Matthew Gallagher

Therapeutic Creativity

Many would agree that the year 2020 was most likely one of the most challenging times in their life however it was 2018 and 2019 that challenged my mind, heart and health. If we jump back to that period things looked much differently. I was a successful up-and-coming fashion designer, I had a partner of seven years, close friendships and a dog. Perfect, right? I thought so too - that is until everything I knew and had been planning for my future was gone. In what could only be described as a blindsided punch to the stomach, my partner had met someone else and our life together was over, my friend group split and my partner decided he no longer wanted us to share our dog and refused for me to see her again. I felt like I had lost everything and my life, or what I knew of it, was in a pile of rubble but I had no idea how to pick up the pieces. The period after opened my eyes to who I really was, and what I wanted.