I'm Not Scared

Depression is fear. I was told that once. I suffer with it from time to time and have done so all my life. I think as I get older I'm better at managing it. It still overwhelms me occasionally but it doesn't seem to hover quite as long. Now if l start to feel a little low, l look back on the day or the week and try to work out what I'm scared of. Fear, that I have said the wrong thing , done the wrong thing,not as good , never be as good... and so it goes on. If I can't work it out, I go for a walk or go out in the garden. I also paint. This book is a years work,that; although fear took over and I didn't actually have an exhibition of these works . They were my way of chasing out the bad . Strangely I don't look at them and think they are scary. I love them and loved painting them . Here they are. I recommend anyone to do as I do and find a release. If you can't paint or draw , have a go! Knitters could knit ,gardeners could garden, sporty people could run it off.