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How It Really Feels To Have Anxiety And Depression, In
One Comic
Simple yet accurate.
Lindsay Holmes Healthy
Living Editor, The Huffington Post
Posted: 09/17/2015 07:00 AM
EDT
Anxiety and depression are
complex mental health disorders than can be difficult to describe -- but this
comic totally nails it.
After hearing the personal
story of Sarah Flanigan, a young woman who suffers from both anxiety and
depression, artist Nick Seluk of The Awkward Yeti depicted her experience through an
illustration. The comic, published on Seluk's "Medical Tales
Retold" series on Tapastic, is a spot-on representation of the
uncertainty and emotions that are byproducts of mental illness.
Flanigan's experience is an
all-too-familiar reality for the millions of American adults who experience the mental
health disorders. You can't just "calm down" when you have anxiety or
"snap out of it" when you're going through depression. However, many
people still don't understand how mental illness occurs, leading
to feelings of guilt, shame and isolation in those who experience it.
Take a look at Flanigan's
story illustrated by Seluk below to find out how it really feels
to deal with mental health issues. Summed up? They're pretty terrible.
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