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Inktober is a relatively new month-long challenge for artists all over the world. It was created by Jake Parker, who came up with the idea to focus on improving skills and developing positive drawing habits. For 31 days of October, everyone who wants to participate creates an ink drawing and posts it online using the #inktober tag. Each year there's a new prompt list to be used for the pictures. Shawn Coss decided to ditch the guidelines and create within a sore theme, posting new mental illness ink depictions every day of the Inktober.

Shawn's mental illness art translates sicknesses of the mind in an eerily accurate way, and his ghoulish illustrations don't end with Inktober. The artist has worked for such clients as the horror king Stephen King himself, creates Cyanide & Happiness cartoons, and even has his own clothing line.

So if you're searching for support with your mental illness or are plainly into horror, check Shawn's art below. It surely gave us the chills!

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Since 5 years I've got this f... disease and I can not bring it on paper how it feels... you got it! Thank you!

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always find it fascinating how others see me, compared to how I see myself. While I understand the interpretation, and it is mesmerizing. I find, for me, it feels, like a perpetual black hole inside that nothing can fill, and, forever trying to decipher the reality of what is going on around me, as compared to how I feel is going on around me. People see BPD as instigatory and drama seeking, while, the few I have had the opportunity to talk to, agree, that it's actually reactionary, in a desperate attempt to keep up with the constantly shifting emotions. Chasing what can't be caught, reacting to what has already passed. Amazingly, I do see myself as naked in front of everyone. Like my emotions leave me perpetually ashamed and exposed.

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Traci Johnston
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's beautiful and perfectly shows the sadness from not being heard or understood.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband is schizophrenic and I must say mostof these images really show the torment of the disorders, but this one could be more so I think. It doesn't show how horrible and degrading schizophrenic delusions can be. It's like torture.. it's like having your entire being torn apart and eaten alive by demons that no one else can see. His voices torment him 24/7... Sometimes his hallucinations keep him from sleeping... Besides it always being like he's in a room full of people judging and putting him down, he also hears explosions and smashing noises that will keep him up all night. This disorder permeates every part of our lives. Of all the seriously mental health disorders I think this one is the most extreme and debilitating BY FAR. Now a days, 2 years into him being a full blown schizophrenic, caring for him is like taking care of an old person with dementia.. he doesn't cook for himself, he barely cleans.. and doesn't remember anthing we talk about.. lots of notes and alarms...

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Loretta Lockhart
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My OCD is also not to do with cleaning, but it brings the point across. Have to do it else you can't get comfy and it destroys you. Mine's to do with routine, I have routines with routines, and timings. It's pretty bad and pretty much ruins my life.

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Noelle Slacke
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It annoys me so SO much how "being obsessed with cleaning" is what people still think OCD is. It is so much worse and more complicated and debilitating than just wanting to have clean hands

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Lindsey Langford
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not all OCD is cleaning related. But I appreciate the point that it's making.

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Vincenzo Marsden
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think the artist understands Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It's more like having a voice in your head that tells you to do things or something bad will happen. It could be doing something as odd as touching a door handle a certain number of times, but it can be crippling.

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Anniie Vashakidze
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree, and about a voice in the head as well, but i try very hard to fight it, something bad can happen anyway, not everything is in our control, you have to let go and live with this idea, you are stronger than you think, even strong enough to deal with the consequences od this "bad" thing, just think possitively, you must be very sensetive person, who takes everything close to his heart, knows how to love and known heartbraking and frustration , also you must have something that you value most of all in this life and are afraid to loose... but this is normal thing and adequate emothion , just know that u are stronger than you know, believe in yourself, work on yourself , inspire yourself every day , every hour , don't let OCD destroy your well-being , dont let your subcontios fobias influence youe everyday life and well-being of your beloved ones.

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Courtney O'Donnell
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have health and death OCD, I think OCD would be better represented by intrusive thoughts perhaps?

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Andrea Kumar
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was my first thought also, to show intrusive thoughts that represent OCD. When I am looking this picture again and again it's good, but it would be great with the same approach if it would be "clean clean clean" and showing person with blood on the head. Cause, I am feeling like I'm digging into my brain thinking over and over again when I have this thoughts. Sometimes I clean and wash stuff and myself too much so this is also good illustration of OCD.

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Kabipriya Dutta Majumder
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is a misconception that people with Obssessive Compulsive Disorder are cleanliness freaks. The compulsion can be anything. For some it is to clean their aurroundings or to was ther hands again and again. For some,the compulsion might be to collect,say,candy wrappers. But,it is a compulsion. One has to perform the act or it might destroybthe person from within.

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Corey Lovatt
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For me, I have to step on drains. But it has to be an even number of drains, I would jump so I can get an even number, if I step on an odd number, it affects me for the rest of the day. Like I have this niggling feeling in the back of my mind, that something bad is going to happen later if I don't do anything to correct it.

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Darin J
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't OCD, I have OCD, it's not overly clean or organized, it's the feeling that you must do something or thinking even, and then doing it again because you don't feel it is right even though it's done perfectly, like counting money and putting it all back and count again because it didn't feel right, even if it was done right, like counting 2 one dollar bills, that easy to get right and can't be done wrong , but something in your head makes you feel it is wrong

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Stephanie Birdwell
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes Lindsey you're right!! Mine is more about numbers and repetitive checking and rechecking. But this is still so rad and relatable.

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Max VanHorn
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My OCD has nothing to do with cleanliness but I definitely rip myself apart with my obsessions and compulsions

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Louisa Banks
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not really captured OCD here it's more guilt, worry, repetition, intrusive thoughts in my opinion as that's how I suffer with it

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Amanda Simmons
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do as well but I use organization and perfectionism as a distraction for the intrusive thoughts that have been debilitating for most of my life. I know drugs aren't the answer for everyone but I have found Luvox to help a lot with the obsessive thoughts. One person with OCD to another, you aren't alone.

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Jenny Garcia
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyones ocd is different. Mine is cleaning and that everything has to be back in its right full place, also when it gets really bad I go into a messed up spring cleaning organization mode. I can get paranoid and it can triggered my insomnia and depression.

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Amanda Simmons
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same. The depression hits when I'm forced to recognize that nothing will be perfectly organized and clean all the time. Its a very defeating cycle.

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Giovanna Couillard
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have severe OCD centering around fear of contamination. I have been battling it for 32 years, have tried every medication out there numerous times, CBT, ERP therapy, as well as holistic treatments. I am currently looking into DBS surgery. It has taken over so much of my life, destroyed so much, and taken away many things. Hopefully I find some relief soon....

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Eliza Studdert
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This doesn't resonate with me at all. OCD isn't having things in order or being time concious because you consider yourself a perfectionist. Usually people with ocd whose compulsions are hygiene related. It can be because they are afraid of getting sick or making someone else sick. But they do this an unhealthy amount of times to counteract the intrusive thoughts. But there are so many more forms it takes on. Many people have harm ocd, where they think they will hurt themselves or other people. They can form compulsions such as locking the door repetively or turning the stove on and off. People can also form extreme fears that they are pedophiles (it's really common) and can be extremely debilitating. People become avoidant and become really unwell. It's not something I wish on anybody and has nothing to do with being a perfectionist. Often ocd sufferes feel like they are going crazy because the thoughts they have are so horrific.

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Tessa Hoonks
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so validating, the big mayority think that OCD is all about cleaning and being a perfectionist when it is not, intrusive thoughts are so much more and horrible than that.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have Sensorimotor OCD ... most of the time it's with my breathing. It's a very stressful feeling. When I was a kid, I did it with blinking lol. It's not severe to the point where I can't function but it causes me a lot of anxiety and since my issue is breathing, I tend to hyperventilate and get dizzy a lot.

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Reid Moffatt
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine is the exact same way. Trust me, you're not alone! I asked my doctor once if I could die if I paid too much attention to my breathing. I hope it gets better for you!

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OCD is debilitating. 😔 so many people joke about "Being OCD" because they are tidy and organised, but actually have no idea how crippling and restricting actual diagnosed clinical OCD really is. It affects every waking moment of your day and you are consumed by irrational and obsessive thoughts and compulsions. It's hell. But the treatment and help works if you are able to seek it. My OCD is my complete fear of germs and sickness, it dominates my thoughts basically every waking minute. I'm terrified constantly and my hands are dry and cracked from over use of hand sanitiser. My children are affected by my constant germ phobia and it's really hard to just let them toich normal things and just be normal kids. I have an anxiety reaction if they even touch a handrail. It's ridiculous but it is uncontrollable. I have started to get help though and it's starting to help a lot. OCD is a terrible thing.

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Alexandra Lydsdottir
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have dealt with ocd since i was a kid, and seriously the only thing that has really helped me is exercising. I started practising pilates just at home it is great because its very similar to yoga + strenght exercise also make sure you are eating healthy, and avoiding coffee even though i do sometimes have a coffee. I notice that when I stop exercising i can feel the ocd sneaking up on me. I have often wondered about people that have ocd if they are really exercising? because it is so very beneficial in every way. But we are all different and maybe I have just found my solution of this mental pain and I do hope that you find yours.

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Linda Thorin
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have OCD as well and exercise helps a lot, especially yoga. Thank you for pointing this out.

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Jen Iris
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My OCD doesn't have to do with cleaning either. Mine is counting, color coordinating, and some organization. It will drive my brain wonky if things aren't done a certain way

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Amy McDonnell
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does anyone else have it that they have to check everything in their house? If it's locked or off. It takes me an hour sometimes to leave the house or go to bed as i need to do it in a special order or way. It's not like i think something bad will happen if i dont. I'm fully aware it's ridiculous but i just have to do it. It's really bad and affects going out and my relationship with others. I definitely hide it though and only have to do it to the extent i do at my own house. I do a tiny look but nothing like at home. Gahhh i hope I dont sound ridiculous. Something else is when putting something down it cant be on anything else or have any cords under it etc. It really f*****g controls your life!

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Melina Pothier
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have OCD in the form of ruminating or intrusive thoughts, which isn't talked about much. It's absolute torture

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Tessa Hoonks
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel that, the mayority of people dont talk about intrusive thoughts when they talk about OCD, which is somehow invalidating because when you suffer from really violent intrusive thoughts its just so frustating and energy consuming. The more you work on it the better it gets tho, when I was little i couldnt live my life in a normal way, i felt sick like why would anyones brain attack you with that type of thoughts... but the more you accept them anda accept that they do not degine you they just represent what you fear not what you are the better it gets, its a slow processes and of course its different for everybody but now i can live my life, the thoughts are in the back of my head sometimes but i know they aint real they are just part of this weird disorder and maybe even that the fact of me fearing them means i am a good person

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Darin J
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't OCD, I have OCD, it's the feeling that what you do and say and even think wasn't done right for what ever reason and you do it again trying to make it right.

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Niki Oktriani
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like this, many things which can make me feeling disgust, and all of i think is i wanna clean my hand, my hair even my body, oh its really messed me, from every picture i think OCD has many kind.

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Cassandra Harris
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine is with repetition and numbers, too. Quite embarrassing and frustrating.

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Larissa Richelle
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same here. I have certain numbers things need to be in, and there are other numbers that bother me. Certain things need to have patterns too. One place its obvious is when I make pancakes, oddly enough- all of them need to have a specific number and pattern of whatever I'm putting in them (chocolate chips, bananas, berries, etc- I lay them on it while it cooks, can't just mix them into the mix). I don't like people helping me cook those due to that, since I panic if its wrong. Very embarrassing.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is so disapointing to watch OCD be explained using such a specific phrase. OCD is a devastating destructive and heartbreaking illness. Pure O-OCD can corupt your mind until you are completely paralyzed. What youve worked for is destroyed. Your motivation,your drive; they are all there and you arent allowed to act on them.you live in a box watching yourself. It is a type of schizophreni that even the best doctors dont understand fully.It keeps you a victim in your own life,warps reality and forces you to listen to the rules and rituals it creates.It takes away your power and control over big life choices and everyday actions that others take for granted. Ocd when extreme can confuse your mind until you are constantly pep talking yourself, promising yourself and coming up with plans to break free. Ocd affects some of the strongest willed people and feeds on the fact that its the one thing that can overtake them. It destroys lives. I am appauled at this isolating description.

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yesmine posen
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its so sad that even within an outlet dedicated to illustrate severity of mental illness that OCD would include such a small fraction of what sufferers face. The destructive and devastating nature of pure o ocd is so heartbreaking , I am appauled and shocked that such a specific phrase is used here to completely isolate victims.

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Amanda Philips Roepke
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Often OCD isn't visible, especially Pure O and intrusive thoughts. I get the attempt though with the artwork.

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Hayley Glessner
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't like the words "clean" on it because my OCD (as well as many other people's) has nothing to do with cleaning and many people use that stereotype as an excuse to use the term OCD colloquially (i.e. "I'm so OCD" if they organize their room a certain way). The image, however, definitely gets the point across and it's physical representation of the compulsive aspect of OCD really resonates with me.

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Lindsey O'Neil
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People NEED to realize that OCD is NOT about organization & perfectionism & timliness! IT IS SO MUCH MORE!!!

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Taline Doursounian
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is missing a huge portion of the problems- -the nagging voice in your head constantly second guessing everything you do (obsession) -the routines that people are so tied to (compulsion) It shows the inability to stop oneself from doing an action that hurts in the short run. That is accurate. But the cleanliness is overemphasized compared to how many people actually deal with that specifically

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Jess Corner
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a shame that the "clean" bit was added. I saw the image and immediately connected to it, but then the words just seem to reinforce harmful stereotypes. Beautiful and insightful art nonetheless

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Maikel Wierds
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OCD is hard to label. Yes most common and noticeable is the cleaning variant. I on the other hand am obsessed with time and perfection. Stuff isn't done when it is done always feels like it can be better or be done more sufficient.

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Amanda Simmons
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Living the life of your own worst critic. I know it well. I'm sorry you share this.

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Davina Loreen
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw my OCD always more as like a collar, or a hand around my neck from behind my shoulders, and controlling me. But there's a fear aspect that does come from inside.

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Claudia Webb
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's more about order, process and routine, things done a certain way or following a pattern of behaviour that causes anxiety if not followed.

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Kimberly Comfort
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like how most of our comments are mostly drawn toward more focus on the mind

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

mine is like if i dont touch this door then all of my family will die and sooo much more. im not sure if thats ocd but it id ruining my life

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Leslie Kramer
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OCD is not about cleaning! Irrational, overwhelming fears compensated by irrational rituals to satisfy them. It's more like a monster living in your head blasting you with intrusive thoughts. I think it's a cool picture and go ahead and downvote this but I am sick to death of people perpetuating something that OCD isn't.

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Alan Stewart
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OCD for me has never been about cleanliness. It is obsessive thoughts which keep coming back into my mind. there is help out there for this though. Mine personally came first from myself and second from seeking out http://www.equilibriahealth.com/ Would recommend anyone in Scotland to check this out. Keep well. Alan

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Goldie R.
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have OCD add well... GREAT illustration however, I would depict oneself clawing despairingly at ones hair, skin, etc. cuz of the frustration and sense of no control and because one has to do it all over again the "right" way and one doesn't it eats and eats away at one's total sense of "self"

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Amanda Simmons
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have to remind myself sometimes that I am a person with OCD, that I am NOT OCD. Because, like you said, it takes over your sense of self.

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Devlin Sky
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Could OCD also cause a person to always fuss over their hair, like it has to be done a certain way - for instance if you shower at night and nobody will see you, but you still have to make it a certain way even though you're just about to get in bed? Rearranging objects a certain way? Using the same or very particular items such as a certain fork or cup? Stuff like that? My brother is like this, very very particular. So I've wondered a lot if maybe he might have some sort of OCD? It's just what comes to mind. He's about to turn 17 so I don't think he's just being some picky kid but I'm really not sure, just always made me curious.

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Ilantha Ingerson
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's also a range of severity, to get the clinical diagnosis means it has to disrupt your life in major ways and has to consume a certain amount of time each day... but there are certainly people who may have obsessive and compulsive tendencies yet perhaps it isn't quite as disruptive to their life...

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Savanna Taylor
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My OCD involves cleaning, among other things, but I have never found something so accurate when it comes to describing what it feels like.

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Alexx Bottoms
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My OCD has a lot to do with cleaning, order and routines. It drives me crazy... especially with my kids. Everyone has to be in it's right place completly clean and sanitized. The routines are to make sure I'm on time and have every done correctly. It's hard daily but with my husband we get it done

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Angelica Gray
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OCD is about routines, not cleaning. OCPD usually is more so about cleaning.

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Joseph Ewan
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should say " routine routine routine" ...the cleaning thing is just another misguided stereotype 😒

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Liba Hrušková
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate ocd, hate it! It is destroying my son's life at age of 12 and taking the family slowly apart. Time consuming and absolutely tragic.

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Amanda Simmons
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was that 12 year old. For me, relief was found in channeling my thoughts and routines into lists. It's incredibly difficult for a child to feel so different.

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Amanda Simmons
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interesting that you say that because my obsessive thoughts revolve around a fear of something floating into the ceiling fan. No clue why. A doctor once told me that its the fear of what cannot be controlled.

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Awa D&D
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually can't imagine an ODC worse than cleaning. I'm scared. Lately I've been hating myself so much, that I'm restarting thinking about death as unique solution.

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Cheesecake Queen
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine is usually with having everything in neat sets of either 2 or 3.

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Gina Seraichyk
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not sure if I officially have OCD, by I am also preoccupied with my schedule and timing everything...down to the minute...can’t be healthy. ;0/

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Kiera McNamara
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

same here, ocd has so many ugly faces. perhaps with input you could draw some more illustrations surrounding ocd.

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Natasha Basarab
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

actually that makes more of a mess mate sorry to have to be the one to tell you x

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Joanna Prestia
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have OCD & I like this depiction, there have been many times when I feel like my skin is crawling and I wish I could tear it off...but can I offer a critique, the real reason I feel this way is because I feel like I'm chained, like a slave to my own compulsive, often unwanted, irrational (or seeming so to others) thoughts. So it would be awesome if you could draw a picture of that.

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Katherine Oldfield
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is EXACTLY what my OCD feels like (except I would use the word dirty, because I have contamination OCD, but that is besides the point. In fact, I think people who are criticizing you for focusing on cleaning OCD are ridiculous; there are many versions of OCD, like any mental illness, and to capture them all in one picture would be pretty impossible. I also suffer from order & bad thoughts OCD, PTSD, EDNOS, and Depression on and off, and these shetches touched me so deeply. Thank you thank you thank you for choosing this subject matter! Mental illness is incredibly difficult to understand for anyone who doesn't deal with it, so to have illustrations of how they make us feel is an incredibly powerful tool to start conversations and help others try to put themselves in our shoes. I have already shared this on fb, with several family members, and my psychiatrist, and I am certain that I will have future opporyunities to use this drawing. I would so so appreciate a copy of this

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Lilly W.
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True, is not only about cleaning; mine is with lines, I must count them, otherwise something feels so wrong within

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Jaimie Smithson
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish this represented people like me who have to have equal feeling on my body. Cleaning isn't the only form of OCD and it's sad that us others get dismissed because of this misconception

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Brandi Cota
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nobody really knows what OCD is unless they have it or know someone who does. It is in the name of people actually took the time to understand. OCD stands for obsessive compulsive disorder . The first part is they obsess about something and this is different for everyone with OCD This obsession could be that they will get sick or that they will go into a store and not have enough money and a person with OCD can have multiple obsessions. Then the compulsive part comes in. They compulsively (meaning they can't control it) do what in there heads will prevent what their obsession is from happening. My daughter has OCD. when I tell people this they always say that must be nice her room must always be clean and then I have to explain to them that really that has nothing to do with OCD and it's a huge misrepresentation of what she is actually going through.

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Jess Warfield
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love the picture, but this was the only piece in the series that I feel like the artist didn't hit the nail on the head, and it happens to be a disorder I have. I get it, the written words are the repetitive intrusive thoughts, which we must obey or never have peace in our minds, to the point of even harming ourselves in order to do it. However, people have this misconception that those of us with ocd are germophobes. We're not always. Yes, I'm a very thorough cleaner, because extreme perfectionism is one of the symptoms. However, I eat off of other people's spoons and only wash my hands when they are genuinely dirty. But if you were to put the volume on my car stereo on a prime number, I would spend the rest of the car ride in anxiety because my brain is insisting that those numbers on the radio volume well cause my death. I also wouldn't be able to follow your conversation because all I could think about would be changing it.

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Mark Toth
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could bring great real awareness to OCD my friend. I ask as a OCD sufferer please read the actual illness and your art would open a lot of eyes.

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Mark Toth
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could slam this home dude with one read at ocfoundations website. It hits one small media pushed stereotype. I think you'll like sharing real OCD in art once you read. Please from somone with OCD I ask you do. Your talent can help bring some real understanding to the table.

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Melina Pothier
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have OCD but In the firm of ruminating thoughts which isn't discussed as often.. It's absolute torture

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Kenna Karjala
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the best I've seen so far. People think it is "cute" that I'm a "perfectionist" and they wish they could be like me. It is not cute, it hurts and it never goes away.

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Kenna Karjala
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is exactly how I feel, but everyone thinks it is "cute" that I'm a "perfectionist." It's not cute, it hurts and it never goes away.

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Malea Nicholson
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I understand this so much, my girlfriend always says I have ocd as a joke but I do which is frustrating for me to admit to myself, but I don't obsessively clean things around me or myself, I have a illness called dermatillomania where I compulsively pick at my skin in an attempt to make it "perfect". Logically I know it's not but I do it subconsciously which is a problem.

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Gema Lou Tindall
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine is making sure things are locked and tured off. Leaving the house to go to the shops is bad but if I'm on a trip out all day it takes 10 min of me checking and re checking things. Then I could drive back and re check it!!! And the feeling something bad is going to happen if I'm go out for to long

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Arielle Rivera
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My OCD started with cleaning but 5 years later now, it has absolutely nothing to do with it. I count ransoms things, even letters in words...I say phrases and words over and over. It's my own personal tourment.

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Michelle Power
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine isn't anything to do with cleaning either, but this picture represents perfectly the way the awful obsessive thoughts lodge themselves in me and how I want to rip them out.

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Acae Yu-De La Cruz
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know if I have OCD but I'm pretty sure I'm a perfectionist. I always tend to be ahead of things, and there's this schedule on my head that I should get done accordingly, and if not, I feel unrelieved. I even set schedules way over ahead of time, like two months before. Everything should be planned and If I don't I always feel like I'm going to fail or won't get the job done right. Whenever I see unsanitized areas, I feel queesy and tend to puke, I just can't stand it that even if nobody asked me to clean that area, I will. Or it'll stay in my head until I sleep. I also can't sleep without bathing first, specially at night before going to bed. And I always carry an alcohol spray, though right now I'm out I feel incredibly uneasy.

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Niki Abrigana
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This captures my OCD very well. My friends joke about how wonderful it must be to always have a clean house but it's sickening. I'm constantly cleaning to the point where I get hysterical over it. Everything must be in perfect order. Even if I just vacuumed earlier I have to do it again. My hands are horrible from constantly washing. I wish I knew how to stop.

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Nicole Clements
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I clean to forcibly regain a sence of control over repetitive looping thoughts. Like burning my self on a stove and then replaying that Instance over and over. Or intrusive thoughts "what if I kicked that dog?" And then looping on that thought .I don't have a method or a patterns that I follow .

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Nicole Clements
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As much as a good house cleaning helps me calm down , the majority of mine comes in the form of repetitive thought loops and horrific thought intrusion . Like burning yourself on a hot stove accidentally and then replaying the instance over and over. watching my self touch the stove. The cleaning come from forcibly regaining a since of control. At least for me .

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Tanyia Lyons
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My ocd is to have order everything needs to be in in the right place.

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Carol Wafer
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I kind of wish my OCD had to deal with cleaning. I'm on the perfectionist, dwelling, empathetic, controlling side of the coin. It's all horrible.

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Marissa Rhodes
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm so disappointed with this one. I have OCD and it doesn't speak to me at all. A lot of people with OCD actually struggle with hygiene. Cleaning is not my "thing" at all.

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Victoria Bennett
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...the compulsions. It starts with the thoughts in the brain being repetitive.

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Victoria Bennett
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...think about it again. OCD makes that thought repeat over and over until it causes fear and then fear causes anxiety and anxiety causes...

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Victoria Bennett
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OCD to me is like not having a filter in your brain that normal people have. When they have a bad thought they can wipe it away and not

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Debra Wheeler
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is EXACTLY how I feel. Just change the word "clean" to "perfection" I'm practically ripping my body open trying to be perfect, and "pure" until there's nothing left of me......

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Schuyler Higgins
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have to agree with a majority of these comments about the stigma that OCD is primarily with keeping things in order. The thing is the way it manifests is different for each person, but the overlying factor is more relative to the anxiety riddling "future telling." I.e. if I don't do this, exactly this way, something in turn will happen that is bad. Some people do have the obsessive trait of cleaning, but its usually for a reason. Within this past year with proper cognitive therapy I have conquered 30 different OCD traits that I have. 30 may seem like somewhat decent number, and I am most definitely proud of myself for getting there, but its no easy task and there are at least 40 more for each one of those 30. We can all agree though the way artist portrayed OCD in this illustration is pretty accurate in the sense that from the outside you may look cool calm and collected, but your gut and heart are ripping to pieces in fear of what might transpire. Take one day at a time :)

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Kelsey Keeling
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd like to see people touch more on the other things that come with having OCD because it is much more then just "being clean". You may even be the dirtiest person and still have OCD but somehow everyone seems to focus on that aspect of it.

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Reid Moffatt
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beautiful art, but it only captures a fraction of what OCD is about. Intrusive thoughts are the root of OCD, cleanliness is one of the many branches that might grow from it. Still, I appreciate the interpretation and representation. And your style is amazing! Good work.

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Jordan Ashley
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree with Loretta, my fiance has OCD, and has to take prozac to keep his compulsions at bay. And still 20 times a day he will wash his hands. But it's not all cleaning. While this is a beautiful piece of art, I think perhaps a better representation would be a devastation because there is a break in routine. My fiance's whole day can get screwed if he can't have his breakfast in the way he wants it. It seems petty to those who don't have this condition, but it's really debilitating. Not to mention the mental obsessions that he still fights even with the meds. He's explained the horrors his brain has come up with. OCD is a very broad spectrum just like autism actually :)

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Stacie Parker
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My OCD is counting. Counting things, counting letters in words, then counting the syllables in those words and adding them to the letters to get an answer. Weird, right? I also run conversations in my head over and over and over. So much more. Very little to do with cleaning.

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T. Flames
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know all too well & I'm digging this drawing/art/depiction. People call me predictable because I do the exact same things every single day. The dominant O.C.D. really has to do with VISUAL NUMBERS. They must be the same as the prior but only visual. I'm not a "counter" or a "stepper". It controls me. Also, I look in a mirror I carry around with me all the time. If I forget my mirror at home, when I'm at work, I take several breaks JUST to go to the restroom, not to use it but to look in the mirror for long periods of time. When I'm out a restaurant, I get up from the table several times to pick my teeth or clean the outside of my nose & look in the mirror. If ANY of my numbers are off just by 1 in my bank account, Twitter Followers/Following, Instagram Followers/Following etc, I adjust them almost every minute. My mom tells me stories of when I was a baby, when I first started learning how to hold a spoon, if ONE rice fell off the spoon, I would have a tantrum. Little has changed.

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Theresa Lush
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most of you are missing the objective of the picture. OCD is more commonly linked to having the urge to clean. It would be incredibly difficult for this artist to include every part of the disorder in what is supposed to be a simple sketch.. These are very beautiful pieces

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Jodie DeSormeau
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't agree with this at all. It's supporting a stereotype that OCD is directly connected to a need for cleanliness. Many OCD suffers have no connection with cleaning - this obsession stereotype was an outcome of the HIV media hype, which in turn focussed on OCD as a form of compulsive cleanliness. OCD stands for obsessive compulsive disorder, therefore the obsession can be about anything, although they are often grim, perverse and unwanted thoughts. The compulsion is then the outcome of the obsession, trying to remove the thought or feeling.

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Perri Canada
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This made me cry....like it was mentioned my OCD doesn't have much to do with cleaning but routine on top of routine and timing and yeah I can't explain it but It's ruined my life as well

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Kalyn Stephens
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My OCD has nothing to do with cleaning. In fact I tend to be super messy. I'm plagued with obsessive thoughts. It has nothing to with routine or cleaning. My brain replays memories of things I've said. I then think about the ten different ways you could have taken what I said and suddenly your mad at me when your not. I become overwhelmed and than shut down. I have no control over obsessing about these thoughts. They could be from five mins ago or ten years ago. My boyfriend takes the brunt of it. I'm always taking what he says in the wrong way because I over think EVERYTHING

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Kalyn Stephens
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My ocd has nothing to do with cleaning. I suffer from obsessive thoughts. My Brian replays the same memory over and over again leaving me to feel guilty, upset or angry. I become overwhelmed and my entire brain shutdowns. It could be something that happened five mins or it could be something that happened ten years ago. I have particular ways I like to drive. I can't let friends drive because it physically makes me ill when they don't go my way. I become nauseous and angry. But I do lo e the drawing. It's incredible. Never stop

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Debbie Gates
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so me nothing is ever clean or perfect enough it drags at me constantly I feel like I can't get away it consumes me I feel like there is no me any longer just the compulsion

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Tanya Rickman
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have to order all the hangers in my closet and at work among other things...

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Sasha Mitchell
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have numerical repetitive and hygienic OCDs the numerical has only gotten worse but this picture depicts my exact goal....to be so clean my body feels raw my skin itself feels dirty ...I'm trying to describe it but...

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Barbara Lopez-Aguilar
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine also isn't 100% bout cleaning, mine is about shaps,colors, the way objects face, trying to be the perfect employee, the way objects sit. From how my perfume bottles can't touch each other but have to be close yet form an artistic design. How every dollar has to point the exact same way.

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Molly White
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A rather annoying disorder of mine. Gets in the way of life as I like routines and cleanliness. This drawing is perfect

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Pamela Lukas
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Officially I am diagnosed with BPD and major depressive disorder. I used to have weird routines around safety though, and I can't stand bumps. I have scars on my arms and legs from digging at bumps and then digging at the scabs. It's embarrassing. It's like you dont have any self control. The disease is in charge.

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Zhiyun Ren
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My OCD ruins my life. Though it's not always about cleaning, but this illustrates very well.

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Cierra Marinko
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish people didn't always associat OCD associated with cleaning.

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Ben Eckles
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live by set routines. I do thigs a certain way or else I can't be comfortable or stop thinking about it. I don't flip out and it doesn't paralyze me but it will really bug me.

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Klara Virolainen
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a kind of Impulse Control Disorder, Dermatillomania where I scratch and pick on my skin several hours a day. It gives relif at the moment but anxiety afterwards (along with scars all over my body). Anyway I can really relate to the picture since it's exactly what I do, scratch / pick to get rid of something dirty under my skin (which does not exist) until I bleed.

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Lily sollohub
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have terrible OCD, it's fear induced. Iv'e had it since I was a child, but with different things, when I was a kid, it was counting things and tapping something a certain amount of times. Now, I have a little dog who's my baby, so I check the front door a million and a half times (not touching, just looking and sometimes I have to count how many times I look in a specific minute to feel satisfied). It's also from worrying that someone will break in and my dog will get out, my mom will be hurt and same with myself, so I don't sleep at night because my brain doesn't understand that when a door is locked, it's locked and won't just magically open the second I turn away. I also have to check the stove a number of times, and make sure the fridge is closed. I also have cleaning OCD, I hate disorganization and dishes in the sink. This isn't even a half of the OCD induced things I do.

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Dan Laichalk
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine manifests itself when I'm at work. If things aren't laid out a certain way I panic and can't get anything done.

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Josh Ray
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately I have a few of these disorders(social anxiety, bipolar) but having OCD(although it at least keeps things in order) is the most constantly annoying of them all...sometimes I just want to come home from work and do nothing and I try to do just that but that little guy in my head wont let me just be until I completely straighten up and clean the house to a point where it looks like I'm having the family over..its annoying and its hard for people to live with me

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Alma Del Val Tercero
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have OCD I clean and clean my house my bedroom everything I can with antibacterial soaps and disinfectant. I destroy my self by wash my hand until they bleed and takeing baths some times 4 of them a day. Meds do help.

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MeiravRavi Anconina
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have OCD but I don't feel that this drawing relates to me in any way.

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Gabriela Rodriguez
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

awwee… this is … ugh i find it fascinating that i am disgusted and fascinated at the same time.

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April Rose
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like this kind of captures it in the sense that you have these constant, gnawing, often times disturbing thoughts. If you feel...unclean, you wouldn't be able to stop.

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Donna Jones
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My spouse lives with this, but it's more 'things out of place', than 'cleancleanclean'.

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Jessica Brown
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I personally feel like a couple big ones are missing: General Anxiety Disorder and Panic Attack Disorder.

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Shana
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not sure if this thing I do, counts as an OCD? Whenever I leave my house or work, I have to check the front door several times to check if it's locked. Not just double-checking, I have gone back up the stairs to check the door (i live in an appartment) or walked back around the block to do this at work. I just get this gnawing feeling and start feeling really uncomfy if I don't do it.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My OCD is related with the number 3 at the most,and putting in a colouring order clothes,towels etc... cleaning also but .... i hope one day my headache from these thing go away...

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I didn't even know this was a thing. I've never been able to be alone I have to have someone close by. I looked at this picture a very long time. I have never seen something describe me so clearly.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolute 100% accurate depiction. Depersonalization is what triggers my panic attacks, particularly nocturnal panic attacks. I'm 34 and have dealt with pretty severe mental illness since 18. Although managed on meds, it's impossible to ever be 100% again. Thank you for your incredible drawings. I appreciate these so much. ❤️

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Anna Shields
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is an amazing illustration for the insidious disease that I have. Your work just surpasses words...keep up the good work

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hadn't heard of this one either! Very interesting. "Capgras Syndrome, also known as Capgras Delusion, is the irrational belief that a familiar person or place has been replaced with an exact duplicate — an imposter (Ellis, 2001, Hirstein, and Ramachandran, 1997)."

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had to google this: It is a rare mental illness in which the affected person holds the delusional belief that he or she is already dead, does not exist, is putrefying, or has lost his or her blood or internal organs.

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