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When the Canvas Is Too Loud: Coping with Creative Blocks Triggered by Trauma
Coping with Creative Blocks Triggered by Trauma There are days when the brush won’t move, when the cursor blinks but no words arrive,...
blairricker
Jun 33 min read


What Abstract Art Reveals About the Invisible Wounds of CPTSD & healing
When words fracture under the weight of memory—when pain is too complex, too fragmented, or too silent—art speaks. For me, abstract art has become that voice. A language without letters. A way to paint what trauma cannot phrase. My goal by creating my abstract art is to understand my soul and what abstract art reveals about the invisible wounds of complex PTSD and what is means to heal this type of trauma... READ MORE
blairricker
Jun 13 min read


How Art Became My Lifeline: A Journey Through CPTSD and Creativity
For a long time, I didn’t have the words.
Living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) is like carrying a storm inside you—a mix of tangled memories, fear, grief, and survival mechanisms that don’t just go away with time. For me, the breakthrough didn’t come through language. It came through art and this is how art became my lifeline.... READ MORE
blairricker
Jun 13 min read
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