Today’s crochet mandalas for the Mandalas for Marinke project come to us from Sarah Watson in Aberdeen, Scotland. There is one large crochet mandala as well as one mini mandala. Note: Mini-mandalas are still being accepted for this project.
Sarah writes,
“Thinking of you Wink, and your family too. I hope you’ve all found peace now that you are no longer struggling. With love …”
For the depression awareness portion of today’s post, I wanted to make sure that you know about Medium, where there is often high-quality, smart writing in longform about important and interesting topics including issues related to depression.
Some article recommendations:
- Facebook’s Mental Health Problem: The most important thing I learned in 2015? That depression and social media don’t go well together at all. by Kati Krause
- Ten Years On: Going public with my own suicide attempt, issues with depression, and stigma ten years after my first attempt at ending my life. by Jason B.
- What Mental Illness Taught Me. by Jean Powell
- The Mental Health Manifesto: Confessions of a Rice Senior: My run-in with a mental illness and how I think you can prevent one. by Veronica Rae Saron
- A Place: Depression Valley. by Reason & Folly
- Medication, Denial and Me: How can 10 mg change so much? by Trish Tatman
- To the Edge. And Back. by Heather Nann
I don’t necessarily agree with everything in these articles, but I think that they’re thought-provoking and interesting. And although it probably goes without saying, some of them may be triggering so read without caution if you’re in an emotionally precarious place.
These crochet mandalas are part of the Mandalas for Marinke project. You can see all Mandalas for Marinke posts here.
Pretty mandalas, especially love the teeny one. 🙂