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  • My excruciating battle with Anxiety & Depression

    Mellyssa A. Diggs / Owner of Ai-Konic Graphics

    November 23, 2022
    Mental Health
    anxiety, anxietyhabits, depression, endthestigma, fibromyalgia, mentalhealth, mentalillness

    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…

  • The Countdown Sale! Black Art 🖼️

    Mellyssa A. Diggs / Owner of Ai-Konic Graphics

    November 18, 2022
    Other
    anxiety, artforsale, artist, artprints, artprintsforsale, artwork, blackart, creative, depression, endthestigma, fineart, giclee, gicleeprint, loveart, mentalillness, smallbusiness, smallbusinessowner, women

    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…

  • When I thought my Anxiety was normal stress.

    Mellyssa A. Diggs / Owner of Ai-Konic Graphics

    October 31, 2022
    Mental Health
    anxiety, anxietyhabits, depression, endthestigma, mentalhealth, mentalillness

    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…

  • Those Gray Days

    Mellyssa A. Diggs / Owner of Ai-Konic Graphics

    October 24, 2022
    Mental Health
    anxiety, black women, chronic fatigue, depression, endthestigma, good enough, mentalhealth, mentalillness

    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…

  • Overthinking Pen Strokes

    Mellyssa A. Diggs / Owner of Ai-Konic Graphics

    October 10, 2022
    Mental Health
    anxiety, depression, endthestigma, mentalhealth, mentalillness, overthinking

    The mind is the most power part of the body. When you die you breathe your last breath, your heart stops beating, organ failure and then it shuts down. Our brains are now thought to continue to “work” after death but only for a few minutes. With that thought, I battle every day when I…

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