Pauline Fountain

Joined May 2021

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Writing and photography provide a creative outlet to reflect with meaning on my life.

My mental health? Bipolar 1 (Rapid Cycling), Complex PTSD and Functional Neurological Disorder.

My son’s gentle wisdom furnishes me with the gift of hope.

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Challenges reframed
How to respond to adverse life and health events? I have a disabling life long Mental Illness: Bipolar 1 (Rapid Cycling) and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Poets
The survival of a heart
A week ago I watched a Dad bring his four boys into the park. The oldest with a footy. Down the scale ... A scooter, independent merry making on the swings and those jungle gym spider contraptions.
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Poets
Tangentiality
It's cold out. Perfect! I was up late last night ... well until about 2.30 am. A friend was on my mind. And I am writing a story for him. A dedication piece that I hope provides support.
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Psyche
Kookaburras
At the beginning of 2017 my Psychologist said to me, "Tell me in two words what your goals are for the year?" Pen poised for a long wait and some tears. "Hope and cope," I immediately replied.
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Psyche
The Seal show
The longed for, realised ... When I asked my son Ross what he wanted for his 16th birthday: R: Just to spend a day at Sea World with you. You used to take me there whenever you could when I lived with Nan. I loved to see the polar bears and the Seal show!
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Poets
Downpour
Trawling through the archives: Downpour: Take 1 Downpour: Take 2 * When trawling through the archives of long ago notations, I found two reflections of distance, longing and perception.
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Poets
Reunited
Ravaged by longing. Ross when will I see you again? Just us in our own way. We have our rituals and they sustain me. Do they sustain you?
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Poets
The double take
It takes a lot for Shan to do a double take. Even with me. I’m the first to admit that I can present others with situations whose significance has not been completely grasped at first.
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Poets
The coffee balcony
I am here in this place of comfortable respite; it is not mine. I am an intruder in another’s space. His home of sometimes peace and solitude. Sometimes, solitude and the sinking mind.
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Poets
Goodbye Kerry
I have been catching up with a ‘colleague’ for about two years now. We meet every Tuesday or Wednesday. At first, it was for a walk around the park with a coconut and lychee smoothie, then it became over a coffee. Now we grab a lunch during our weekly get-togethers. There are texts here and there, but we see each other weekly – always ‘face to face.’
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Psyche
She is beautiful
I have stopped to take a photo of a tree with with a vine. Frantic loud music masks my unquiet mind and the world beyond. It's thrash creates a discordant quality. It balances racing thoughts with the effect of white noise and stimulation.
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Poets
Watchful eyes
He is a man. He is tall and powerful. At times to protect her, he has used his physical presence and dark watchful eyes. Some may perceive as threatening, to keep her safe; as she steps from suffocation to freedom.
By Pauline Fountain5 years ago in Poets

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Challenges reframed

The survival of a heart

Tangentiality

Kookaburras

The Seal show

Downpour

Reunited

The double take

The coffee balcony

Goodbye Kerry

She is beautiful

Watchful eyes

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