MessyJessyCreatesArt

https://www.facebook.com/groups/insideoutworkshops/ http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/ www.insideoutworkshops.com This month's theme at Inside Out Visual Journaling with Rachel Kaufman is LUCKY. Some of you know that I have had major health problems recently and I feel very lucky that, no matter how wrong things are going, they could be worse.  I have written a couple of pages for the first prompt of the month and I ended up art journaling two layouts about this prompt.  

There is no doubt that art can be very therapeutic.  In fact, it helped me get through so many dark times in my life these past few years. The following are things I discovered about myself yesterday during my therapy session.  I had forgotten just how much these things impact me and are the root of my daily issues. I don't do well with change. I am still a perfectionist. I still have obsessive-compulsive disorder. I have major issues with uncertainty and the unknown. My memory REALLY sucks. All of these things cause great amounts of anxiety. I have little control over these things (OCD?) and I am going to figure out a way to take back control of my brain. One issue I have for dealing with these things is that I have really bad memory problems.  I have fibromyalgia and sleep disorder, both of which come with major memory issues.  I have been working on my anxiety issues for years but, with memory issues, it is like the slate is wiped clean every so ofte...