Yan B

#OCD and other stuff.
But mostly OCD.

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

Stay still, don't move, or you'll interfere with my electromagnetic field. This isn't a prank, I'm saving the universe, and everything bouncing around inside it.
#OCD #vss365 🐙💫
https://t.co/4aMUHXU4uw

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

@shortprose1 Option 3. I really like the yellow. Adds a bit of heat 👍

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

#ocd

[100 CANS of SPAM @100CansOfSpam]

The prize is on the other side
Of the #crevasse,
Everything you've ever wanted
Is a simple leap across the abyss.
“Just don't look down,” sniggers the God of Troublesome Thoughts.
#vss365

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

@jdog90 👏👏👏👏👏

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

@winged_silence Thanks again, Sara! That's a lovely comment 🙂 And best wishes to you too 👍

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

There are cliques in every community. Mental health 'collectives' are no exception. I’ve been watching (with #diligence) from the gallery, reading conversations, testing my own feet in the frigid water. I see their gnarled commanders - smug faces, cruel and long.
#vss365 🕵️‍♂️😈#ocd

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

@winged_silence Thank you, Sara, that's very much appreciated 🙏🙂

[Gabriela Marie Milton @shortprose1]

#vss365 #lion #haikufotsoulmates #haiku

A lion’s heart in a poet’s grace, Haiku for Soulmates is coming soon at Literary Revelations @LR_Publisher Please help me spread the word. Thank you 🙏 🌹

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

@BarrieEditor1 So sorry to hear that, Jen. Your dad was/is a legend! 💔🙏

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

@derickijohnson 😁👏👏👏👏👏

🦭🦭🦭

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

#BOUNTIFUL LIGHT

“I don’t like the way you talk about your OCD!”
F**king cliques,
They exist in every circle,
Mental health is no exception

But people cope in different ways
(Various angles and all that),
So I let it go,
Cos you’re only human,
And we share that flaw too
#vss365

[Alan M @Heavy_Boab]

I think it is abundantly clear that the elite multimillionaire class love to preach inclusion, acceptance and understanding of disabled people until they are actually confronted with disability.

They will stand on stage and applaud a film about the struggles of living with Tourette’s. They will celebrate the awareness. They will congratulate themselves on being progressive.

But the moment they are faced with the hard, gritty reality of Tourette’s uncensored and unscripted for all to see and hear, the tone changes.

Suddenly they are shocked. Suddenly they are appalled. Suddenly they are not quite as inclusive, accepting or understanding after all.

The mask of virtue slipped.

You invited a man with Tourette’s into the room. You were made aware of his condition. You applauded him. And then when Tourette’s did exactly what Tourette’s does, you recoiled.

You cannot celebrate the story and reject the reality.

Tourette’s is not tidy. It is not convenient. It is not performative. It is neurological. It is involuntary. It does not edit itself for elite comfort.

The irony is this. Tourette’s is louder than ever right now. More people are learning. More people are asking questions. More people are understanding.

You tried to distance yourselves from the reality. Instead you amplified it.

We are all thinking of you Johnny. We are with you. And support for you and for everyone living with Tourette’s is only growing.

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

*On an...🤦

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

AN ON #ORBITAL ROUTE AROUND FASHIONABLE CAUSES

It’s all mental health awareness
Until they hear something they don’t like.
Our disorders don’t sit pretty in a box,
They’re gritty and stink,
So stop flying the banner
If you can’t take a little heat.
C**ts!

#vss365 #BAFTAS 💫

[Furiosa @Furiosa24]

Just watched ‘I, Swear’.

Absolute cinema.

I laughed. I cried. I wanted to hit people. I wanted to hug people.

I loved it.

My god! Watch it.

What an extraordinary, beautiful, pure man, John Davidson.

The haters do not have one ounce of the humanity John has.

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

@DreyfusJames It’s all mental health awareness
Until they hear something they don’t like.
🤬

[Van Gogh Museum @vangoghmuseum]

💭 Which of Vincent’s quotes speaks to you most today?
Van Gogh faced many struggles with his own mental health, yet in his letters he often wrote about hope, comfort, and encouragement.
Hopefully his words bring you a little relief on #WorldMentalHealthDay 💌 Save them, share them, or send one to a friend who could use some encouragement today.

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

I often think,
Why the f*k am I doing this?
Science answers wiv a grin,
“‘Cos water takes the easiest path!”

Someone waves a green banner,
“It’s mental #health awareness hour!”
I drag my bag 2 a corner
And do a little dance,
Pin a badge to my hat
And wait 4 the next flag
#vss365

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

@LoveHealthEd 🙂
🙏

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

My calmest time was sleeping,
Head in a fish tank,
Isolated from #reality.
Either that or knocking one out
(Ha! Crow almost encouraged it!)
But fully awake,
At work or play,
OCD disrupted every corner of my mind,
A carpet of snapping beetles,
Uncrushable in their tenacity
#vss365

[Yan B @YanBaskets]

@RubyMohans Thank you so much, Ruby! That's very much appreciated! 💜