Have you ever felt overwhelmed by stuff? Need to stop, take a breath? What if that stuff just keeps coming? What if you carry all that stuff, and it just keeps beating down, step by morbid step, until you’re bent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When tasks overwhelm, sometimes it’s because the brain cannot cope with all the inputs and stays stuck on the fact that there’re so many inputs, so many consequences and so many possible outcomes. So breaking down the tasks into the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s not that I can’t take compliments or even due credit for my work. It’s that I prefer to deflect it with humour, point out why I don’t deserve it, refuse to accept that I had anything to do with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some of my comics change as I draw them. This was one of them – and I ended up drawing two aspects of anxiety and depression in. Depression can have us think the worst of ourselves, and anxiety has us[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So often this is the reality. So much work is done with the brain noise and simply coping with it, that those who struggle with mental health issues are exhausted by day’s end. Also, note that I didn’t even show[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I find on many occasions that I’m doing what seems to be the base habits or behaviours of a young child with adult responsibilities. There’s nothing to be valued about cooking a meal, hanging up or folding some clothes, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll be honest. I drew this together with my earlier comic. I’d like to say that things got busy. But in all honesty… I struggled to post this. I know this is the more ideal way to look at things.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Random comic that popped out of my head… About a not so random topic. Let’s keep working on releasing the bits of our past that hold us back, from the future that we want to be a part of.
This is really hard. REALLY HARD. I’m struggling with it right now and my critic is screaming at me. But I managed to deploy this comic I’ve drawn for a while now. It’s one small step. And it’s enough, critic.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Depression changes the usual rules on managing criticism and the various voices in our heads. There’s no easy solution – look at the speed at which I’m posting! But one trick is to recognise when people do care, and when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…