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At the Mercy of the Sea
Photo taken by contributor Michelle who has battled Recurrent Major Depression and OCD. For many years she struggled without understanding what was happening. Eventually she was diagnosed, surprisingly by her gynecologist, who then referred her to a psychiatrist. One of the factors that contributed to her depression was years of abuse as a child. Michelle writes, blogs and does photography as therapy. She has found that doing these things is self-settling and helps her manage her depression.
About this photo: “I find doing photo editing to be quite therapeutic and it also helps express emotions. The sailing boat in this picture seemed so small on the ocean when I took the photo. It reminded me a bit of myself sometimes when I get that drowning feeling. I think the edit expresses that emotion quite well, with the huge crashing waves circling around the small boat which is floating at the mercy of the ocean.”
More from Michelle at her blog.
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Thank you Spartacus 🙂
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I’m often a
small boat lost at sea
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wonderful
visual
metaphor
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Thanks you for saying so.
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Great photo with such a deep meaning! In my media arts class at school we worked on these kinds of photo edits- polyoramas – and this one is much better than any that I could come up with 🙂
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Thank you so much, I appreciate your comment about the photo.
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What a creative image!
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Thank you 🙂
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😀
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Wow, what a great idea and image!
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Thank you 🙂
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Wow!
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Thank you 🙂
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Reblogged this on My Choice.
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Thank you for reblogging 🙂
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😉
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spectacular photo. I too suffer with depression and anxiety and PTSD because of abuse. You may want to read Thin Places by Mary Demuth and her new book coming out soon Not Marked. She is an amazing author and shares from her experiences of abuse and recovery from abuse.
http://www.marydemuth.com/notmarkedbook/
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I will be sure to get that book. Thank you for the suggestion.
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Reblogged this on Hope* the happy hugger and commented:
Thank you to “Broken light.”
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Reblogged this on Zone Noodlect! and commented:
Cool!
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Thanks for the reblog 🙂
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That photo is so evocative – hardly needed your explanation to get what you were saying with that amazing visual. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you so much Rachel.
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I can’t stop looking at it. This is really unique. Great idea.
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Uniquely compelling image, alone and surrounded by huge forces.
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Thank you.
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Awesome! I am so impressed with her photographic therapy. This is an amazing post *hugs*.
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This is really intriguing and does well in expressing your feelings and thoughts. I think we can see very clearly that photography and editing are awesome outlets for you. I can relate to this all too well. The tunnel of water created here is pretty bizarre.
Good luck with your projects!
eLPy
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