There are times when daily life feels like a huge effort for all of us, and for all the people living with breathlessness every single day life brings many challenges and it can certainly be a struggle! We can all do with a bit of encouragement at times can’t we? Keep going, you can do …
Many of us find asking for helping difficult and yet most of us like to be able to help others! Why is there this contradiction? Maybe because for a lot of us our pride gets in the way. June made her image for the exhibition to encourage others to feel that it’s ok to ask …
Here’s what Anna Bean and Rob Mackay had to say about their experience of co-creating the Bringing Breathlessness into View exhibition. Anna Bean: I’ve found it really positive being an artist on this project. I’ve really enjoyed working on a project connected to the university, because of the ongoing nature of it and because it …
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Where are we going? What are our aims? Are we getting there? This exhibition was designed to give insight into what it is like living with breathlessness, with the use of strong images and personal narratives. In the video below I describe how we aim to bring breathlessness out into the open and help people …
Although breathlessness causes people lots of difficulties there are many ways of coping with it! The collage shown above was made by Eric who wanted to show what was important to him in coping with breathlessness: exercising, getting support from others and finding helpful information. It’s a hopeful image with the sun coming out from …
When you live with chronic breathlessness there are lots of difficulties. Climbing the stairs can make you feel scared. Hedges can seem to tower above you and be overwhelming. You may feel on the sidelines, watching others doing things you wish you could do. Maybe you feel you might collapse if you can’t find somewhere …
It’s over a year since we opened our exhibition and I would like to remember one of our participants who led a very full life-Else. She designed this beautifully cheery picture to show the many ways she was making the most of life and to encourage others to do so too. Else used an array …
How can the arts and health go together? Listen to our interview with Joe Hakim on BBC Radio Humberside to hear how we are trying to bring breathlessness into view using the arts. In the interview Janice says the exhibition makes breathlessness become more real and that she hopes people understand how life changing breathlessness …
This image of the haunted house was co-created by Sue Clyne and Anna Bean to show Sue’s experience of trying to cope with all the chores in her house. Sue told us that her main message was: Do not give up. Trying to manage household chores can be hard, but if you keep going, pacing …
It is a very difficult time for everyone right now and for people living with conditions that cause breathlessness it must be especially worrying! It is indeed important to follow government advice on the coronavirus, but what about every day breathlessness? We know that breathlessness is made worse by being worried (and who isn’t worried …
