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Welcome to my TED talk.
I've been taking some Recovery College courses, one about understanding Bipolar Affective Disorder, which was I found very helpful, not...
2019/10/20Ida Thomasdotter
Perspective
I’ve been taking some Recovery College courses, one about understanding Bipolar Affective Disorder, which was I found very helpful, not...
Progress
In my last post I was at a crossroads. In the end, I decided on the path of continued struggle,...
2019/09/21Ida Thomasdotter
Recovery
The water has reached my ankles this morning I can feel it in my lungs already, even though it’s not...
End of summer
The water has reached my ankles this morning I can feel it in my lungs already, even though it’s not...
Representation
After seeing Sasha Velour's live show Smoke & Mirrors at the O2 Empire last night, Tom and I were both...
2019/08/10Ida Thomasdotter
The Importance of Representation
After seeing Sasha Velour’s live show Smoke & Mirrors at the O2 Empire last night, my partner and I were both...
“One day you’ll finish project”
It's become a running joke between my partner and myself, the fact that I keep having new ideas all the...
THE MIND HAS MOUNTAINS… AND VALLEYS, OCEANS AND RAVINES
My Bipolar Story
Firsts and lasts
Ever since I was about nine years old and became aware of the fleeting nature of life, I’ve been mentally...
2018/08/27Ida Thomasdotter
Feeling good
Every fibre of my being tells me I can’t ask for anything that’ll make me feel good, because I don’t...
The Wallström-Johansson-Thomasdotter family holiday: a dark comedic drama in 4 acts
I squeezed in a final writing lab before the holidays, this time set in Stockholm, and it was just as inspiring...
2017/12/25Ida Thomasdotter
The creative journey continues…
In the aftermath of London Screenwriters Festival, I've tried my hardest to keep up the momentum of networking and pitching....
London Screenwriters’ Festival 2017
I've just had three days of meeting other creatives, mainly writers (which in itself is a weird and exhilarating experience,...
Thought
The irony of being able to understand the most complex of human wiring and connect with people on a deeper...
2017/08/08Ida Thomasdotter
Aspö writing lab and #Suziopaten
By a sheer coincidence, or rather on pure impulse on my part, I recently connected with another Swedish filmmaker on...
Jump-cut another few months
I really need to get back in the habit of updating this blod more regularly. It seems like every time...
Springtime moods
So after a productive and exciting January, my depression took a turn for the worse in February and I only...
2017/04/07Ida Thomasdotter
Still hanging in there
After having stood on the streets of London as a street fundraiser (for an awesome homeless youth charity called Centrepoint,...
2016/12/09Ida Thomasdotter
Creepy castings and hurried headshot shoots
I went to a casting recently and after my audition I was asked by the producer/writer to stick around for...