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This is my version of the more popular ( ; ) mark. A paper clip is a very simple innovation. It is just a twisted metal but it can keep things together (not permanently though, but still). I even had a paper clip tattoo to remind myself every day that “I should keep things together”. For me, it symbolizes life more because it has a starting point and an end point. There is also direction of movement that can depict how people live their lives. Can be from outside going in, or being in touch with what is inside and slowly discovering the world outside.

In this series, I would like to visualize the most common mental illnesses and disorders a lot of people, especially the youth, are facing right now. Through these minimalist illustrations, I hope to promote awareness and understanding of the alarming problem.

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Depression

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

So accurate, it's like you're alone in the world... I struggle with it daily, and this is perfect

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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

All OCD patients are not obssessed of organizing things. Their obsessions can be towards something else, for example collecting something. For example some hoarders are OCD patients. But I understand that it is difficult to express the diversity of OCD with just one simple art picture.

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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

To me it says only one thing: broken inside. And that feels very accurate to me.

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

Should be more like ... a paper clip inside a hand grenade with the pin half pulled. And then have it figure out ways to completely f**k up your life and the lives of people who love you. Like spouses.

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Sharon Halfhill
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ptsd is like experiencing life in a dream or nightmare that you never woke up from. It's like experiencing life from behind a glass wall.

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Ama Butcher
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

feels more like just off the bottom left...hovering, peeking in but being pulled back into what no one can see.push-pull. the picture looks calm. it isn't.

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James Johns
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a sufferer of PTSD, this is waaay off. Wtf does this even suggest??

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Joshua Moger
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have you ever read anything about any of these illnesses, or are you just going by the names? Cause... that's not how Bipolar works. Or Depression. Or OCD. Or Anxiety. And the last two... are just pictures.

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Bipolar Disorder

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Megan Rogge
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

reflects the duality of my sense of self...literally two different people depending on where I am on the roller coaste

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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

This one speaks to me. The one normal paper clip surrounded by the stranger ones on all sides: it's like the strange ideas talking to the one in the middle

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Eating Disorder

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

I really like these. This one could also be hundreds of paper clips, or rusty ones (which would represent most people's horrible diets).

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Substance Abuse

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

It's like the paperclips are drugs, and they're coming out of a container of drugs

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