Tag: anxiety
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There Are Days I Feel — Snappy
I don’t know if it’s because of the chronic pain of Fibromyalgia, the symptoms of anxiety and depression or both. However, the feeling of being fatigued makes me the most angry because it’s the one thing I can’t manage. Whenever I did try to push myself, my symptoms get worse. I lay there sometimes memorizing…
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My excruciating battle with Anxiety & Depression
As someone living with mental illness, I’ve often been encouraged to “express myself” as a means of lightening emotional tension. And trust me, I’ve given the arts the good ‘ol college try. Drawing, painting, coloring. Writing, dancing, singing. The problem I face with self-expression is a belief — a false one at that, I’m a…
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The Countdown Sale! Black Art 🖼️
My biggest sale is in going on. Custom art work created & printed by me is available for purchase on my website. Currently you can use code “countdown20” for 20% of your order. Each art print is hand drawn in archival ink on Bristol fine art paper, scaled and cut to the appropriate size, and…
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When I thought my Anxiety was normal stress.
Anxiety is something we have likely all felt at one point or another. It may have been situation-induced, like before a presentation or riding a rollercoaster. It may have been brought on by your brain repeating scary or negative statements. Or maybe, your anxiety is connected to a diagnosis like ADHD or depression. No matter…
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Those Gray Days
When it comes to mental health, there are a few extremes: feeling like the Queen that I am or feeling like I want to break down and forget everything. Most tend to reach out when I actively show that “something is wrong”. There are times I feel like giving up but feel dismissed and ignored…