Bottled Emotions

An on-going series for my social media movement #atozoftraumarecovery, exploring how trauma survivors interact with their own emotional landscape after abusive or coercive environments and codependent dynamics. The concept is based on the nostalgia of a 90s brand called “Bottled Emotions” in my own teenage years, where each emotion was perfectly captured in a scent and bottled to wear proudly. For this project, there is a mix of positive and negative emotions, exploring the tension of experience both good and bad at the same time, and holding that tension with acceptance and wisdom.

Emotions explored include judgement, openness, grief, curiosity, bittersweetness. Over 500 posts were created for the A-Z of Trauma Recovery movement in January 2023 (for spiritual abuse awareness month)!