For this new content I made several illustrations that I did while feeling anxious, illustrating is something that really calms me and I wanted to put a lot of enthusiasm into this post, the illustrations were made with pencils and markers, while illustrating animals that go through different anxious states of a creative way, I hope that everything you see in this post is to your liking.
Without much more preamble, let's start!:
"Hiding or suppressing anxiety produces, in fact, more anxiety"
Okay, I really did not know how to start this publication, but ... do you think you're prone to anxiety? Because I am quite prone, for various reasons, I will describe it my way, for me anxiety is a feeling of suffocation. Sometimes it comes with all its strength and sometimes more tenuous, but in none of its versions is a pleasant feeling. Anxiety can be generated by worries, stress, factors that influence work, sentimental or social life, each person who suffers anxiety often presents it in different ways, some express it verbally, others with actions and others prefer that they remain in their minds and do not externalize this feeling and everyone has the right to live with their anxiety the way they want, but we must not forget that this is part of a mental disorder that should be treated by professionals.
Friends, we are all prone to go through moments of anxiety, the bad is when this becomes the problem that unites other disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic, phobias, irregularities in social life, among others, so it is not good to think of anxiety as something temporary, when this feeling begins to arise regularly. Let's begin to see anxiety as something serious, for this I quote a brief description below:
Friends, it is a response of involuntary anticipation of the organism in front of stimuli that can be external or internal, such as thoughts, ideas, images, among others; that are perceived by the individual as threatening or dangerous, and are accompanied by an unpleasant feeling or somatic symptoms of tension.
Feeling anxiety from time to time is normal. However, some people who have anxiety disorders often feel intense, excessive and persistent worry, and are fearful for all situations of daily life. Often, anxiety disorders manifest themselves with repeated episodes of sudden feelings of intense anxiety and fear or terror that reach their maximum in just a few minutes (panic attacks).
Having already understood what anxiety is, I will precede to tell you a little about my case...
Since my childhood I am able to have a thousand ideas at the same time and not carry out ANYTHING, or on the contrary, think of a thousand ideas and try to do everything at once, I do not like that they impose a thought on me and I like to exploit my understanding , I like to know and create, freedom of expression should be a priority, although in these times this right has been a bit opaque, I usually change my mind from one minute to another, "What I thought yesterday was good, today I do not think it's right anymore." My mind is disastrous and it even scares me.
My art is usually directly related to my emotions, I started drawing from when I was very young, it was my exit for everything, if I felt badly drawn, if I felt good, I drew, nowadays that has not changed so much, I have started to handle my anxiety problems through drawings, I think creativity is a very good thing and can take you to incredible destinations. I often lose patience easily, I have never been able to comply with routines or schedules beyond the schedules and routines imposed by the school and the university. On many occasions I do not know how to identify my emotions and I find it difficult to express them, I declare myself an emotional incompetent ... but ... I like that the people that surround me and form part of my environment feel good, it is gratifying.
It is important to pay attention to the symptoms to prevent the person suffering from them from suffering more severe crises.
Anxiety disorders are very common and there are effective treatments. With proper treatment, people who suffer from it can learn to manage and better control their symptoms and improve their quality of life.
There are several types of anxiety disorders among which there are important differences. The most common are:
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Panic disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Social phobia
- Agoraphobia
- Specific phobia.
All the disorders mentioned above are, in fact, very strong for those who suffer them, but they can be treated by health specialists and, therefore, improve their quality of life. In my case, I have learned sequentially to better manage anxiety, identifying the factors that generate it and taking these factors to find an adequate solution. With this publication, I do not seek to provide a solution for all anxious people, but rather to talk a little about myself and at the same time create awareness about this common and underestimated disorder, which some take it to the extreme, while others They know how to handle it better. I'm not a psychologist, I just like to talk about topics that attract me and illustrate them.
Dear readers, we all have problems, we can all be victims of frightening stress, we can all feel anxiety reading this post, but we also have the power to change, take the first step and identify the factors that cause us anxiety. Not all of us will improve at the same time or we will act in the same way, they will all change and heal at their own time. And if you do not have anxiety and someone close to you if you have it, treat it well, you will appreciate it. Not everyone reacts the same to an improvement, some people express their great improvement and others simply take a tea.