Our minds are such complicated mazes, we sometimes need help navigating them. After artist Kate Allan, who was struggling with her mental health, felt the impact of therapy, she decided to pass on some of the things she learned. The author of the book You Can Do All Things created a series of cartoon drawings that are perfect for those days when your brain goes into complete overdrive to the point where you feel you just can't.

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Have this wonderful book and it helped me through many situations. I can relate to your story, Its a book I loan out to others's and I always get it back. Thank you for your story and book.
The animal is so cute, and the meaning of the words are so powerful! ☺️
"I have been diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Depression," Kate told Bored Panda. "The [illustrations] half come from exercises I learned in therapy and half from personal experience." According to Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 40 million adults in the country age 18 and older, or 18.1% of the population.
It's a Pangolin, they're going to become extinct quickly unless we act to protect them. :( They are cute little ones.
This is so true. Try to find what it's protecting and try to show it to someone you trust. Then you won't need the misguided protection anymore.
It is also not uncommon for someone with an anxiety disorder to be living with depression or as well. Nearly half of those diagnosed with the first mental problem are also diagnosed with the latter.
If all you did one day was get through, then it wasn't a lazy day, because getting through can be hard, yet you did it
Load More Replies..."Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy have both been helpful in managing my mental health," Kate added. "Eating well, exercising, creating, and working to have solid relationships have helped, too." Her determination to get better makes Kate one of the few. Even though anxiety disorders are highly treatable, only 36.9% of those suffering receive treatment.
Or maybe you'll screw up tomorrow as well. It's better to just not worry about it and try to be a good version of you, and if it still fails, its okay. No need to pressure yourself with the idea that tomorrow you cant make a mistake.
In other words, it's actually possible that tomorrow can be a good day. Took me many years to realize this.
If you liked the comic, consider getting it as a print from Kate’s redbubble shop. And if you want to check out more of her work, fire up her profiles on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, or Twitter.
I'm sorry to hear that. You never know when things can turn around a corner. Good luck ✌💖✌
Load More Replies...I need to print this out and pin it up ... I feel like I'm in a rut forever - but I know (logically) it's only been a few days.
None of us know when things can suddenly change for the better, hang in there!! 🙏🌈
Load More Replies...Trying to achieve some goals every day, no matter how trivial they seem to others!
Exactly, your goals can be as simple as getting out of bed or showering, and it's still as important than the tasks other people have in their days
Load More Replies...Wish my family believed this. But my husband always supports me, best guy ever. 34 years.
Thank you, Tor. Accurate, funny, and actually helpful to me ^‿^
Load More Replies...Like I am sure many others, if I could believe that I'd be getting somewhere
believe it! you deserve better than the demons in your mind, eating your happiness to feed the steadily growing self hatred inside. stay strong!
Load More Replies...btw i will forget i wrote this here. you will like it 3 months from now. i will want to see what did you like of me. i will come back following the notification. but since the website is fcked up i will never find my comment unless i check out each and every single comment on this page. i hate this s**t so much
Load More Replies...Like the earlier photo If i wish could believe this in relation to myself
@Krishna If you click on the small link beneath each image it redirects you to the artist’s Tumblr site where she has additional links to her shop. You can also find the uncensored versions of her work on her Tumblr. 🙂
Load More Replies...I don't understand why they don't leave the cus in. It's a part of life!
Sometimes it is one hour at a time. But we must recognise our courage in making it through that.
Load More Replies...Sometimes focusing on just making it through the day is all I can do.
This Rainbow-sparkles axolotl makes me feel good inside!
Load More Replies...If you're not comfortable creating stronger ties, I think that's okay too. I have very few friends, and at points in my life I had no friends (by my choice), but realistically there have always been people in my life who like me and care about me. If you actually want friends but for some reason aren't able to retain them, then you may have personality issues that need some work before good people are drawn to you. Or it could be something as simple as the fact that you're looking for friends in the wrong places.
Load More Replies...I've been hoping for that for many years but its yet to happen. At my age, when?
Load More Replies...We tend to forget that it’s okay to not be okay. Sometimes life sucks and is overwhelming and bad things do happen. A part of good mental health is letting yourself feel these emotions genuinely and accepting when we are not okay.
Ironic that I'm hurting right now because someone decided to "ultra-self-care" on themselves 1200% at my expense?
I think there is a huge difference between self-care and selfishness. It sounds like your someone was maybe being selfish as heck.
Load More Replies...Yeap. Observe your thoughts- they are not you. Just watch them as a separated being.
again, I don't understand why they don't leave the cus in. It's a part of life!
love all your drawings and your very upbeat outlook on life. some days are really bad but all in all, you can make it. and remember that you are loved! this will help a lot of people.
hey, kate? i know you probably won't read this, but i just wanted to let you know that everything you wrote in your drawings is true. you're a beautiful person, both inside and out, and it's unfair that people like you have to struggle with their mental health, because our lives are crazy enough without our heads telling us that we can't do it. i know you'll probably read this and brush it off as me just being nice or something, but you need to know that everything I say is true. you're probably thinking 'oh, she hasn't met me, she doesn't know what a horrible person I am, etc,' but i mean everything I say, and I want you to be able to believe it. you're amazing, and we really are lucky to have you. keep going, and stay strong. <3
Yes Kate keep going strong we’ all strangers but we support each other
Load More Replies...Please don't blur the profanity. They are valid statements, because sometimes life really IS s****y, and defacing the artist's work doesn't change that. The censorship is more disrespectful, and condescending.
Yes I agree, blurring swear words is really stupid, kids aren't stupid and they know what's behind the blurs so they could just show them
Load More Replies...I have seen this all over Pinterest and love them!! So happy to find out more about the person who creates them! My Favorite has a blue space kitty on it that says "Stop calling yourself a sh*t. You're a Blueberry Fairy Princess. You're amazing." (trying to add a pic, hopefully it'll work!) 01-5d0095fce8004.jpg
I really needed these today. They are beautiful, and kind, and helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for this. You have no idea what it does to me to read these. : )
hey, kate? i know you probably won't read this, but i just wanted to let you know that everything you wrote in your drawings is true. you're a beautiful person, both inside and out, and it's unfair that people like you have to struggle with their mental health, because our lives are crazy enough without our heads telling us that we can't do it. i know you'll probably read this and brush it off as me just being nice or something, but you need to know that everything I say is true. you're probably thinking 'oh, she hasn't met me, she doesn't know what a horrible person I am, etc,' but i mean everything I say, and I want you to be able to believe it. you're amazing, and we really are lucky to have you. keep going, and stay strong. <3
Yes Kate keep going strong we’ all strangers but we support each other
Load More Replies...Please don't blur the profanity. They are valid statements, because sometimes life really IS s****y, and defacing the artist's work doesn't change that. The censorship is more disrespectful, and condescending.
Yes I agree, blurring swear words is really stupid, kids aren't stupid and they know what's behind the blurs so they could just show them
Load More Replies...I have seen this all over Pinterest and love them!! So happy to find out more about the person who creates them! My Favorite has a blue space kitty on it that says "Stop calling yourself a sh*t. You're a Blueberry Fairy Princess. You're amazing." (trying to add a pic, hopefully it'll work!) 01-5d0095fce8004.jpg
I really needed these today. They are beautiful, and kind, and helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for this. You have no idea what it does to me to read these. : )
