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I Illustrate My Darkest Thoughts To Help People Understand What It’s Like To Suffer From Mental Illness
I've been living with mental illness for as long as I can remember.
And mental illness brings many weird thoughts in my head. So I draw them to make people understand what things can be like in the head of someone suffering with mental illness.
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#1
Final score:
103points
FqdingLxght 5 years ago
It isn't even overthinking. Just general thinking is such a waste sometimes.
The Famous Junkie 7 years ago
Welcome to the world of ADHD. The super power of not being able to remember what you did yesterday, but everything that could possibly be construed as negative, is neatly filed away, only to remind you... when you’re trying to sleep...
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#2
Final score:
87points
Bobbi Newell 7 years ago
This is my favorite one. It sums up the problem of anxiety in one phrase.
Ethel Othello 7 years ago
Your comics are cool! Funny, relatable, honest. It takes a lot of skill to convey so much with so little!
#3
Final score:
83points
Sow Ay (Submission author) 7 years ago
Yeah, with pleasure ! You can even identify me if you want
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The Alchemist 7 years ago
A miracle or just something brighter than the ordinary drab of life.
#4
Final score:
81points
Dinetk 7 years ago
Feel everything, all the bodily sensations. The wave of emotions will fade away
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Panda Panda 7 years ago
For many people, it's caffeine. Just stop ALL caffeine for 3 weeks and see if your anxiety gets better. I went from 2 to 3 ER visits a week for major panic attacks to only 2 in the past 2 years by just cutting caffeine out of my diet completely. I know it's hard to believe that something so f*****g horrible can be cured by something so simple, but it worked for me and it might work for you. It's free to try. What have you got to lose?
#5
Final score:
78points
WaLe 7 years ago
Oh gosh that so SO relatable! It took me years to realize that it was not to late to give myself another chance and go back to school...so hard but SO worth it! Never give up!!!
Alysha Jones 7 years ago
Yes! My mom was 60 when she decided to go back to school for her masters. If you wanna do something don't let your age hold you back. =]
Load More Replies... The Famous Junkie 7 years ago
This is the same in your 30’s. I had a massive relapse, lost my job and nearly my home. I have been constantly ill as my house is damp and mouldy. So, decided, F living in London and the stressful job required, to pay off a 25 year debt (mortgage). I’m relocating to Devon. Brand new house. Mortgage free. Slower pace of life. And I hope happiness
#6
Final score:
75points
shiroi neko 7 years ago
Exactly!!! I always let people leave a message on the answering machine or google the number before I even think about calling back...
Rhân 7 years ago
But you know that this comic is about „don‘t like/hate to be called“?
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JanelleGallegos 7 years ago
I am an introvert and I hate talking over the phone I prefer to just text but some people that have crippling anxiety also hate answering phone calls
Ethel Othello 7 years ago
I have a week old voicemail that I didn't even check because I don't want to make that call.
The Famous Junkie 7 years ago
This is me!!!! I have 10 ignored voicemails. I rarely answer a call. To the point my PIP (disability benefit) has been stopped.
#7
Final score:
72points
WaLe 7 years ago
Because you're probably buying the illusions they are selling through social medias and all their lies... sad side of our society
Daria B 7 years ago
It's not only social media. Sometimes everyone else on the streets just looks happy and settled.
Load More Replies... The Famous Junkie 7 years ago
Agree with WaLe. Get off Facebook. Stop looking at the BS other people constantly post, they’re only pretending to have a wonderful life and are most likely swimming in debt too. Stop wanting c**p, which is unnecessary. Stop watching others and comparing your life to them. Be grateful for what you have. That horrible job? Be thankful you’re employed. Bills? Be thankful you have electricity, a phone, a roof over you’re head. It’s hard and I struggle to follow my own advice, but I’m trying
#8
Final score:
69points
KT Trondsen 7 years ago
Do something that scares you every day. Say yes all day and see where it takes you!
Rhân 7 years ago
Don‘t say always yes. To say no and feeling good by saying it is as important as doing something against anxiety. But: decide for you, your dreams, and what you like and try to beat anxiety!
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Final score:
65points
UniversalMel 7 years ago
At least you can’t see my ugly self in the dark.... That’s my thoughts
Lisa Panos Fullerton 7 years ago
I sit in the dark a lot! I am always hiding from those around me that seem to never accept me
#10
Final score:
60points
Smerv 7 years ago
For me it's been maybe the most crushing thought in depression, it takes all away from you
shiroi neko 7 years ago
I had a time where the only reasons to get out of bed was using the bathroom and feeding the pets. No other reason to do anything apart from barely existing. It's so hard to deal with daily life when nothing makes sense anymore :/
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Pragya Fating 7 years ago
When u think abt it. There is no point in life whatsoever. It's not a nature's law like death nd change. U assign yourself smthing. But it doesn't actually matter .
WolfTitan Model 1 7 years ago
there is no point to anything, whether god exist or not, we have no purpose. We are a paradox and we only exist to exist so stop thinking why do we exist but how do we want to exist then do it.
shiroi neko 7 years ago
That's unfortunately not how illnesses like depression work lol. If it was that easy don't you think we'd rather enjoy life?
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Final score:
53points
The Alchemist 7 years ago
I use music. If someone needs to understand something that I can't explain, I make a playlist that conveys the message better than I ever could.
Rhân 7 years ago
I wonder how this playlist looks when you want to explain a complex math thing or something like that. - i like this idea of making playlists!
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rakuninaru 7 years ago
All the time! and I keep on thinking that people that can do it are actually happy and confident
#12
Final score:
50points
Phanic! At The Disco 7 years ago
I told my friend i had depression today. Now i hate myself for putting her through so much and making her worry about someone like me.
GalaxyInAJar 7 years ago
It can be hard, I've been through that struggle with a few of my friends, and they really just want to understand what you're going through... there's no need to feel ashamed for letting her into your life :3
Load More Replies... Ethel Othello 7 years ago
If you are nice to yourself, it becomes easier to trust those who are nice to you too.
Pragya Fating 7 years ago
Honestly, I just wait for the good thing to screw itself up. Coz I m too afraid to even provide myself within a inch of peace or happiness. I just dread it.
#13
Final score:
50points
#14
Final score:
45points
#15
Final score:
33points
Pragya Fating 7 years ago
I can't wait. Subconsciously I m always painfully aware that I m breathing. But then consciously I become traumaticaly aware of it. I just want it to stop. Its too much.
#16
Final score:
30points
#18
Final score:
19points
#19
Final score:
18points
Bored Fox 7 years ago
I once read some pro-cannabis website that seriously claimed that if weed would be legal everywhere then there would not be need for the psychiatric hospitals or psychiatric medicines. That was the biggest bullsh*t I had ever read. I am pro legalizing cannabis but it is sad that many pro cannabis websites spread false information how cannabis cures all diseases in this planet and that it does not cause any health problems. Spreading false information just makes the stereotype of 'stupid stoners' worse.
A Ghost 7 years ago
I know a girl in my school who I argued with about what weed does. I was saying that it's not the worst for adults but if you're under 24 it's damaging. I explained how brains aren't fully developed until then and smoking weed can result in long term memory loss. Her argument was "no, it's totally safe". She's about 14-15. She smokes a lot of weed.
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Lianna Valdez 7 years ago
I am pro-cannabis. I only use it for pain nowadays. But I do know it doesn't cure mental illness I have tried many times. It sometimes can make them worse because they come right back when sober and usually on overload.
shiroi neko 7 years ago
Not really. But it sometimes helps coping with the symptoms and that's something.
Sarah Storm 5 years ago
I think we should legalize weed and use the taxes from it to repave roads and call it project pothole...
The Famous Junkie 7 years ago
Not Cannabis, personally as it ‘can’ cause anxiety, but mainly because it make me eat so much, but drinking, yes. I am so much happier and anxiety free after a couple of drinks. I rarely get drunk (well over a year ago), but nearly every night I have a few drinks. It quieten downs my over anxious, ADHD racing head.
Laura M D 7 years ago
As a psychiatry, I have to tell you that weed not only contributes to accelerate mental illnesses, but also provokes some of them (sorry, English is not my first language). I've been treating these months some people who have been smoking for years with "no problem" but something has changed and now they have developed psychosis. It is such a bad condition, no jokes. So I definitely advice everyone not to smoke weed.
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Heather Johnson 7 years ago
This is so simple yet so accurate and really hits home for me. Even though it's definitely a challenge and damn near impossible at times to deal with, it's nice knowing that I'm not alone when it comes to mental illness.
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
Damn. I've felt all of this at different points in my life. And I'm only 20.
Alex Boyd 7 years ago
Same--I have depression and anxiety, and it was shortly after age 20 that I started getting it under control. My second 20 years haven't been completely smooth sailing, but they're a big improvement over my first 20. A big part of it for me was getting on the right medication, but there's also having a lot more control over who and what I have in my life, and there's a strange comfort in the cyclical nature of these illnesses--after having the "everything is terrible and nothing will ever get any better" feeling enough times, you can start to believe that if that feeling was a lie all the other times, it's probably a lie this time too.
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VicVic 7 years ago
To all the people out there suffering from things like this, it'll be okay. I know how it feels. But keep your head up friendo. You're strong. You're powerful. You can get through this. Whatever is getting you down will pass. And if you don't even know what's getting you down, don't worry, it'll still pass. I believe in you, and I'm always here for you. Have a good day, friendo. <3
Magpie 7 years ago
My counselor said approx : People with mental illnesses are soooo brave. And she would know. Best compliment I ever got. True too. Hold on people. If the first help you get does not help ask again. Give them feedback. If they run out of stuff ask for a referral to someone else. It is common with depression that it takes two years to get stabilized on meds. It is worth the persistence. https://www.boredpanda.com/faith-in-humanity-restored-wholesome-happy-random-acts-of-kindness/?page_numb=2 Number 17. Look for the people in your life who would do that for you.
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Daria Zotova 7 years ago
I'd felt all of this since my teen age until I finally learned to switch over to smth else. Now whenever I feel depressed I turn to reading. OK, that made me a hardcore book junkie but at least I can do without doctors and pills (-:
WaLe 7 years ago
The worst are the parents that don't want to accept that their son/daughter is depressed and just keep telling them constantly how lazy they are and how they should be doing something/better in life etc...all while ignoring the fact that they are probably the main cause of what their kids are going through =_=
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Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Sorry, but I don't think this really helps with understanding metal illnesses for people who don't have them. Those are thoughts that everybody has at some points in their lives, and what makes them an illness is when you have them all the time, for an extensive amount of time and for no real external reason. I have anxiety, and I get told all the time that I have nothing exactly because the symptoms, by themselves, don't really seem like anything out of the ordinary, it's just the intensity of them that makes it so hard. It's great to express yourself, but in that point I don't think it'll help.
KT Trondsen 7 years ago
I think everyone feels like this at times, mental illness or not. Our biggest critic can be our own inner voice.
Heather Johnson 7 years ago
This is so simple yet so accurate and really hits home for me. Even though it's definitely a challenge and damn near impossible at times to deal with, it's nice knowing that I'm not alone when it comes to mental illness.
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
Damn. I've felt all of this at different points in my life. And I'm only 20.
Alex Boyd 7 years ago
Same--I have depression and anxiety, and it was shortly after age 20 that I started getting it under control. My second 20 years haven't been completely smooth sailing, but they're a big improvement over my first 20. A big part of it for me was getting on the right medication, but there's also having a lot more control over who and what I have in my life, and there's a strange comfort in the cyclical nature of these illnesses--after having the "everything is terrible and nothing will ever get any better" feeling enough times, you can start to believe that if that feeling was a lie all the other times, it's probably a lie this time too.
Load More Replies... VicVic 7 years ago
To all the people out there suffering from things like this, it'll be okay. I know how it feels. But keep your head up friendo. You're strong. You're powerful. You can get through this. Whatever is getting you down will pass. And if you don't even know what's getting you down, don't worry, it'll still pass. I believe in you, and I'm always here for you. Have a good day, friendo. <3
Magpie 7 years ago
My counselor said approx : People with mental illnesses are soooo brave. And she would know. Best compliment I ever got. True too. Hold on people. If the first help you get does not help ask again. Give them feedback. If they run out of stuff ask for a referral to someone else. It is common with depression that it takes two years to get stabilized on meds. It is worth the persistence. https://www.boredpanda.com/faith-in-humanity-restored-wholesome-happy-random-acts-of-kindness/?page_numb=2 Number 17. Look for the people in your life who would do that for you.
Load More Replies... Daria Zotova 7 years ago
I'd felt all of this since my teen age until I finally learned to switch over to smth else. Now whenever I feel depressed I turn to reading. OK, that made me a hardcore book junkie but at least I can do without doctors and pills (-:
WaLe 7 years ago
The worst are the parents that don't want to accept that their son/daughter is depressed and just keep telling them constantly how lazy they are and how they should be doing something/better in life etc...all while ignoring the fact that they are probably the main cause of what their kids are going through =_=
Load More Replies... Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Sorry, but I don't think this really helps with understanding metal illnesses for people who don't have them. Those are thoughts that everybody has at some points in their lives, and what makes them an illness is when you have them all the time, for an extensive amount of time and for no real external reason. I have anxiety, and I get told all the time that I have nothing exactly because the symptoms, by themselves, don't really seem like anything out of the ordinary, it's just the intensity of them that makes it so hard. It's great to express yourself, but in that point I don't think it'll help.
KT Trondsen 7 years ago
I think everyone feels like this at times, mental illness or not. Our biggest critic can be our own inner voice.
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