Do You Have A Talent Of Skill You Excel At?

[fingers1]

I am good at fixing things and building functional items from "junk".

I have always been technical and good at fixing things, I know I am from a dysfunctional family with shame and guilt, I now after 58 years have seemed to have confirmed that I have had PTSD three times in my life. I could not concentrate at school and later on into my working life. Each time after trauma I have suffered huge depressions, The latest ten years.
I seem to have been trying to fix others with trauma for years. I can spot trauma victims a mile off.

We learn something new every day.

fingers1

 

[Deleted member 28403]

@fingers1
I also seem to recognize trauma victims, or otherwise similar people. Though I am still confused by it, I just feel a sort of vibe, especially with trauma, I felt some triggering vibes at one place, and it ended up that a person in that room had some similar trauma to me.

 

[Lionheart]

It must have very deep meaning for you.

Yes the walking stick is proof that I can do magick..in other words I can take an idea and make it into something real and concrete...in short, I have a talent for creating stuff with my hands. It has an even deeper meaning that I will share with you...on the staff in symbols are these words, ..."What once was broken shall be made whole, as is my will it now is so"!!! It was an act of love for myself because I needed a walking stick and a symbol of my ability to create.

 

[void]

Yes the walking stick is proof that I can do magick..in other words I can take an idea and make it i...

Very beautiful!!:happy::happy::happy::happy:

 

[hodge]

I have had talents for writing and painting. I actually won a prestigious writing award at my university. But now I can barely write. I don't paint anymore, either, since I've had this part-time job, which I can only work at in the middle of the night, when I used to do my painting. I had paintings accepted at big city galleries. I still have my paints on my desk. I'm not ready to put them away.

 

[void]

I have had talents for writing and painting. I actually won a prestigious writing award at my university....

So did your PTSD symptoms force you to stop??
or was it your work schedule??

 

[Deleted member 28403]

I sure am talented at devaluating myself by now, seriously. But been working on it. So I guess, sometimes I can help people and talk through their emotions?

 

[Deleted member 29920]

@Jemini, I'd like to see your sketches if you feel okay sharing them? If not, it's ok :hug:

 

[Panda Bear]

@hodge. Could you share your paintings with us? I'm sorry to hear it's not something you're able to do right now. Does it help to hear that I wasn't able to see/quilt for a number of years? It's my 'art'. It's recently started to become easier again after many years if not being able to work with it at all!

While I used to be quit accomplished in my work. I'm not at that point yet. I've started with something easy.

I'm doing this pattern, but in red.

 

[hodge]

So did your PTSD symptoms force you to stop??
or was it your work schedule??

It was work that stopped me. I started painting after PTSD, so it wasn't that. It just feels like I only have so much energy and that's going into my part-time job now. I'm most productive in the middle of the night . . . there aren't so many things to trigger me then, but even then I can only do a few minutes at a time. Actually, when I painted, I painted fast. I mean, I would do a painting in about 15-20 minutes.

 

[hodge]

@hodge. Could you share your paintings with us? I'm sorry to hear it's not something...

Nice, Panda. I'm glad you can quilt again. I've tried to upload some of my paintings in Media once but it didn't work. Maybe they're too large? I don't know, but I'll try again one of these days. Thanks.

 

[Anrish]

Torture myself when it comes to sports....uhm my endurance? :p As long as I don't have to practise...