Here Are 26 Of The Drawings That I’ve Made Following The Journey Depicting My Mental Health
A lot of my art represents disorders, or conditions, or just things that people go through (depression, anxiety, social anxiety, etc). Not everything is the same for everyone but these are general representations. Hope you enjoy it!
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Social Anxiety
Depression/ Feeling Trapped
This reminds me of the awful feeling of wanting to get away from yourself, and feeling trapped in this prison that has become your mind and body... familiar feeling.
That's a great way to see it! I never thought of it like that. Not saying that feeling trapped in your own body is great though 😅
Load More Replies...It reminds me of a line from a German satire song/rap: "For some departures I needed an ID card But no passport can get me out of my skin"
Feeling Like No One Listens To You
This is sadly relatable. I'm always ignored even if I'm listen to other people and not interrupting.
Heartbreak. Again
That's what I did. So many people I've dated are toxic including who I'm dating rn 😬
Load More Replies...You Can Figure This One Out
Ooh I like this one. I love the hair... I couldn't draw hair to save my life😅
Mine is really bad lately, but it manifests as nail biting or skin picking or insomnia, and I'm really over it. I think I have undiagnosed ADHD, but when I tried to get diagnosed, the psychiatrist was like "you've got too much going on in your life right now to be able to properly diagnose you. It could be ADHD, but it could be severe anxiety and depression too." And then she sent the prescription for anxiety meds to the wrong pharmacy, so I'm back to square one
Wow. Yea my anxiety lately has been my skin picking and insomnia as well. And it's sad that most doctors are quacks too.
Load More Replies...Looks like she could use a slice of pie with a scoop of ice cream on top and a cup of Cocoa! Don't fix everything but it gives you a chance to slow down and relax and think for a few minutes.
It being hair makes me think you could just grab it and cut it off, (something I did recently) but having social anxiety, depression, bipolar and more I know you can't "simply" do that
When Your Stress Levels Finally Max Out
YEP! That's me right now. My stress level has gotten to the point that I live in a constant state of vibrating static and can't see anything other than the stress
This is me. At this very moment. I see myself running into the sunset naked, screaming, disappearing. Now I know how to solve the problem. I'm leaving my current situation as soon as I can. After 31 years of marriage I'm leaving him. The stress of starting over is something in truly looking forward to.
We All Have Demons
I call my depression a parasite, because it feeds off and drains my life force by spreading itself in my own voice in my head. My other demons (C-PTSD, anxiety, perfectionism, self harm) live in a little dungeon I created in my mind, locked away but not in solitary confinement, so they can still talk to each other and depression still sneaks in and feeds them, too. Most of the time, I hold the keys to the dungeon, and can shut them up, but lately, the inmates are running that particular asylum
My inmates (anxiety, depression, self harm, ptsd, and ocpd) run my mind 24/7.
Load More Replies...Physical Abuse
Man my parents beat me like a drum! Was a cake walk compared to the psychological and mental abuse!
My parents chose the mental route. Surprised I never got the belt
Load More Replies...One Of My Favorites. Represents Multiple Heartbreaks And Being Abused
It's like when you become involved with and fall in love with someone who emotionally, mentally, and physically abuses you, you've given them a voodoo doll of yourself and asked that they take care of it and not use it to hurt you, but that's exactly what they do. I hope you have escaped your abuser. If not, please know you deserve better. NOBODY deserves to be hurt intentionally by someone they love
The thing is the people that hurt me and are still currently hurting me don't even realize it. My mom hurts me every day and doesn't even know what she's doing. My dad hurt me when he left my mom. What do these things give me? Perfectionism and ptsd.
Load More Replies...Cracked Under Pressure
If You Know You Know
Suicidal. Don't Do It Though. It's Not Fair To Those Around You. Things'll Brighten Up Eventually
it doesn't truly end your pain, it only ends you. your pain is passed on to those around you, and therefore, instead of being diminished, it is multiplied.
That's the primary reason I didn't go through with it, despite being suicidal for the last 28 years - I didn't want to be a burden on my family to have to deal with the clean up, and when I had a child, I couldn't do that to her. I've known people whose parents did, and it profoundly messes them up.
Load More Replies...idk how to explain it but telling ppl to stay alive only for the ppl around them seems kinda crappy
Yea I guess that is kinda right. Especially when it's usually the people around that make you suicidal. But all in all, suicide is a permanent fix to a temporary problem.
Load More Replies...I'll tell you something my instructor told me. She used to be a clinical psychologist, and when people would come in saying they were suicidal, she never told them that isn't an option. She'd say, "Well. That IS something you can do. But that's really permanent. Are you sure you don't want to try other things first?" Even if it's something that's not tangible, like for me it's curiosity of what's gonna happen next, as long as it can get you to the next day, the next day turns into the next week, turns into the next month, the next year, the next decade. Before you know it, you have a bunch of good memories to go with the bad. Find small things that made you happy that day. If you don't find anything...maybe you will tomorrow.
Heartbreak Again
I totally understand. Mine's in shreds. My mind isn't far behind.
Load More Replies...You Can See This As Emotional Baggage Or Being In A Possessive Relationship. I Like To See Both
Feeling Like Your Not Being Heard(I Hate The Hair Highlights But These Were All At Different Times)
Not every family, and definitely not all the time. Idk how many hundreds to thousands of dollars I could have saved this household if they just listened to me about s**t. But they continue not to, even though, time and again, I'm proven right, and they waste money. Most families is sometimes they do, other times they don't. On the other end of the bell curve you have the families that listen to everything earnestly, even if they know it's just silly. Bluey is more on that end
Load More Replies...Burn The Baggage. (Not Literally)
I Don't Do Blue A Lot And Thought This Would Be Fun
There are a few that I drew for fun but the ones that I drew for fun represent me be happy for once. That happiness doesn't usually last long or it gets ruined but still.
Load More Replies...Resting B***h Face Much?
Kinda Speaks For Itself
Just Felt Like Crying
I'm a firm believer that sometimes a good solo cry is not only cathartic, but healthy and normal
It is healthy and it is normal. BUT society says that crying makes you weak so sometimes that can just get to you and makes you feel like you're not allowed to cry.
Load More Replies...Insomniac ( Eye Bags)
Just A Biker Girl
Actually that looks nothing like me in real life. I based this picture off my grandma when she was young. Guess which one I based off myself!
Load More Replies...I Was Bored
Lonely Muscles. (First Time Drawing Muscles Better Than I Thought It Would End Up)
Just as an art critique, if you blend the lines some, it'll look even better. The crisp and sharp lines like this make them look more like cuts. Which if you have cut yourself, don't be ashamed to show it. Just shows the world it screwed with you, but you're still there. Shows you're strong, not weak. You didn't take your emotions out on others. You controlled it in yourself. That's strength.
I Coulda Done Better With The Shading
I Was Bored For This One Too
This looks like a character that'd be in an anime and have some sort of telekinetic powers
These are wonderful, painful, evocative drawings. Thank you for sharing. 💜
These are wonderful, painful, evocative drawings. Thank you for sharing. 💜
