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  • Cotton brain and jiggly lead

    Cotton brain and jiggly lead

    cotton wool 200There was a moment today when preparing for a telephone interview that my brain felt like cotton and my stomach lining turned heavy like lead yet jiggly like jello.

  • Feeling sick and almost choking

    Feeling sick and almost choking

    creeping vine 200There was a moment today (after having a conversation I have been avoiding and putting off) that I felt warm sick sensation from my stomach to my adam’s apple where it circled and squeezed my throat like a climbing vine.

  • Squishy, black leeches

    Squishy, black leeches

    There was a moment today when I ran into him that squishy, black leeches swirled around in my stomach.

  • While watching #RestorationMan ( @MrGeorgeClarke ) talking about #cancer

    While watching #RestorationMan ( @MrGeorgeClarke ) talking about #cancer

    There was a moment ( while watching George Clarke talk Clive Bolton about his wife Jane passing from cancer ) that I felt a pulling on the inside of my face as the tears rolled down my face, as I empathised regarding my fathers fight with cancer.

  • Dullness that has a warmth

    Dullness that has a warmth

    Dullness. A radiating dullness that has a warmth radiating from it. Located in the center of my back.
    Not a pleasant sensation.

    Noticing and acknowledging a sensation is not as easy as one would think. However it does get easier over time.

  • Pulsing expansion

    Pulsing expansion

    Bladder feeling full, sensation of pulsing expansion just below my stomach.

  • Restless spiders & violently bubbling water

    Restless spiders & violently bubbling water

    bioling water 200There was a moment today when I was told that I made it to the telephone interview stage of an application that little restless spiders skittered under my skin and violently bubbling water, like when the water in a kettle is almost done, swelled in my veins.

  • Electricity, warm water and haze

    Electricity, warm water and haze

    There was a moment today when I was home alone and heard the loud bang of something dropping downstairs that electricity ran through me so quickly that I couldn’t pinpoint the source and settled in my muscles, the inner tunnels of my ears and the back of my eyes bring everything – sight, sound, touch – into sharp focus. A wave of warm water coursed through me and the usual haze blanketed my senses once more when I found out it was just a bag dropping off a table.

  • Oozing Baileys

    Oozing Baileys

    It feels like warm Baileys cream liqueur is oozing gently over my stomach which is full after a big pizza

  • Pulled down to ground

    Pulled down to ground

    Sensation of being gently pulled toward the ground through my whole body