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This artwork is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License . It may be reposted, but only unedited. Credit and link to my gallery is obligate. It can't be used for any commercial purposes.Depression
(Good thing there’s no psychiatrists near her. Or else this wolfy would be set on a huge pile of antidepressants.
)Well, that’s why it’s called depression. Some people are happy, but some, they just aren’t no matter what happens around them. They do not notice good things – they see only darkness and shadows.
But then again if you aren’t lucky to be born as one of optimistic and happy people, you still have one choice. You can either surrender yourself to your depression or you can choose to fight against it.
By the way, while drawing this one I really was in a deep depression. But now it's gone.
And all that was necessary to get over it was just some changes in my life. ------------------
Creation time: 4th – 6th July, didn’t counted how many hours it took.
Tools: Faber-Castell colored pencils.
Paper size: something A4-ish.
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Comments: 17
Depression hurts. I know it, and this picture is comforting. It's helped me realize the good things around me and the beautys ive been missing half my life. thank you
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You are welcome. And it's nice that you have noticed also the good things around you about which people tend to forget while being in a depression.
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Great overall design. Going through your gallery has been really interesting! I normally don't write so many comments.
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Really nice one.
The fur detail's awesome and I kinda like the set here. Those flowers look really beatyful too.
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Thank you!
And flowers had to be pretty, that was the best idea I could come up with to show how poitless and silly it is to be grumpy and depressive all the time even when everything is fine around you and there's no reason for that.
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yeah. depression sucks. I can only take the pills because psychiatrists and therapists don't work on me. My little cousins always get mad at me and tell meI don't love them because I get dark and reclusive.
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In my case it's different - I have never been to any psychiatrists and haven't taken any pills.
I drew this one more than a month ago and now I'm feeling way better.
What helped me to get over my depressions was some changes in my life. It started getting nicer mostly because I started doing things I like, for example I restarted horse riding that I hadn't done for ages. I also went on few trips.
And secondly I stopped listening to people criticizing me, who made me to feel bad for who I am. It's just that if daily you hear how bad you are, that your opinion is always wrong, that even your manner of thinking is wrong - then run from these friends as far as you can. Because this isn't the type of advice that will help you to become a better person - instead you will just feel very bad. In my case I didn't thought that I might actually listen to these so called "advices" even for a second while I was regularly listening that for almost 2 years.
And then a couple of exciting events happened with me as well during the last month. I must say that getting stuck hundreds of meters away from the coast in open sea during a thunderstorm and heavy rainfall really helps you to realize that you want to live after all.
So, to sum up. If you want your life to get nicer, that's only up to you, only you can change it. If you sit in your room listening to depressive music and thinking how bad your life is - it will not get any better. Life offers us a lot of beauty and wonderful adventures and it's only up to us how much from that we take.
So do things you like, things that makes you happy.
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I've had it since I was in first grade. So I don't really remember what to do to make myself happier other than pills.
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Don't you have any interests? Activities that you like doing?
Or is it really that bad that you dislike everything you have tried doing in your life?
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I also have incredibly low energy and Im growing weaker and no will to do anything (except art). I'm going to the doctor to see if my low energy can be treated.
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Kinda reminds me of myself. Though my problem wasn't medical - it was just laziness and lack of motivation. Pulling myself together and deciding what I want in my future sure helped.
Though if you have some medical problems then it's worse.
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oops didn't mean to put the happy thing in the corner.
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