Author: A.C. Brooke
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Bird Bites: A Candid Exhibition of Transference with childhood trauma
Bird Bites: A Candid Exhibition of Transference with Childhood Trauma The *real* video starts around the 2:35 minute mark. I know this is choppy and awkward, but it also felt like a really important moment to share just because it perfectly captures some of the conversations I’ve had in therapy over the past few years…
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Meet Dr. Sizer
Excerpts from the film: Meet Dr.Sizer A quick clip from the film introducing Dr. Sizer, my former psychologist. Really love this segment, along with the soundtrack which I’ll list below. Audio still needs some fine tuning, but bear with me!
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Run & Hide: A Poem on Depersonalization
The Poem Explained Run & Hide! is a poem about depersonalization I wrote back in 2020. “The box” is the verbiage I used to describe the ‘hidden’ trauma in my head, because that’s exactly what it felt like. I knew it was there, I knew the things attached to it, but I didn’t know fully…
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June is PTSD Awareness month
Did you know June is PTSD Awareness month? Swipe to learn a little bit more about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Anger as an echo
The Drawing Explained I tend to shy away from talking about anger because it’s almost always accompanied by some layer of guilt: You don’t have it bad enough…get over it…it’s your fault you feel this way… The list goes on, sigh. But I don’t think anger itself is bad—it’s one of our core emotions. What…
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Drawings I did in therapy while processing recovered memories
Caption Drawings I did while processing recovered memories (sorry to everyone coming here from @a.c.brooke: you may see some reposts of reels, trying to get all Paper Birds related stuff in one place. I feel like this short video really embodies how that fall felt.
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Emotional Whore
The Drawing Explained I’m actually really looking forward to exploring this subject more because it’s something I’ve carried a fair amount of guilt for for a long time. Because that negative belief is so imbedded in me, sometimes I forget how harmful—and straight up untrue—it is until I say it out loud. I remember there…
Project Paper Birds 