depression Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:31:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Artist Illustrates Her Darkest Thoughts https://playjunkie.com/artist-illustrates-her-darkest-thoughts/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:18:29 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=31525 According to her Facebook bio, illustrator Chrissy McYoung is an artist who “draws stuff, and makes stuff, and creates stuff, and designs stuff, and paints stuff”. Recently, she created a series of drawings where she illustrated her personal frustrations and experience with dark thoughts. In the beginning, she just wanted to share the images with […]

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According to her Facebook bio, illustrator Chrissy McYoung is an artist who “draws stuff, and makes stuff, and creates stuff, and designs stuff, and paints stuff”.

Recently, she created a series of drawings where she illustrated her personal frustrations and experience with dark thoughts. In the beginning, she just wanted to share the images with her friends, but in the end, she got the courage to post it so everyone she knew can see it.

“When other people saw the work, they connected with the stories from their viewpoint,” the artist shared on Bored Panda. “Talking about suicide and people’s experience is very important. I want to continue creating my images to hopefully be able to help and reach out to others struggling with dark and suicidal thoughts.”

Her plan is to make 52+ cards with images and words to help support people who are feeling low with thoughts of suicide.

If you are interested to see her work, check out the gallery below.

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Artist Illustrates the Voices People Battling Mental Illness Hear https://playjunkie.com/artist-illustrates-the-voices-people-battling-mental-illness-hear/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:33:33 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=31519 Artist Rachael Bright is an illustrator from Virginia and the creator of the Voices in the Grey, a humanitarian art project depicting how depression makes individuals feel in a sensory way, which she created while healing from a debilitating illness. Her illustrations are made of mixed media; she uses gouache watercolor and colored pencils. “I […]

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Artist Rachael Bright is an illustrator from Virginia and the creator of the Voices in the Grey, a humanitarian art project depicting how depression makes individuals feel in a sensory way, which she created while healing from a debilitating illness. Her illustrations are made of mixed media; she uses gouache watercolor and colored pencils.

“I illustrate anonymously the voices of individuals who are suffering from depression, anxiety, and mental illness to help destigmatize mental illness and also to help unburden them at the same time,” the artist shared on Bored Panda. “People often open up to me in a way they can’t to family and friends.”

When this article was written, Bright has completed 105 images, while she is looking for more Voices. Her current goal is to illustrate 365 Voices, one for each day of the year.

She shares her illustrations on her social media accounts, on Instagram and Facebook, as well as on her personal website.

Scroll down and check out her work below. Have you ever suffered from depression? If so, you can share your voice by sending Bright an email and she might illustrate it.

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Girl Uses Art as Therapy https://playjunkie.com/girl-uses-art-as-therapy/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:16:11 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=28087 Omiya Hassan better known as Illumiyati on social media has many descriptions to her name. She is a graduate student pursuing her doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, an artist, a doodler, a singer, and an amateur cook. According to the Bengali-based Hassan, she has been battling with depression and anxiety for a quite some time. […]

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Omiya Hassan better known as Illumiyati on social media has many descriptions to her name. She is a graduate student pursuing her doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, an artist, a doodler, a singer, and an amateur cook. According to the Bengali-based Hassan, she has been battling with depression and anxiety for a quite some time.

“As I was alone and was uncomfortable at expressing my feelings through words to others, taking my counselor’s advice I started doing some artwork-series that acted as personal therapy,” the artist shared with Bored Panda. “I took some time off of my schedule only to talk to myself and express these feelings through art and digital brush strokes. After completing each art-piece, I was left with a feeling filled with warmth and courage.”

She also began sharing her creations on her Instagram account. If you are interested to see her work, just keep on scrolling.

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Reminder to love yourself even with all the imperfections that you think you might have. You are beautiful. . . I suffer from different types of acne. Some are rash-like, some are cystic and some leave a scar that stays with me for years. People with acne, we're always concious of our face. We try our best to take care of it. So, when someone asks "why do you have so many acne and marks on your face?", The question haunts us for a longer time than you think it would. . . I've been having some stressful couple of days and this month's menstrual cycle wasn't all glamorous for me either which caused outbursts on my face. I knew that and I was take caring of it. It's not easy to remove them in a single day, there's no "shortcut" way to it. So, when someone asks these type of questions, it makes us insecure. I wasn't even feeling good in Eid because all I thought were the huge acnes on my face. It made me hate my face. . . It's not easy for us. We cannot just go to bed wearing makeup without a good cleansing routine even when extremely tired. We eat and drink with caution. We put ointment, cream that sometimes smudges our pillow and ruins it. We are always cautious. . . Please stop or refrain yourself from asking these ignorant questions to us. Your words are deadlier than a knife. . . #digitalartistsoninstagram #digitalart #ipadpro #ipadproart #acne #acnecommunity #acnepositivity #artistsoninstagram #artist

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If you're a Bangladeshi or a south-asian who did not graduate from the "top" school of your country, then I bet once in a lifetime people made you feel like you're not good enough for the world even when you're trying your best. At least that's what happened to me. Constantly doubting myself, bumping on skeptical faces that questioned my choice of pursuing graduate studies. I bet in the future if I ever quit my graduate studies and pursue something else people will shake their heads and say "it's a private University grad. No wonder…" . For us it's a hard life. It's like everyday we're constantly proving ourselves worthy of the society we live in. I fight everyday with myself and try my best to make my own Identity. Trying my best not to be known for my parents and siblings but for myself. It's a never ending fight. . While fighting these fights, I forgot how to love myself and not give a f**k about what others saw of me. I slowly realized that my choice to give a f***k and my confidence is the key to a happier life. No matter how hard you try, if you don't respect yourself, you won't get the respect back from others. . I will start by saying. I'm Omiya Hassan. Graduated from the EEE dept in UIU at 2017. Not just a EEE graduate. I'm proud of where I came from. And if you cannot accept that then you're not worthy of my time. . #ipadproart #ipadpro #digitalart #selflove #privateuniversity #bangladeshi #bangladeshartist #digitalartistsoninstagram

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According to her Facebook bio, illustrator Chrissy McYoung is an artist who “draws stuff, and makes stuff, and creates stuff, and designs stuff, and paints stuff”.

Recently, she created a series of drawings where she illustrated her personal frustrations and experience with dark thoughts. In the beginning, she just wanted to share the images with her friends, but in the end, she got the courage to post it so everyone she knew can see it.

“When other people saw the work, they connected with the stories from their viewpoint,” the artist shared on Bored Panda. “Talking about suicide and people’s experience is very important. I want to continue creating my images to hopefully be able to help and reach out to others struggling with dark and suicidal thoughts.”

Her plan is to make 52+ cards with images and words to help support people who are feeling low with thoughts of suicide.

If you are interested to see her work, check out the gallery below.

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Artist Illustrates the Voices People Battling Mental Illness Hear https://playjunkie.com/artist-illustrates-the-voices-people-battling-mental-illness-hear/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:33:33 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=31519 Artist Rachael Bright is an illustrator from Virginia and the creator of the Voices in the Grey, a humanitarian art project depicting how depression makes individuals feel in a sensory way, which she created while healing from a debilitating illness. Her illustrations are made of mixed media; she uses gouache watercolor and colored pencils. “I […]

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Artist Rachael Bright is an illustrator from Virginia and the creator of the Voices in the Grey, a humanitarian art project depicting how depression makes individuals feel in a sensory way, which she created while healing from a debilitating illness. Her illustrations are made of mixed media; she uses gouache watercolor and colored pencils.

“I illustrate anonymously the voices of individuals who are suffering from depression, anxiety, and mental illness to help destigmatize mental illness and also to help unburden them at the same time,” the artist shared on Bored Panda. “People often open up to me in a way they can’t to family and friends.”

When this article was written, Bright has completed 105 images, while she is looking for more Voices. Her current goal is to illustrate 365 Voices, one for each day of the year.

She shares her illustrations on her social media accounts, on Instagram and Facebook, as well as on her personal website.

Scroll down and check out her work below. Have you ever suffered from depression? If so, you can share your voice by sending Bright an email and she might illustrate it.

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Girl Uses Art as Therapy https://playjunkie.com/girl-uses-art-as-therapy/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:16:11 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=28087 Omiya Hassan better known as Illumiyati on social media has many descriptions to her name. She is a graduate student pursuing her doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, an artist, a doodler, a singer, and an amateur cook. According to the Bengali-based Hassan, she has been battling with depression and anxiety for a quite some time. […]

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Omiya Hassan better known as Illumiyati on social media has many descriptions to her name. She is a graduate student pursuing her doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, an artist, a doodler, a singer, and an amateur cook. According to the Bengali-based Hassan, she has been battling with depression and anxiety for a quite some time.

“As I was alone and was uncomfortable at expressing my feelings through words to others, taking my counselor’s advice I started doing some artwork-series that acted as personal therapy,” the artist shared with Bored Panda. “I took some time off of my schedule only to talk to myself and express these feelings through art and digital brush strokes. After completing each art-piece, I was left with a feeling filled with warmth and courage.”

She also began sharing her creations on her Instagram account. If you are interested to see her work, just keep on scrolling.

View this post on Instagram

Reminder to love yourself even with all the imperfections that you think you might have. You are beautiful. . . I suffer from different types of acne. Some are rash-like, some are cystic and some leave a scar that stays with me for years. People with acne, we're always concious of our face. We try our best to take care of it. So, when someone asks "why do you have so many acne and marks on your face?", The question haunts us for a longer time than you think it would. . . I've been having some stressful couple of days and this month's menstrual cycle wasn't all glamorous for me either which caused outbursts on my face. I knew that and I was take caring of it. It's not easy to remove them in a single day, there's no "shortcut" way to it. So, when someone asks these type of questions, it makes us insecure. I wasn't even feeling good in Eid because all I thought were the huge acnes on my face. It made me hate my face. . . It's not easy for us. We cannot just go to bed wearing makeup without a good cleansing routine even when extremely tired. We eat and drink with caution. We put ointment, cream that sometimes smudges our pillow and ruins it. We are always cautious. . . Please stop or refrain yourself from asking these ignorant questions to us. Your words are deadlier than a knife. . . #digitalartistsoninstagram #digitalart #ipadpro #ipadproart #acne #acnecommunity #acnepositivity #artistsoninstagram #artist

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If you're a Bangladeshi or a south-asian who did not graduate from the "top" school of your country, then I bet once in a lifetime people made you feel like you're not good enough for the world even when you're trying your best. At least that's what happened to me. Constantly doubting myself, bumping on skeptical faces that questioned my choice of pursuing graduate studies. I bet in the future if I ever quit my graduate studies and pursue something else people will shake their heads and say "it's a private University grad. No wonder…" . For us it's a hard life. It's like everyday we're constantly proving ourselves worthy of the society we live in. I fight everyday with myself and try my best to make my own Identity. Trying my best not to be known for my parents and siblings but for myself. It's a never ending fight. . While fighting these fights, I forgot how to love myself and not give a f**k about what others saw of me. I slowly realized that my choice to give a f***k and my confidence is the key to a happier life. No matter how hard you try, if you don't respect yourself, you won't get the respect back from others. . I will start by saying. I'm Omiya Hassan. Graduated from the EEE dept in UIU at 2017. Not just a EEE graduate. I'm proud of where I came from. And if you cannot accept that then you're not worthy of my time. . #ipadproart #ipadpro #digitalart #selflove #privateuniversity #bangladeshi #bangladeshartist #digitalartistsoninstagram

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