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Celebrating Poetic Brilliance: JJ Crowns' June 2024 Edition of Poetry Magazine

Get ready to be mesmerized by the sheer talent and creativity of these remarkable individuals. From heartfelt verses to thought-provoking insights, this edition is a celebration of the diverse voices shaping our literary landscape.

JJ Crowns, a magazine endeavors to bring endless opportunities to avid artists of all kinds across the globe. The notion behind JJ Crowns is to upraise the talent in the world and to reflect the same with in-depth insights. It is a magazine and virtual award winning show that creates a platform for everyone to showcase their potential and witness their writing and publishing experience with a common love towards everything creative.

It is a different attempt to find out the talents that have been printed. JJ full form is Jay Jagannath, so the way to celebrate achievements globally with the blessings of Lord Jagannath of the world is to connect with JJ CROWNS. Whose CEO AND FOUNDER Miss. Jyotirmayee Panda started JJ CROWNS with this desire in mind. Which is gradually gaining popularity in a very short span of time. SEO Mr. Farhan Alam Lari and other team members have brought JJ CROWNS into the limelight in a short period of time.

As always, this time too, JJ CROWNS started the magazine edition with an eye on trying to do something new. Now in this “June Poetry Magazine Edition – 2024” we searched for talent and found unique talents. In this magazine, there is a way to get inspired by his/her handwritten Poems, along with learning about his/her Thought Power.

So without further delay we proudly announce the names of those talents:- कर्णिका विवेक वर्मा (Front Cover), काजल कुमारी, अमन चौधरी, सुजित नामदेव तांबे, Zunaira Rizwan, Amir Raza, Ananya Mishra, Aurora Bluemoon, दीप्ति आनंद, Disha Chhajed, Hanumann Saxena, Harppreet M Caur, Hira Sir, जयप्रकाश अग्रवाल, Charlotte John, Poothamil, Reetu Srivastava, Roshni Chawla Madan, Saiyeda Rubia Khatun, S. Arun Kumar, PriyadharshiniTJ, Sacca, Sarthak, Selene, Bro. Albert Valuvettickal, ਜਸਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ( ਜੱਸ ਮੱਟੂ ), Hemanya Kakkar, Chahat Jain (Back Cover) and Many More.

At last JJ Crowns really appreciate for your Work, Support, Love, Effort and Cooperation. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to each poet for their tireless dedication and boundless creativity. Your work is not just ink on paper; it is a beacon of inspiration that lights the way for generations to come.

Join us in honouring these extraordinary voices and embracing the magic of poetry. Together, let's weave a tapestry of words that transcends boundaries and unites us all in the universal language of art.

Thank you for your unwavering support and enthusiasm. With your love and encouragement, JJ Crowns continues to shine as a beacon of creativity and expression. Here's to the poets, the dreamers, and the visionaries who remind us that beauty lies within every verse.

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World Art Day - how art can help ease mental illness and create change.

World Art Day – how art can help ease mental illness and create change.

It’s World Art Day and SANE – The Mental Health Charity asked me to do a drawing to celebrate and raise awareness of how affective art can be to help with mental illness.

Art saved my life. Not figuratively, but literally. I was at the end of the road in 2010, after suffering my 4th severe break down. I was suicidal and told that there was no support for me. I then stood at a cross road, with a…

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Charlotte Farhan is an artist, illustrator, writer, activist and Brainstorm Ambassador. She’s the managing director of non-profit arts organization Art Saves Lives International and the editor of ASLI Magazine.

Charlotte campaigns tirelessly as an activist against inequality, the stigmatization of mental illness, rape culture, capitalism and war. Her Facebook post about why she would not be changing her profile picture to an overlay of the Tricolor in the wake of the Paris Attacks, even though she is French and from Paris, went viral and received international media attention, including from the New York Times, Telegraph, Independent, Mail, Mirror & Le Huffington. She has written articles for CNBC, Open Minds Quarterly (as a Resident Artist) and as editor of ASLI Magazine.

Originally from Paris, Charlotte now lives with her husband Mohammed in the UK, along with their four cats and her psychiatric warning dog, Amadeus. Charlotte has a diploma in Fine Art and BA degrees in Creative Writing, Philosophy, and Psychological Sciences. Here, she writes for Brainstorm about her ongoing art collection Outsider Art: Mental Health Depicted Through Art.

Brainstorm Ambassador and Artist-Activist Charlotte Farhan

I am an outsider.

Which makes me an outsider artist; meaning that my art is created outside the boundaries of “official” culture and the exclusive art world.

“Outsider Art” was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art bru  (“raw art” or “rough art”), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art by those on the outside of the established art scene, such as psychiatric hospital patients.”

In this ongoing collection, my work focuses on my internal struggles with – and the world’s discrimination against – mental illness. Suffering from C-PTSD (Complex post-traumatic stress disorder) due to childhood abuse and teenage sexual violence, as well as abandonment and neglect in childhood and early adolescence made me susceptible to other forms of mental illness. I now suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder, Psychotic Depression, Agoraphobia, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Derealization, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Adult Attention Deficit Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder. I am also still in recovery from an Eating Disorder.

My mission is to use art to show people on the “inside” that WE – The Outsiders – have a voice and it needs to be heard! This helps me communicate with fellow sufferers on the “outside”: together we fight for equality and diversity.

Charlotte Farhan Art Activism 

Art Saves Lives Magazine

Support Charlotte’s Work – Purchase Original Artwork!

Outsider Art by Artist Charlotte Farhan

Exploding With Emotions by Ambassador Charlotte Farhan

Splitting by Ambassador Charlotte Farhan

Chained To The Past by Charlotte Farhan

ASLI Magazine’s Second Edition was about Mental Health Recovery

Depicting Mental Illness Through Art

Vulnerability by Artist Charlotte Farhan

Bad Child Crazy Girl by Charlotte Farhan

Everyone’s Watching by Charlotte Farhan

Make It Stop by Charlotte Farhan

Self-Portrait for SANE by Artist Charlotte Farhan

Eyes And Ears by Ambassador Charlotte Farhan

Outsider Art by Charlotte Farhan

The Looking Glass by Ambassador Charlotte Farhan

Splitting by Charlotte Farhan

Original Artwork by Charlotte Farhan

Artwork by Charlotte Farhan

C-PTSD by Charlotte Farhan

Obstructive by Brainstorm Ambassador Charlotte Farhan

Silence Is Oppressive by Artist Charlotte Farhan

Clouding Of Consciousness by Ambassador Charlotte Farhan

Now Lay Me Down To Sleep by Artist & Brainstorm Ambassador Charlotte Farhan

Happiness Without Potion by Artist Charlotte Farhan

Freedom Over Life by Artist Charlotte Farhan

Night Terrors by Charlotte Farhan

When I Close My Eyes by Charlotte Farhan

Am I Real by Charlotte Farhan

Time To Breathe by Charlotte Farhan

C-PTSD by Charlotte Farhann

The Looking Glass by Ambassador Charlotte Farhan

Artwork by Charlotte Farhan

Outsider Art – Mental Health Depicted Through Art by Charlotte Farhan Charlotte Farhan is an artist, illustrator, writer, activist and Brainstorm Ambassador. She's the managing director of non-profit arts organization…

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Jai Malano addresses stereotypical roles forced upon women in entertainment with her song ‘You Made Me Love You’

Jai Malano addresses stereotypical roles forced upon women in entertainment with her song ‘You Made Me Love You’

Jai Malano

Jai Malano, 33, Austin, Texas, USA; is a roots Blues/Rock & Roll vocalist and song writer.

This article is from our ‘Celebration of Women’ campaign and first ASLI Magazine issue:

What motivated you to deal with the subject of female stereotypes in your art?

I was motivated to become a part of this project after a Facebook friend, who is also a writer, shared the info via her Facebook…

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6. REFERENCING

1. Belief In The Impossible – By Charlotte Farhan

"A reflection and self-portrait of the Struggle For Happiness and the conflicting ways in which things have helped my mental illness through religion, philosophy, spirituality, and the battle with medication and treatments. Asking myself “Is Happiness Possible without a magic potion of sorts”?"

Charlotte Farhan Art - Creating Change. 2020. Borderline Art. [online] Available at: <https://charlottefarhanartactivism.com/original-art-for-sale-from-charlotte-farhan/borderline-art-by-charlotte-farhan-bpd/> [Accessed 23 August 2020].

I've been a long path of interrupting my medicines on my own, without talking to a psychiatrist. I've always known that this isn't a healthy way to cope with my illness but I used to think I didn't need medication anymore if I was happy and stable. Recently, I learned that in the worst way. About a month ago I stopped taking my pills and one of them was a humor stabilizer, which I never took before. I remember the previous psychotics episodes being only a phase of depression or complete euphoria. But this time the thing went a whole different way. I've become an aggressive, rude, and dangerous person to me and others around me. Unfortunately, there's no way of being "happy" without a "magic potion". Having a Borderline Personality Disorder and not taking medicines is basically a road to suicide. There's no way of controlling mood swings without them. They’re a vital part of living a normal life.

2. Edvard Munch

“My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. Without anxiety and illness, I am a ship without a rudder. My art is grounded in reflections over being different from others. My sufferings are part of my self and my art. They are indistinguishable from me, and their destruction would destroy my art. I want to keep those sufferings.”

Munch, E., Holland, J. and Høifødt, F., 2014. Private Journals Of Edvard Munch. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

Sometimes I think my art practice would be worthless without my disorder. That thought isn't real. It is obvious that my mind is really creative due to my disorder but it doesn't mean that I can't create if I can control it. It is actually easier to create when I'm not suffering from mood swings all of the time. Without managing my disorder my mind can work in very complex ways but that ends up not being the most suitable option for me. I may have a midnight outburst of creativity and the next morning I would be so tired that I could not think about a way to keep working on what I was building and I would probably feel incompetent and that may end up in a depression episode.

3. I Am Borderline

"Relationships are the hardest. You find yourself constantly pushing the people you love the most away while the voices in your head are screaming ‘stop’. But you can’t. And you slowly begin to destroy the relationships you care about the most."

Vimeo. 2016. I Am Borderline. [online] Available at: <https://vimeo.com/168880641> [Accessed 23 August 2020].

In my whole life, I've never been good at dealing with relationships especially if the subject is love. Borderlines are often more empathic than normal people and I relate to that a lot. When I'm in a relationship I tend to push my emotions, worries, and problems aside to focus only on the person I am with. That's been a hurtful way to live for a long time. I would forget about myself and try to solve all of my partner problems and basically live his/her life for him/her. That used to consume me alive and it would get so dangerous and I could see that it was losing myself and that I would start to slowly damage the relationship because I would get so depressed and misplaced that I couldn't bear to continue living a healthy relationship. At other times I would feel very much in control and reject any love form that would come my way. I also tend to put an idea in my mind, for example, "He/she doesn't love me anymore because he/she is taking too long to text me back". And without having a clue I would start to act in a way that I would make this reality inside my head become an outside reality. Ending up having a confirmation that the feelings inside my mind was real when it truly wasn't.

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Mental Artists Charlotte Farhan, Jade Bryant and Shawn Coss have created their own Inktober prompts for themselves and anybody else who wants to use them. Every day we’ll be adding more ExperiMENTAL Inktober Art to this project and we want YOU to get involved! Send us your art via email or tag #mentalideas #inktober @mentalideas!

To use Charlotte’s prompts (above), hashtag #⃣ #charlottefarhanart! Or you can download the Official Inktober 2019 prompts HERE!

Inktober 2019 Mental Artists Charlotte Farhan, Jade Bryant and Shawn Coss have created their own Inktober prompts for themselves and anybody else who wants to use them.

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"She asked for it" - Art to end the silence on rape culture

“She asked for it” – Art to end the silence on rape culture

After the fact

the whispers begin

“she asked for it”

they judge

after our flesh

was broken in

our reputation

a smudge.

Why would anyone

ask for this

they poke fun

our innocense

they dismiss

our wilfulness

they insist.

No one

asks for this.

–

(Poetry By Charlotte Farhan)

She Asked For It – By Charlotte Farhan

    This piece of art and poetry is the first in a series of art pieces confronting the…

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Etsy listing available in my shop - Original Art by Charlotte Farhan

Etsy listing available in my shop – Original Art by Charlotte Farhan

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"What was she wearing" - Art to end the silence on rape culture

“What was she wearing” – Art to end the silence on rape culture

What was she wearing – By Charlotte Farhan

    “what was she wearing”

is the first question asked

“how could she be so daring”

judging her on her past

“her clothes are provocative”

society proclaimed

“her innocence is impossible”

her gender is shamed

“why didn’t she cover up”

the jury quiery

“she seems grown up”

which makes them uneasy

But still their judgement spills

“this doesn’t happen to…

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Infertility gave me the chance to question my abilities and accept being child free

Infertility gave me the chance to question my abilities and accept being child free

(Please be aware that this essay is my opinion and represents my life. In no way am I judging anyone for their life choices with this piece) 

Being child-free was not my first choice; like most people the indoctrination of the projected ideal of “family”, being specifically to procreate in a hetro-normative way, had been passed down to me through relatives, religion, culture and societal norms –…

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A Kind of Healing - Art and Poetry By Charlotte Farhan

A Kind of Healing – Art and Poetry By Charlotte Farhan

A Kind of Healing – By Charlotte Farhan

  A Kind of Healing – By Charlotte Farhan

–

smoke into the night

smoke into the morning

remove

feeling

numb

a kind of healing

–

memories clutter

dreams smudge

nightmares form

creating

other worlds

mirrors

reflecting the storm

–

shackled to distraction

narratives of others

re-imagining stories

living through

our screens

blinded

white noise

like screams

–

sle…

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Am I Real -and Poetry by Charlotte Farhan

Am I Real -and Poetry by Charlotte Farhan

  AM I REAL? by Charlotte Farhan

The nature of reality perplexes most,

nothing can “be . . . ” and “not be . . . “,

so when I tell you I feel like a ghost,

please believe me.

–

Anything outside your mind can be unsure,

but how does something exist?

Does one have to have thunk it – to be sure,

of flesh and bone is all I consist.

–

Am I mentally constructed,

are my thoughts my own?

or possibly…

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                                              2. IMAGE ANALYSIS

                           What you cannot see – By Charlotte Farhan

"As a Borderline, I spend an intense amount of time suppressing emotions. People often say to me after I have had an outburst, “I did not realize you were feeling so emotional and unwell, you looked fine to me” This is due to the combination of having had to be strong and resilient through major abuse and trauma as a child as well as being ridiculed and scolded for displaying extreme emotions as an adolescent. So I developed an emotion regulation strategy. This painting is of the emotions people don’t see. My art is here to break down and challenge stigma as well as educate."

When analyzing this artwork I notice that the tones chosen by the artists tend to express mixed feelings because of the color-coding. Red is a color that brings a sense of burn, like fire. When combined with purple, which often brings a sense of power it gets even more strength. I also notice that the rough brush strokes are a symbol of confused and suppressed emotions like she's wanting to scream but no one can hear her except herself. And when talking about the image itself, a face that is screaming, I noticed that the facial expressions appear terrifying and aggressive. These are a magnificent symbol of anxiety, confusion, and loneliness. I can relate a lot to that because I tend to repress my sentiments and then end up out burning them inside and outside.

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Michel Montecrossa

Michel Montecrossa from Mirapuri-Coiromonte, Italy; is a visual artist who paints, draws, uses photography and creates film; as well as a philosophical and fictional writer and poet – who is also a musician. Michel has chosen the subject of Heterosexual Privilege for his submission for issue 4 of ASLI Magazine: “Discrimination, Privilege and Stigmatisation”.

  Can you tell us a little about yourself?

My aim in life is to grow in consciousness to a fulfilling completeness.

What is your artistic/creative background?

Based on this aim I chose to become an integral artist that perfects his natural artistic capacities in fine arts, music, literature, movie-making and consciousness-research. I received a good education in these fields through schools and private teachers as well as extensive travels for the study of Eurasian and U.S.A. cultures.

What motivated you to deal with your chosen submission subject?

Out of this formative process a clear and intense certitude about the human potential emerged, a certitude about the fact that a better tomorrow is created by growing and entering into a new consciousness that among many things can change the heterosexual privilege of dominance into a tolerant and creative spiritual & social power for establishing and securing freedom of choice for all sexual expressions and preferences – this would be a step of great cultural importance; liberating in all aspects of human life, hidden and suppressed creative springs.

’Erotic Enrichment Society’ (Freedom Of Choice)’, Mirapuri, 2014, acrylic and ink on canvas, 200 x 100 cm

What is your process when creating?

The process of creating is an evolving and self-creative synthesis of all possibilities with drawing, painting, music, writing and movie making; that are embedded in my state of continuous consciousness-researching.

Who are you influenced by within your artistic discipline?

The artist, musician and consciousness liberation fighter Mira Alfassa.

Who inspires you in general?

The Great Consciousness that can be felt and seen in all creation as well as in all that transcends it.

What causes and world issues are you passionate about, campaign for, volunteer for…?

I have dedicated my life, work and art to help to build Mirapuri, the City of Peace and Futureman in Europe, Italy.

What do the statements “art saves lives” and “art creates change” mean to you?

“Art saves lives” because art connects us to the very principle of life which is consciousness showing us the meaning of life and how to live this meaningful life. For the same reason “art creates change”.

Have your artistic and creative outlets saved your life in anyway and do you think your message within them could help create change in the world?

My artistic and creative outlets saved my life through steadiness and through the message of hope contained in them. It is the message of hope that the world is in the process of a big change and that every action of goodwill can and will accelerate the speed of this change into a new step of evolution giving birth to the Futureman of Joy and Love and the building of the United States of Planet Earth for securing peace and creative world unity.

What are your present and future goals for your art?

The present and future goals of my art are the completion of Mirapuri, the City of Peace and Futureman in Europe, Italy, and to strengthen the spirit of Joy and Love all over the world through freedom of consciousness-growth

’Two Time-Women In a Landscape’, Mirapuri, 27th January 2015, ink on paper, 29,7 x 42 cm

‘Child Of The Mother Of Sex’ Mirapuri, 2012, acryl & wax crayon and ink on canvas, 140 x 100 cm

‘Selfportrait As A Landscape’ Mirapuri, 2013, Acryl on canvas, 100x80cm

‘Girl & Girl’, Mirapuri, 2013, ink and acryl on canvas, 30x118cm

Have you experienced any form of discrimination; and if so what was it based on and how did you deal with this?

As a free and living soul one is always in contact with discrimination which is based on unwillingness to change in harmony with the constant changes of the universe. One can deal with this by being an example for the Joy and Love that come through every step of widening the consciousness, understanding and compassion.

What are your opinions on what causes discrimination?

The cause of discrimination is conservatism and fear. They are the testing-grounds for every new step of evolution so that the new things can prove their effective right and capacity to replace old orders through love, peace, prosperity and security.

What do you do to actively stand against discrimination and have you ever had to intervene as a witness to it?

To be an artist means to actively stand against discrimination by showing the better way of wideness, freedom and love. To follow this way is a constant intervention for the better of all.

What are your opinions on labels and stereotypes?

Labels and stereotypes are reactions of fear. Empathy, humour and joy can transform fear into a happy ‘Let’s play together and have a good time’.

What are your opinions on national identity and in your opinion does nationalism create or deter discrimination?

National identity is good and necessary, if it is an identity that has its goal within a world union, the achievement of unity in diversity where each nation plays its indispensable free and self-determined role in the concert of the United States of Planet Earth and its well-being. Nationalism for its own sake is destructive and discrimination-driven.

How does social privilege affect our world in your opinion?

The true privilege is to know always more and to be able to do always more. If this privilege is activated in a non-egoistic way, it will lead our world in a positive direction.

Have you ever denied your own privilege due to feelings of guilt or misunderstanding?

To be conscious of the soul is a constant source of happiness where there is no guilt or misunderstanding.

Have you ever experienced social stigmatisation and if so what was it based on and how did you deal with this?

Social stigmatisation may come about to learn better how to transform it into higher understanding. So, the best thing is to reach higher understanding.

Have you ever contributed to the stigmatisation of any individual or group, and if so were you aware you did this and how did you deal with this aftermath?

Everything and everyone has a right for existing for some time whether you like it or not. The best thing is to learn from it and thus grow in consciousness so that the wrong things are not repeated and good things become real.

What are your opinions on political powers and world leaders using stigmatisation against certain groups to further their own agendas, such as with Muslims, Black people, LGBTQ individuals, mentally ill and disabled people?

Political powers and world leaders must be there to lead to freedom and unity, to the experience of a progressive world where everything is in its right place and time without quarrel and arrogance, full of goodwill to help each other and ready for the living celebration of humanity.

Do you support or take part in any anti-stigma organisations or charities and if so which ones and why?

I support and take part in the building of Mirapuri, the City of Peace and Futureman in Europe, Italy because it is an important anti-stigma organisation and warmhearted charity project.

In your own words please tell us how you feel the arts and creativity can further help to empower, communicate and educate people with regards to discrimination, privilege and stigmatisation?

Art and creativity are straight roads out of discrimination, false privileges and stigmatisation because they empower you, communicate to you and educate you through the true, the right and the vast of your loving soul.

  ’Deep Space Woman’, Universe Triptych #2, Mirapuri, 2014, acryl on canvas, 100 x 100 cm

‘America Comeback’, Miravillage, 2013, acryl and ink on canvas, 169 cm x 86 cm

When we embrace, Mirapuri.

’The City Of Ideas’, Mirapuri, 2014, wax crayon on paper, 29,7 x 42 cm

If you would like to know more about Michel Montecrossa please follow these links:

Website 

Mirapuri, the City of Peace and Futureman

Michel Montecrossa Blog

Facebook Page

Twitter

– Michel Montecrossa on iTunes

Michel Montecrossa on Vimeo

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[contact-form] Artist Michel Montecrossa addresses heterosexual privilege in a new art piece for ASLI Magazine Michel Montecrossa from Mirapuri-Coiromonte, Italy; is a visual artist who paints, draws, uses photography and creates film; as well as a philosophical and fictional writer and poet - who is also a musician.

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Mental Artists Charlotte Farhan, Jade Bryant and Shawn Coss have created their own Inktober prompts for themselves and anybody else who wants to use them. Every day we’ll be adding more ExperiMENTAL Inktober Art to this project and we want YOU to get involved! Send us your art via email or tag #mentalideas #inktober @mentalideas!

To use Charlotte’s prompts (above), hashtag #⃣ #charlottefarhanart! Or you can download the Official Inktober 2019 prompts HERE!

Project Inktober Mental Artists Charlotte Farhan, Jade Bryant and Shawn Coss have created their own Inktober prompts for themselves and anybody else who wants to use them.

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As Bad As It Gets

Here is the full episode Produced and presented by Sadie Kaye (Bipolar Express, Miss Adventure) featuring myself artist Charlotte Farhan, showman Mat Ricardo, locksmith Billy Archer and Dr. Barry Connell.

As Bad As It Gets explores obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a humorous and engaging way through the lives of a group of artists and professionals who secretly or openly struggle with the condition.

Please click here to listen to the full episode

A Kind of Healing – By Charlotte Farhan

The Looking Glass – By Charlotte Farhan

In the Abyss – By Charlotte Farhan

Introspection – By Charlotte Farhan

As Bad As It Gets - Exploring Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - Full Episode - Listen NOW As Bad As It Gets Here is the full episode Produced and presented by Sadie Kaye (Bipolar Express, Miss Adventure) featuring myself artist Charlotte Farhan, showman Mat Ricardo, locksmith Billy Archer and Dr.