Mental Health Chat

#MHchat is an open access Mental Health community ( 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

[Polly Marie Fielding @FieldingPolly]

@MHChat In response to your invitation to share our art - anyone who is interested can see my art on https://t.co/LzlEJR0qyQ

[Polly Marie Fielding @FieldingPolly]

@MHChat 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

[Mental Health Chat @MHChat]

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

[Mental Health Chat @MHChat]

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

[HMM @doepublic]

@MHChat @FieldingPolly It takes a notebook, a pen and the courage to journey with any expression you place upon the paper.

[Jane Hersey @HerseyJane]

@MHChat #mhchat Poverty and deprivation and increasing social inequality means that many talented people never get the opportunity to express themselves.

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@FieldingPolly Well said. Can you expand a bit more about colours and how, in your experience, they can reflect different emotions and mood? Thank you. @MHChat #MHChat

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Question 1 @MHChat: In your view, is there a relationship between arts and mental health? @MHChat #MHChat

[Polly Marie Fielding @FieldingPolly]

@MHChat I find that using bright colours when painting can literally brighten up my day sometimes #MHChat

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@HerseyJane Important point and wonderful to have you as an excellent member of @MHChat community. Thank you. @MHChat #MHChat

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Question 2 @MHChat: beyond self expression, can art and artistic expressions help estalish new connections, networks and communities? and can they generate an enhanced sense of belonging? @MHChat #MHChat

[Jane Hersey @HerseyJane]

@MHChat #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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@SamCastellWard Good point. Can you expand on what makes it therapeutic? Thank you. @MHChat #MHChat

[Sam Castell-Ward @SamCastellWard]

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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@HerseyJane Excellent point. Powerfully and beautifully expressed. @MHChat #MHChat

[Jane Hersey @HerseyJane]

@MHChat #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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@HerseyJane Our prejudices are a reflection of. our own limitations and often our own sense of inadequacy and experience of anxiety. @MHChat #MHChat

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@doepublic Great point about sharing the journey and engagement. @MHChat #MHChat