The Loneliness Of The Unsaid: Insights From Carl Jung Carl Jung believed that feeling isolated, isn't always about physically being alone, but rather feeling loneliness on a deeper level #Psychology #Blog #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #Isolation #Vulnerability #SafeSapce #SocialSupportNetwork #network

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth #WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky Yesterday was the only time I considered the rest of my life. I had withdrawals, nicotine-stained dreams, As midnight closed, I was #intent to be carried by the wind, to swallow reality, and become as inert as a coin.

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth ‪ #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky #feral I was always asleep, and lost when time bounced around. Did you hear the cries? Read more below (trying something different) ...

So many incredible stories yesterday, each one a spark in the dark. It was a privilege to read them all. I’m drawn to prompts that shift depending on the light. Today, May 17, 2026 your #vss365 #prompt is #Luminous

#Booksky 📚💙 A very powerful and interesting experience into the surrealist mind of Breton. Who was Nadja? Nobody really knows. #surrealism

Last night was spent at Regent Street Cinema for a 4K restoration screening of The Gold Rush. It was beautiful. #London #cinema #chaplin

#vss365 #forgiveness #poetry You charm the land pretending to be something other than what you truly are, then, as trust becomes midnight and lips fade into clouds I whisper for your #forgiveness tumble into bedsheets soak my skin in the memory you left behind

#vss365 #prompt for 15 May 2026 is #forgiveness I smile as you hug me from behind the morning after a nightlong argument this is your way of saying sorry and mine is to hug you back our wordless exchange of forgiveness makes our love deeper

This is to remind you that Jeff Shaw @blackwings182.bsky.social will be hosting #vss365 from tomorrow, 16 May 2026. Kindly give him a follow and a warm welcome. Thank you.

Good morning my Bluesky #vss365 friends. I’ll be your host from May 16th through May 31st and I’m looking forward to every moment of it. Prompts will drop at 9AM GMT / 5AM EST A heartfelt thank you to Bithi for the wonderful prompts. Join me for two weeks of imagination, and storytelling

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism something quirky in your voice a sotto voce pallor, like snow, talc the unalloyed timbre to your chords speak a thousand emotions with one song, this song, your song, languages that echo time launching passions, subside when, as night comes, your tune closes the world

#vss365 #prompt for 14 May 2026 is #unalloyed the journey of us keeps bringing moments of unbridled and unalloyed joy making me grateful for such priceless gifts

First in an occasional series of English telephone boxes. #London

#vss365 #prompt for 11 May 2026 is #fleeting things that are fleeting attract us more our bond has passed years yet I cherish it even more

Today I needed to stop. Everything. Overwhelming overthinking. I needed peace.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. ~ Francis de Sales Je Shen (China b. 1973)

I am so grateful to live in a town with a view like this. #blessed #eastbourne

Best film adaptation of the Odyssey, wrong answers only

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth I hang on your every word like a #dewdrop at the end of a leaf a lifetime of wonder; when utterances fall foul of censors, halt the phrase, ponder on what might happen- an infinity of ‘what-ifs’ downgraded to paper bags and left to rot on the forest floor

#vss365 #prompt for 8 May 2026 is #dewdrop when your eyes go misty I'll be a bed of grass to catch the dewdrops until the sun rises in your skies please be the shore to the ocean of my psyche when the tempests go out of my control

It's my birthday, so let's have a birthday #artshare! I want to see what you consider to be some of the prettiest and best art you've done! 💖 Share your art! 🩵No AI or NFT imagery, please 🩷Kindly keep it SFW 💜 Have fun!

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth we only hear the bad bits, smell the rudderless odour of sorrow, fear, never catch sight of the #dove soaring chiming peaceful echoes to the world; we look down gambling cards fogged ashtrays speckled glasses, and ask: when will I see beauty?

#vss365 #prompt for 7 May 2026 is #dove love is like roses pretty but full of thorns love is like doves peaceful but craving to fly free

A great adventure, interesting enough for these times, about a group of neo-fascists attempting to get into power. How relevant. 📚 BookSky 💙 📚 #booksky

#vss365 #prompt for 6 May 2026 is #moonbeam clasping your elbow, with my head resting on your shoulder, we bathe in moonbeams, sitting on the terrace, listening to the song of the silent night

#vss365 #prompt for 4 May 2026 is #phantom missing you is like a phantom pain, my sound heart feels like shattering. your touch is the magic cure, your presence sets darkness alight

#vss365 #prompt for 2 May 2026 is #fury no wonder wrath is one of the 7 deadly sins for words spewed in fury often reveal truths that had better stayed unspoken sometimes, words we don't even mean are spoken in anger to hurt another heart

#caturday #madmagazine

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism I see her luminescent the unknown quantity the fast remembered dream dashing past the headlights creating a spin on her #name my honorific title a blur sweeping all in her wake like an ocean, crashing away the edge of land, I crumble fall into flaxen memories

#vss365 #prompt for 1 May 2026 is #name there are numerous words in language numerous words we utter and hear every day my heart jumpstarts and my eyes scan the surrounding upon hearing a word your name

Would anyone like to be added to my taglist for a weekly Friday #artshare? I'd like to start doing that again! Let me know below 🎨🖌️

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism her hunger radiates a song, crystal fire, echoes into defiant roar, drowning out your fears, tears; a #lion dripping with passion creeping into your vision and laying down to heat you with a soft, dangerous purr

It's my last day as your host, as April 30, 2026! Today's #vss365 #prompt is: #lion, in reference to the oldest known myth, The Epic of Gilgamesh! In the epic, lions represent untamed natured. The story also features the goddess Ishtar, whose sacred animal is the lion. 🦁

Did a spot of acting last night. #Eastbourne #theatre

It's almost midnight of April 29, my second-to-last day as #vss365 host! Remember to welcome @bithipaulauthor.bsky.social as our next host, taking over from May 1-15💕 Here's a "bonus" illustration of Aphrodite and Eros! Aphrodite inspired one of my earlier prompts.

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth we are fractals of balance dicing on the edge, a knife blade blistered with blood; we fall, into #dichotomous colours, and become frayed like distressed cloth, or bones dug up for centuries eyes to glare, our memories lost in another museum

It's April 29, 2026, and today's mythology inspired #vss365 #prompt is #dichotomous! Like the complementary aesthetics of Artemis and Apollo, twin Greek gods of the moon and the sun, respectively, in addition to other complex responsibilities. These two are among my faves!

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth my heart you kept fallen into stone, fashioned into the brooch you wear #lightning never strikes twice never say never, world of repetition immersive wave, black and gold breath and breathless my heart was lightning once you ensured it had no weight

It's April 28, 2026, and today's #vss365 #prompt is #lightning! Inspired by the lightning bolts of Zeus, King of the Greek gods. An epic figure, Zeus presides over the sky, lightning, and thunder. He won his crown after overthrowing his father and freeing his devoured siblings!

"If your choices are beautiful, so too you will be." ~ Epictetus An Evening on the Beach 🎨 Laura Knight (1909)

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism I dream of her voice soft lips pursed serious agile face, kindness eyes I wonder where she goes who she sees every day, are they fools or bitten by a wish, perhaps a general the master #tactician waiting in the wings I dream of her voice sing to her every day

It’s April 27, 2026, and today's mythology-inspired #vss365 #prompt: #tactician! Like Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, strategy, and craft. In some versions prophesied to overthrow Zeus, she instead became his most trusted advisor. One of my favorite mythological figures of all time!

It's April 26, 2026, and today's mythology-inspired #vss365 #prompt is #lunar! As in the beautiful Japanese moon god, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (ツクヨミノミコト, 月読命). He has both benevolent and malevolent characteristics, as a keeper of balance and order!

It's April 25, 2026, and today's #vss365 #prompt is #psychopomp, meaning guide of souls! Like the Egyptian god Anubis. One of my favorite mythic figures, Anubis is typically depicted with the head of a jackal, and protects the souls of the dead, among other duties.

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #exquisitecorpse an exquisite corpse landing softly as #cats are wont to do prowling in my shadow gorging on a feast of piercing eyes, watch as her claws grab your tongue as the air is stirred into frenzy the dead lie in wait, for another day

It's April 24, 2026, and today's mythology-inspired #vss365 #prompt is #cats! In reference to the so-very-cool Norse goddess Freyja, a deity of love, beauty, fertility, gold, war, and magic, and whose chariot is pulled by the cats Bygul and Trjegul. Her day is Friday!

#Vss365 #microfiction Met a stunning indian girl called Billee, eyes big & bold blue like my cat who died years ago. Funny, my cat was called Billy, I told her. She replied: “Billee in hindi means female cat, #cats have 9 lives &, we hindus reincarnate—you were always good to me.” #pic Google

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth reaching for your hands your skin, the tip of a finger wishing your nails would catch my breath ending all hope #fishing for your eyes finding empty space hollow pain washing my lips in your tears

It's April 23, 2026, and today's mythology-inspired #vss365 #prompt is #fishing! Something that often factors into myths of the demigod Maui from Polynesian mythology. Some myths hold that he created the Hawaiian islands by pulling them up with fish hooks!