I’ve made the decision to evolve my existing Creative Coping Strategies campaign and rename it to the COPE Campaign, which stands for Creativity Opposing Painful Existence. The reason was mainly because I felt creativity can support ANY pain, not just the turmoil and stress that exists in our heads. In recent months, although I’ve been less able to create, I’ve still found that being creative from time-to-time has had a benefit for my health, whatever’s hurting.
So, as with the CCS campaign, if you are looking for a creative distraction, want to try something new because life is harder right now (for any reason), or just need a new hobby to try out, I have lots of ideas on the COPE Campaign page, and a growing list of suggestions of short-term stress helpers on my Stress Hacks page.
With a growing number of Long Covid patients out there, I have first hand experience of the inability to complete simple tasks that it can bring. The pain, fatigue, fog and general confusion can be horrifying, and anyone suffering this way needs some support. I know that little is known about LC, and for us long haulers finding help can be an exhausting uphill struggle.
But, prior to my own Long Covid diagnosis last year, I was already an ambulatory wheelchair user and mental illness patient, and coping strategies were something I deployed to help me get through on a regular basis.
If youre interested in sharing your own creativity then I might introduce an artists page on this website to share all of your work. If you’d like to submit something then visit my Contact Me page – I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE to see your work!
Look after yourselves and thanks for reading💜
Creative Steph 