1 understanding about mental illness and how our medicine works. They are not professionals. Yes, our medicine will not help solve the problem. that’s a silly notion to believe. BUT, the correct belief we should have is, our medicine is there to help us. Yes, it doesn’t help solve the problem. medicine is there to help us internally, where we can’t control, eg, the chemicals in our brain or the hormones our body releases as time passes. (am not refering to teen raging hormones, but rather some illnesses DO happen due to our body changes, releasing of some hormones that may lead to things like weight gain or hair loss that can lead to depression). So yea. The medicines prescribed by doctors are supposed to help us internally. IF at any point it seems like it’s not helping or your problem is getting worst, return to your doctor and tell him that it’s not helping or it’s getting worst. tell him how is it worst (in detail). if there is no improvement or changes in a few months, seek a second doctor’s opinion. Now, while our medicine are there to help us, we ourselves mustn’t believe in the public stigma that our medicine is a Happy Pill. No, it isn’t. It’s there to help us internally. That’s all. Ultimately, we ourselves must work hard to solve the root of our problems. / We ourselves must work hard to improve and stay healthy. / We ourselves must find solutions to help us deal with our situations and problems. We must work towards our own happiness, not depend on just medication. Don’t ever stop seeking help. Take care of yourself. Love yourself. May we all feel and get better by the next WMHD.. Take care. Be Strong. Be Healthy. Love and hugs, / fa Check out Karin’s journal here!! Help spread the word and promote awareness!! =D
WHMD = World Mental Health Day It’s World Mental Health Day today, 10 Oct 2008. Just finish a writing...
WHMD = World Mental Health Day It’s World Mental Health Day today, 10 Oct 2008. Just finish a writing on this topic. It’s World Mental Health Day. So do check it out. If you don’t fancy the bigger and fancier fonts used for RB’s writings mode, check out the journal version of my writing instead. HAVE YOU LOVED YOURSELF, PEOPLE?! XD / / Take care. Be Strong. Be Healthy. Check out Karin’s journal here!! Help spread the word and promote awareness!! =D
What is our matrix? Take the Red Pill and find out or take the “Blue P…
What is our matrix? Take the Red Pill and find out or take the Blue Pill and remain oblivious.
There’s a lot of love out there for Hal it seems… One of those spontaneous moments where I fired up my old friend Illustrator and wh…
There’s a lot of love out there for Hal it seems… One of those spontaneous moments where I fired up my old friend Illustrator and whipped up a T design in less than 20mins… Who would’ve thought it would sell like a wild fire!!?? Many thanks to customers and fellow artists who’ve visited [ BD ] on Red Bubble and purchased my designs.. On that note, I would love to see how the t-shirts look you!! Do send me photos!! The funnier the pose, the better!! ;) ...Not to mention the continued support from other Red Bubblers, you precious people you!! :D Feedback also… I cannot stress how important it is for me to know if you guys are getting the quality you deserve. Oh, and while I’m here, the version 2.0 of the 2001 Space Odyssey Tribute series is now up, so be sure to check it out and see what you think!! A few different type colours to choose from too: Lin / [ BD ] Boudicca Design
My first time to use this journal function. I want to announce that we have just competed work on our first film. “A man playing vi…
My first time to use this journal function. I want to announce that we have just competed work on our first film. “A man playing video games pauses for a snack. Suddenly his life resembles the game he was playing. Will he make it to level 2 or is it game over?” This film is a collaboration with Darius Twin and P.E.M.D.A.S. It is made up of over 700 hundred unedited still images. It required 20 hours of shooting, countless hours of editing and 48 AA batteries… the film plays at 29.97fps with each image held for 3 frames displaying 10 fps. It has a bitrate of 2500 which is equivalent to DVD. the frame size is 1260X840pxIf you can spare 90 seconds please check it out. It is done in full HD. To watch it in HD you must select ‘HD’ in the bottom right corner of the player. I recommend it full screen with HD selected. On Flickr / On Youtube / On Vimeo Thanks, / Trevor from Fiz-iks
Felt like writing again tonight so I thought I would share a little more about how addiction to prescribed drugs has affected me over the…
Felt like writing again tonight so I thought I would share a little more about how addiction to prescribed drugs has affected me over the years. A friend of mine and I where discussing a situation with a family member of hers who is also being treated for ADHD. Here is my response to her about my experience with Adderal Over the course of 5 years I became a full blown addict and went from 25 mg a day to being able to take almost 200 mg a day to feel what I thought at the time was “normal”. Before I started the drug I weighed roughly 125 pds, at my lowest weight over the years I’ve weighed anywhere between 87 to 89 pds with my weight staying roughly around 92 for the past 6 years or so. Besides the medication indued aneroxia (I only ate once a day and spent the rest of the day drinking coffee and chain smoking) I also began showing signs of Bi-Polar disorder. Since my mother has this I was convinced that the doctor was correct and began taking heavy anti-depressant medications on top of the adderral. I’ve been on Clonadine, Serequel, Cymbalta, Lorazepam, Prozac and several others. I was told a I was bi-polar about a year ago and honestly believed I was. I had massive mood swings, paranioa, never left the house, stopped doing business or became completely obssessed with being on the computer and would spend 12 to 15 hours a day basically accomplishing nothing. I lost all of my friends and alienated family members in the process. What doctors do not tell you is that Aderral is essentially a legal version of speed. Getting off the drug was absolutely the hardest thing I have EVER done. A visit to the local addiction recovery center made things 100 times worse. After being informed that they could not treat me as an out patient and wanted me to stay for 30 days, I really ended up losing it. I became suicidal and figured that my children and husband, hell anyone would have to be better off than dealing with me the way I was at that moment. The drive home from that appt was the beginning of turning point. As I drove over our bridge I could not shake the absolute desire to drive my car off the railing and be done with it. Thankfully my logical side won out and I made it home hysterical and a mess but I was alive and I knew then and there that I had to get strong and fight for my recovery. It never dawned on me that a little pill that my doctor willing gave me every month could turn me into such a desperate monster seeking her next pill. Thankfully I never resorted to using anything illegal or purchasing it illegally but I can’t guarantee that if I had I stayed on it for a longer period of time that it would not have ended up that way eventually. In the last 3 months, I’ve gained weight ( I’m at 97 which does not seem like a lot but having dealt with a sort of psuedo anorexia I am still struggling with being at this weight) started leaving my house again and started reaching out to friends again, and oh yeah all those “bi-polar” symptoms are also completely gone! If I had known 5 years ago what I know now I would have never started taking the drug. I know my experience may be unique only to myself but for me at least, Adderal was the devil cloaked in orange, and I am so glad I’m finally on the road to being able to ignore his tempation.
One pill / Two pill / Three pill, four / How many will it take, before I collapse upon the floor? / Five pill / Six pill / Seven pills gone / I …
One pill / Two pill / Three pill, four / How many will it take, before I collapse upon the floor? / Five pill / Six pill / Seven pills gone / I thought I wouldn’t do it, I’m thinkin I was wrong / Eight pills / Nine pills and one more / Starting to feel all wonky, lower to the floor / Eleven pills / Twelve pills, / Thirteen pills consumed / Wash down in Booker Noe, my Kidneys now ballooned, / Fourteen pills / Fifteen pills, still shoveling down / Starting to feel dizzy, what is that haunting sound sound sound sound? / Nineteen pills, / Twenty pills, one container down / As long as I don’t vomit, a body will be found
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