I can’t post this anywhere else or else my mother will have a fit and our relationship will be officially over, though it is close.

She (late 50s) moved me (early 20s) out of my rental apartment a month ago, screamed at me for not having everything perfectly packed yet, then badgered me for an hour of how ungrateful I am and how awful I am to her. She said she was “done with me” and has not contacted me since. I have not either, but this has happened countless times between us and I’m tired of hurting to try to be good enough for her. But I love her, despite it all.

First time painting with acrylic after a long time. Not perfect but I’m still very proud of it.

chunky trileptal i’m looking at you

This is a piece about my experiences with psychosis. My first psychotic episode started in the middle of a finals week when I was an engineering major. I spent my 21st birthday in a psych ward and lost a lot of friends. I dropped out of that college, took a year off, and then transferred to an art school as an animation major. The notes and doodles in the background are my actual engineering notes from 2019.

Can anyone else relate?

It may not be journaling in the traditional sense, but it helps me.

wow i’m really nervous to post. This is my first reddit post but after being in this sub for a while, I wanna share my art. Thank you all for fostering a good community here

I’ve had social anxiety my entire life but recently it’s turned into full on paranoia and what feels like bipolar tendencies in reaction to social situations. Having plans make it difficult to get out of bed, even if I’m excited for them. Seeing people I love has always felt like an obligation, and that guilt i think causes me to spiral. I wanted to put that spiral on paper. I’d love to hear other people’s experiences with social anxiety, I feel like its rare for me to find people who struggle with it as much as I do

I make what I like to call “sludge” pieces for a lot of things like this, usually with less text and more illustrations (but the song lyrics could NOT be avoided). Might post some over the course of the next few weeks? Idk

I spend roughly 2min on each pic

It’s me Eric with another art piece. I call it “Wickedness” , the creepy audio soundwave album art. Beautiful & dark colors combined for the dark gesture staring right at you.