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If you had to imagine your mental illness or disorder as a house, what would it look like?
Federico Babina has just released a new project called Archiatric, which depicts 16 different conditions as works of architecture in various states of repair. The designs are chillingly abstract, but for anyone living with the agony of mental illness, they're all too accurate. An animated video posted to the Barcelona-based digital artist's YouTube page further intensifies the effect of the images.
Babina is known for architecture-inspired work, using a unique geometric style that takes clear notes from cubism. His designs are often surreal, yet underlined with cheeky humour.
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#1
Anxiety
#2
Depression
#3
Insomnia
#4
Dementia
Jody Dubois 7 years ago
Omg people...This man is an artist. These are HIS takes on various human conditions. Stop critiquing his choices and just appreciate his gift and willingness to share with the world.
#6
Ocd
Yana La 7 years ago
The roof does not fit correctly with that pattern........ *internal screaming*
Caroline Thornton 7 years ago
So disappointed, when I saw this on facebook I was really excited to see it. I'm really sad that the image for OCD only fits into the common stereotype most people have of it. OCD is in the top ten most debilitating illnesses in the world. obsessions are irrational, including worrying that a loved one is going to die, you're going to murder a loved one, you're a paedophile, you've hit someone with your car...OCD has nothing to do with "liking" things in a certain way. With OCD if something doesn't look or feel right it means someone is going to die or something terrible is going to happen. People with OCD are ten times more likely to commit suicide than others. You don't do that because a picture is hanging slightly squint.
Eloise Trett 7 years ago
Thank you for this comment. For artwork which is meant to be portraying mental illness, this is extremely closed minded and downright unhelpful to a society which largely already views OCD as 'an obsession with perfection'. Some people need to do their research and actually try to understand the conditions they want to explore with their art!!
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Angie Brauer 7 years ago
All who ask why pattern dont fit with roof,no ,I dont think picture is wrong.Is actually very accurate how it feel like to live with ocd...You make pattern and you try make all right...but you cant,you cant make all right,you cant make other follow your pattern as well,and life is unpredictable.That "unfitting" roof is exactly what problem ocd people have.
Angie Brauer 7 years ago
was just my opinion how I see it,I have OCD too and must say ,that how I just seen the meaning of the picture.
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Rachel Coghlan 7 years ago
How is this supposed to be OCD? This doesn't represent obsessive thoughts/feelings, it might show some compulsions but misses the majority. Disappointing.
Trisha Dragon 7 years ago
No. This is a rather epic fail. This isn't OCD, it's "people who like things orderly". I'm guessing that anybody who finds this representative of OCD probably doesn't suffer from OCD. It's a tough one to illustrate if you don't live with it though.
Renee Schlamp Cohen 7 years ago
To those complaining about the OCD one not being symmetric.... OCD isn't always about symmetry. If you truly deal with it you would know that. People confuse OCD with OCPD quite a bit now because a few memes made them diagnose themselves.
MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago (edited)
Agreed - the roof didn't bother me, the man did. When you get done counting the partials on the roof edge, the symmetry of the chevrons is complete.
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Jason Clark 7 years ago
What I love about this piece in particular is how much of a response it's stirred up in the OCD folks. I think it is the best argument in saying the artist nailed it.
Mitch McKeig 7 years ago
That's more Anxiety you're talking about there bro
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Mendi Morton 7 years ago
All these attention seekers in the comments thinking they have OCD because this picture bothers are pathetic. OCD is something much, MUCH more than being bothered by asymmetrical images, all right? Stop trying to be a special snowflake.
Melina Pothier 7 years ago
OCD is not only about order and sequence. There are many forms, mine is unending negative thoughts.
Andrea Kumar 7 years ago
I have ocd and I haven't seen the roof at all :) it's nothing to do with symmetry in most cases -on TV is the way to explain OCD usually. I agree that OCD is confused with OCPD. @melina also "just" thoughts and thoughts, guilt and guilt...
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Sydney Pollock 7 years ago
Most people with OCD aren't obsessed with alignment. Some of us can't get through a test without praying...
Chermaine Muro 7 years ago
It's not the alignment of the roof. If you will take out all the shaded and unshaded arrows inside, the outline of the house is aligned. Now, due to the effect of the shadowed arrows and unshaded ones, it comes across as if the whole picture is skewed. Yes, I am an OCD artist trying hard not to be.
Skee-ball Magee 7 years ago
You are right! Also, at the bottom there are little unshaded triangles depicting the start of the next chevrons, but on the blank spaces there are no black triangles. I think this might make it look off. The left and right side are negative images of each other except for those bottom shapes.
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Leah Vbulldopps 7 years ago
I think a lot of you misunderstand what OCD really is. It has nothing to do with being being neat and orderly.
Hannah Chartrand 7 years ago
Everything outside of the house should have been out of control. Love this❤
Alice Pedersen 7 years ago
Is this a joke? It's not symmetrical at all and the roof doesn't fit. No!
Bernardo Rojas 7 years ago
Pretty intense drawings. I expected more for this one, which is the one I have (OCD). Cause it can feel like the anxiety drawing. Its more like infinite "what ifs" threaten your life, while you're chained to do compulsions in order to neutralize those thoughts, never taking a break. Many people see it just as a disorder that makes you neat and organized. I have "Pure O" which is about having intrusive thoughts and neutralizing them via other thoughts so it doesn't even show itself
Wouter Stillebroer 7 years ago
This is so bad.... It has nothing to do with OCD at all not even a tiny bit OCD stands for Obsessive compulsive disorder meaning you Obsessively think about something (this usually happens out of nowhere and these thought are usually negative things you don't have any control over) and because of those negative thoughts you will get ridden with anxiety to make that anxiety go away you do these things called "compulsions" usually compulsions are things you do in order to know something 100% sure for example "is this door really locked" despite knowing you have locked the door you get anxious and you lock the door again for a short while you will think "okay the door is locked no need to lock it anymore" but then a few seconds later you will feel anxious again and you will walk to that door AGAIN and even though you tell yourself that door is locked over and over and over again you still doubt if it's locked or not. Excuse the standard example.
Justin Cohea 7 years ago
Is it ironic that the structure of the OCD house would annoy someone with OCD? The roof is not uniform. The man is off-center unless five or three is a special number.
Dom Carson 7 years ago
This is only relevant to standard OCD, even though the pattern is off putting and uneven. Maybe a perfectly symmetrical, pentagonal shape with an image to show even and steady uncontrollable ticks?
Justin Zak 7 years ago
Oh God, where are the tops of the black chevrons in the bottom row!? And why it the roof not at the same angle as the chevron so they line up!?
Elizabeth Scarborough 7 years ago
Not everyone has OCD for gosh sakes, most have a keen sense of sight of imperfections vs perfection. Something like this picture would irk many people. Just having the need to see or have things in symmetrical or perfect order isn't OCD. But hey if you want to label yourselves then knock your socks off, but that's called hypochondria.
ReeRee Yarbrough 7 years ago
and the little person ? depicted is setting it off off level and the roof is messed up i cant look at this its messing with mer
Vera Scanlan 7 years ago
I would like to see this taken apart so one could put it together like a puzzle, because just leaving it like this makes OCD want to come back and see it fixed! There are so many things wrong, from shading to shapes, the roof, the whole house is maddening! If that man is suppose to represent the OCD person they wouldn't be in that picture at all! OCD would not allow that disorder around them!
Skee-ball Magee 7 years ago
It's not uneven. The left side is a negative image of the right side. So the black chevrons on the left match the colorless chevrons on the right. The only difference is that at the bottom in the colorless areas there should be black triangles at the bottom as there are colorless chevrons on the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th columns.
Rachel Muscutt 7 years ago
This would be OCDP not OCD. OCD is not a perfectionist disorder, public always mixes them. Easy to see why, they are unrelated except for sounding similar. Completely different symptoms.
Aubren Long 7 years ago
The roof doesn't fit correctly, some of the shapes are thicker, some aren't straight. The person isn't in the middle of the house. He's too far to my right.
Jared Figueira 7 years ago
They should have made it one more row bigger or one less so the pattern would be even and symmetrically balanced. As it stands, it's unbalanced and makes the roof look awkward. I'm very annoyed by this picture
Shelli Ezold 7 years ago
The pattern isn't symmetrical within the structure. NOT COOL, says the OCD woman.
Rajan Shah 7 years ago
The entire thing bothers me. Even the title for this on the website. It says "Ocd". Like whyyyyy 😭 It's supposed to be all caps like "OCD"
Thomas Baumgartner 7 years ago
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The picture is just an internet stereotype by the way and doesn't represent it. Better go to Wikipedia instead or watch the video "Debunking the myths of OCD" on YouTube. The latter explains it pretty well.
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Sabrina Colfax-Rios 7 years ago
As somone with ocd.... im dien here looking at this design and how its all wrong on the top
Tiffany Zhu 7 years ago
XD I am OCD and ahhh what is with the small triangle bits at the top?!?!?!!
Marcie Nadal 7 years ago
Yes!! I thought the same thing Yana! LOL duhhhh. Clearly whoever drew this does not have OCD!!
Eric Leveille 7 years ago
I had to add this comment to the ocd picture instead of at the bottom of the page........The ocd one isn't symmetric and the top looks wierd on both sides and the person is standing to the right more. Its just not perfect
Laczó Balázs 7 years ago
No. It should be symmetric. Centre organized, arrow right on top in the middle. :P
Mindy Borda 7 years ago
This is need! The top of the roof doesn't quite work with the pattern!!!
Sandi Norman 7 years ago
That's the point, everybody wants to fix this picture. Isn't that what OCD makes you feel?
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Nils Fox 7 years ago
Getting Things Done.
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#7
Autism
#8
Alzheimer
Erica Marx 7 years ago
This depicts very well the bits and pieces of memory and habit that linger with this disease. The cracks are nearly all the way through, excellent.
#9
Bipolar
Danielle Beugger 7 years ago
I think this one needs to be worked on.... It's still too safe......
#10
Phobias
#11
Paranoia
#12
Dyslexia
#13
Eating Disorder
#14
Dissociative Disorders
Christina Kernachan 7 years ago
I can relate to this... Though in my experience it's more like being in a bubble. Although i fully appreciate what the artist was aiming for. Good job
#15
Gender Disorder
#16
Narcolepsy
Clarissa Cole 7 years ago
All these disorders are in the DSM, which includes all mental illness, including cognitive/regulatory issues. Narcolepsy, dyslexia, etc are all in there.
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Julian Ertelt 7 years ago
That one would be a person inside of a house with way too many windows to choose from, pictured during a mild earthquake.
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Louiiiise 7 years ago
I don't think there is "a best one", only different views that "speak" to different people. It's very subjective.
Peyton Sharp 7 years ago
ok but like where is ADHD? i have adhd and was waiting to see what it would look like
Kole Mann 7 years ago
Why is autism being put in with mental illnesses? I'm Autistic (Not-high all that high functioning either even though I can type well) and it's a nuerotype not an illness. It is just a different order in the structure of the brain where as mental illness is an actual sickness within the brain. --your resident Autistic Psych/Anthro double Major
The Video Summary Guy 7 years ago
Autism = something wrong with your brain = your brain is abnormal. See no problem with it being grouped in with mental disorders.
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Christina Kernachan 7 years ago
Wondering if the artist could add one for BPD... I'd be interested to see how that is depicted
Carrie Jacyszyn 7 years ago
the ocd one is making me frustrated cuz the point of the chevrons doesnt line up with the point of the house... (there's my ocd showing)
Charleh Cunningham 7 years ago
Totally agree I have search the comments just to check I'm not the only person with this issue. Also I have autism I feel it's specific enough. I felt it shouldn't stop I feel it should be like a fractal. As my head never stops. Xx
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Brenda Hatfield 6 years ago
No it isn’t, I believe they are supposed to be representing the inside of the brain. Autism isn’t a mental illness either, but it definitely messes with the brain.
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Amanda Lewis 7 years ago
Autism isn't a mental illness or disorder. It's a developmental delay and MEDICAL issue.
Katherine Last 7 years ago
Not necessarily a delay - I'm an Asperger autistic so I didn't have the developmental delays associated with classica autism.
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Leah Brandt 7 years ago
I have no idea why they threw narcolepsy in here. Narcolepsy isn't a mental illness, nor is it caused by one. It's a neurological disorder.
Brittany Miller 7 years ago
That's what I came on here to say. I guess the artist thinks that if a process involves the brain, it's a mental disorder? Really unfortunate, especially considering there's already such misinformation around about narcolepsy.
Load More Replies... Sick Boy 7 years ago
Phony and contrived, that's what this is. Mental illnesses are so popular on the Net these days that every attention vulture has to have their take on them. I don't know why is "architecture" dragged into this anyhow - stylized silhouettes of houses do not architecture make.
Jaime Smith 7 years ago
Gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder... or as most people would just say "being transgender". :)
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Pi... 7 years ago
Wonder why houses, though... like, we're all pieces of monopoly n that life is just a game?
DancingToMyself 7 years ago
She's an architect, I suppose that's the reason. I don't find it right too.
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Peyton Matik 7 years ago
I just wish they would do one combining some of the houses as many of these conditions coexist. It also might bee nice to see ADHD represented as it severely affects so many people.
Denis Chichkin 7 years ago
https://www.behance.net/gallery/30629721/Cities-with-mental-disorder
Ruby Scott 7 years ago
How is there narcolepsy bit not epilepsy? It being one of the most common mental illnesses and yet still neglected and unknown to the public.
Jennie Stilton 7 years ago
Neither narcolepsy nor epilepsy should be here, as neither are mental illnesses/disorders.
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Judith Sleney 7 years ago
This is far too reductionist for most of the conditions mentioned. The issues are too complex to be adequately conveyed by a single image and this will lead to misinterpretation and misunderstanding. The anxiety, depression, OCD and bipolar are particularly awful.
Peach Square Ddb 6 years ago
Using "a shadow of a house" To Explain 16 Mental Illnesses And Disorders...and call it "archiatric"...I think he should use his own shadow and call it "psychiatric"...yep that's better. :)))
Brenda Hatfield 6 years ago
To everyone complaining how autism and whatever else isn’t a mental illness, read the title........mental illness AND DISORDERS. Now you can relax. And as far as the missing ones, it does not say a COMPLETE list, so you can relax too 🙂
Brenda Hatfield 6 years ago
Some of them were Right On, others I didn’t quite relate to each other
Elizabeth Boluch 7 years ago
Interesting, I always thought of myself as a poorly fitted modular home.
Thomas Cox 7 years ago
After watching the movie it took all of 1 minute of listening to Carson on the campaign trail to know he was an idiot.
Julia Koller 7 years ago
OCD and the pattern out of order like that at the top?!?? Maybe I don't get it...
Haydée Arizala 7 years ago
I am not, none of us is a broken house. This is a ver y problematic and simplified depiction of our experiences. It is a reminder of how broken the world thinks we are. Representations like these should be left for people who have actually experienced this stuff. Also autism as a disorder should be out if the question! As many others on this list. I found this very upsetting. You shouldn't do art about things that you don't understand and haven't experienced, it turns into a hurtful mess. I get that some people like to see this though, sometimes we find comfort in bad representation because we feel it acknowledges our existence. I sure don't feel reflected on this
Javiera Corral 7 years ago
Hate that they still say Gender DISORDER. Even the DSM5 has made recommendations about not calling it "a disorder or mental illness".
Chase Gideon 7 years ago
Well, I would ask where the ADHD one was, but I guess they forgot it lol
Levi Franklin 7 years ago
How about multiple personality disorder? It would be a whole neighborhood. Also, I wish the schizophrenia one was more "trippy"...like all hallucination-ish
Sammie Pratt 7 years ago
That ocd one is hidious, nothing matches at either side. What about bpd
Handley Elizabeth 7 years ago
Autism is not a mental disorder, it is a developmental disability.
Peppino Wilbers 7 years ago
If you people think it's a shame that certain disorders aren't done then do it yourself. An artist came up with this and created this in their free time, so enjoy it instead of whining about it.
Albert Chen 7 years ago
I love your amazing art; however, now is 21st century, who is still stigmatizing transgender as "gender disorder" Gender equity, remember?
Alison Hill 7 years ago
Narcissistic personality disorder. All the mirrors and doors open to you
Jennie Stilton 7 years ago
Narcolepsy is not a mental illness/disorder! It's a neurological disorder! FFS get it right!
Bernardo Rojas 7 years ago
Pretty intense drawings. Very cool approach. I expected more for the OCD one, which is the one I have. Cause it can feel like the anxiety drawing. Its more like infinite "what ifs" threaten your life, while you're chained to do compulsions in order to neutralize those thoughts, never taking a break. Many people see it just as a disorder that makes you neat and organized. I have "Pure O" which is about having intrusive thoughts and neutralizing them via other thoughts so it doesn't even show itself
Katherine Last 7 years ago
I'm autistic but the autism one makes no sense whatsoever to me. Also, autism is not a mental illness; it's a neurological variation.
Joseph Mason 7 years ago
It's a mental phenomenon that leads to confusion and even depression. It can be addressed surgically. What about this is not a disorder that needs to be dealt with? Disorder does not mean negative. it simply means that it is out of the ordinary and needs to be taken care of in one form or another. So much political correctness. it makes me cringe.
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Sharron Popovich 7 years ago
What do you think BPD would look like? My idea is a house with rapidly openning & slamming doors and a human figure endlessly running in and out.
Sharron Popovich 7 years ago
And let's not foret the ever-popular narcissist. (Maybe a house of mirrors?)
Carolyn Eve 7 years ago
Interesting concept. I can't say that mine (anorexia) resonates with me, but it's nice that eating disorders was included
Sheikh Basir 7 years ago
Very expressive yet powerful message.though so simplistic.Marvellous designs
Victoria Herr 7 years ago
I don't get the eating disorder one. I have struggled with EDs all my life, and although I know this is someone's artistic interpretation, I don't get what the artist was trying to say with that house...
Christian Hales 7 years ago
Probably not the most popular opinion, but I think they are a bit c**p. They are just basic houses, with scribbles or simple patterns... and I don't understand how someone with a few of these different illness' can enjoy these as I feel they oversimplify. Depressions not just a drippy house.
Angel Peña 7 years ago
Too much complaint from the people who, actually, should be thankful this man share his art to us. It's an opinion, just another point of view that we should count on it. There isn't an exact example or description about this kind of "illness", like the human been we all are different even to explain something. Thanks for your aport, and people... Less perfectionist and more grateful
Angel Peña 7 years ago
Too much complaint from the people who, actually, should be thankful this man share his art to us. It's an opinion, just another point of view that we should count on it. There isn't an exact example or description about this kind of "illness", like the human been we all are different even to explain something. Thanks for your aport, and people... Less ego-perfectionist and more grateful
Alaina Louise 7 years ago
The OCD one is so frustrating that the chevrons are not perfect! Nyargh!!!!
Alisa Schnackel 7 years ago
These are awesome! Too bad PTSD, Learning deficit disorder, and Tourette's
Tasha Harris 7 years ago
Thanks Frederico, this was really interesting .. made me think about what these conditions might actually feel like .
Renee Schlamp Cohen 7 years ago
To those complaining about the OCD one not being symmetric.... OCD isn't always about symmetry. If you truly deal with it you would know that. People confuse OCD with OCPD quite a bit now because a few memes made them diagnose themselves.
Emilola Johnson 7 years ago
not every single disorder can be here guys. this is one artist, not The Artist Of Society. 1. i've seen several mental illness depictions that include ADHD and BPD etc. 2. perhaps experiment and draw your illness yourself? nothing better than the experient's genuine mind itself.
Notchimine Mette 7 years ago
This is really clever. I love it when people depict their own understanding and view of certain topics. Great insight into the human condition... And the related comments too.
Marta Magdalena 7 years ago
Gender Disorder??? Really? And Dyslexia???? The latter is Additional Learning Need not a mental illness!
Marta Magdalena 7 years ago
The art is good but the article and the title are im some cases inapropriate
Load More Replies... Eric Leveille 7 years ago
The ocd one isn't symmetric and the top looks wierd on both sides and the person is standing to the right more. Its just not perfect
Teri Mills 7 years ago
The narcolepsy one needs calendars with the pages flying away and clocks with the hands spinning. That's how I feel, that my life just disappears in big chunks.
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Bonnie Armstrong 7 years ago
I agree that this is a helpful approach to help people understand. I think it is much more than art -- and as such I want to say that the dissociative disorders house might be more illustrative if it had a bunch of smaller houses inside, rather than just one big scary dark one. There is a lot of life - and lives - inside a dissociative mind.
Jamie Gothard 7 years ago
Dunno if I would describe my dyslexia as a mental illnesses or disorder.
Bob St Claire 7 years ago
You put dementia, then a couple different forms of dementia... I feel like it was a good attempt but not well enough researched
David Robertson 7 years ago
Autism is neither a mental illness nor a mental disorder, it is a developmental disorder. And I really don't see how the image representing autism. well, is in any way even remotely representative of autism.
Luca 7 years ago
I have autism and I can deeply relate to every one of them except the autism one. Can someone please explain?
Evan Stewart 7 years ago
You're going to be more critical towards the one you relate to most. So the ones that you don't relate to as strong, but because you have your own experience with autism, you had a different idea in your head than the artist did in theirs.
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Susanne Nielsen 7 years ago
I can't really relate much, I have yet to see one of these series illustrating ADD and/or panic anxiety.
Denise Cook 7 years ago
They can't... There would be no building, just a person.
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Lauren O'Connor 7 years ago
Mental illnesses are real illnesses and Alzheimer's is a illness of the mind aka mental disorder 😂
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Belén Marie Besold 7 years ago
I was disappointed that there was no gender disorder, epilepsy, or BPD
Rohn Fmith 7 years ago
I have to disagree on the OCD. Parts of the patterns are out of wack! Balance, I need BALANCE! Seems a bit like went one of the cupboards are left open.
Julian Ertelt 7 years ago
That one would be a person inside of a house with way too many windows to choose from, pictured during a mild earthquake.
Load More Replies... Louiiiise 7 years ago
I don't think there is "a best one", only different views that "speak" to different people. It's very subjective.
Peyton Sharp 7 years ago
ok but like where is ADHD? i have adhd and was waiting to see what it would look like
Kole Mann 7 years ago
Why is autism being put in with mental illnesses? I'm Autistic (Not-high all that high functioning either even though I can type well) and it's a nuerotype not an illness. It is just a different order in the structure of the brain where as mental illness is an actual sickness within the brain. --your resident Autistic Psych/Anthro double Major
The Video Summary Guy 7 years ago
Autism = something wrong with your brain = your brain is abnormal. See no problem with it being grouped in with mental disorders.
Load More Replies... Christina Kernachan 7 years ago
Wondering if the artist could add one for BPD... I'd be interested to see how that is depicted
Carrie Jacyszyn 7 years ago
the ocd one is making me frustrated cuz the point of the chevrons doesnt line up with the point of the house... (there's my ocd showing)
Charleh Cunningham 7 years ago
Totally agree I have search the comments just to check I'm not the only person with this issue. Also I have autism I feel it's specific enough. I felt it shouldn't stop I feel it should be like a fractal. As my head never stops. Xx
Load More Replies... Brenda Hatfield 6 years ago
No it isn’t, I believe they are supposed to be representing the inside of the brain. Autism isn’t a mental illness either, but it definitely messes with the brain.
Load More Replies... Amanda Lewis 7 years ago
Autism isn't a mental illness or disorder. It's a developmental delay and MEDICAL issue.
Katherine Last 7 years ago
Not necessarily a delay - I'm an Asperger autistic so I didn't have the developmental delays associated with classica autism.
Load More Replies... Leah Brandt 7 years ago
I have no idea why they threw narcolepsy in here. Narcolepsy isn't a mental illness, nor is it caused by one. It's a neurological disorder.
Brittany Miller 7 years ago
That's what I came on here to say. I guess the artist thinks that if a process involves the brain, it's a mental disorder? Really unfortunate, especially considering there's already such misinformation around about narcolepsy.
Load More Replies... Sick Boy 7 years ago
Phony and contrived, that's what this is. Mental illnesses are so popular on the Net these days that every attention vulture has to have their take on them. I don't know why is "architecture" dragged into this anyhow - stylized silhouettes of houses do not architecture make.
Jaime Smith 7 years ago
Gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder... or as most people would just say "being transgender". :)
Load More Replies... Pi... 7 years ago
Wonder why houses, though... like, we're all pieces of monopoly n that life is just a game?
DancingToMyself 7 years ago
She's an architect, I suppose that's the reason. I don't find it right too.
Load More Replies... Peyton Matik 7 years ago
I just wish they would do one combining some of the houses as many of these conditions coexist. It also might bee nice to see ADHD represented as it severely affects so many people.
Denis Chichkin 7 years ago
https://www.behance.net/gallery/30629721/Cities-with-mental-disorder
Ruby Scott 7 years ago
How is there narcolepsy bit not epilepsy? It being one of the most common mental illnesses and yet still neglected and unknown to the public.
Jennie Stilton 7 years ago
Neither narcolepsy nor epilepsy should be here, as neither are mental illnesses/disorders.
Load More Replies... Judith Sleney 7 years ago
This is far too reductionist for most of the conditions mentioned. The issues are too complex to be adequately conveyed by a single image and this will lead to misinterpretation and misunderstanding. The anxiety, depression, OCD and bipolar are particularly awful.
Peach Square Ddb 6 years ago
Using "a shadow of a house" To Explain 16 Mental Illnesses And Disorders...and call it "archiatric"...I think he should use his own shadow and call it "psychiatric"...yep that's better. :)))
Brenda Hatfield 6 years ago
To everyone complaining how autism and whatever else isn’t a mental illness, read the title........mental illness AND DISORDERS. Now you can relax. And as far as the missing ones, it does not say a COMPLETE list, so you can relax too 🙂
Brenda Hatfield 6 years ago
Some of them were Right On, others I didn’t quite relate to each other
Elizabeth Boluch 7 years ago
Interesting, I always thought of myself as a poorly fitted modular home.
Thomas Cox 7 years ago
After watching the movie it took all of 1 minute of listening to Carson on the campaign trail to know he was an idiot.
Julia Koller 7 years ago
OCD and the pattern out of order like that at the top?!?? Maybe I don't get it...
Haydée Arizala 7 years ago
I am not, none of us is a broken house. This is a ver y problematic and simplified depiction of our experiences. It is a reminder of how broken the world thinks we are. Representations like these should be left for people who have actually experienced this stuff. Also autism as a disorder should be out if the question! As many others on this list. I found this very upsetting. You shouldn't do art about things that you don't understand and haven't experienced, it turns into a hurtful mess. I get that some people like to see this though, sometimes we find comfort in bad representation because we feel it acknowledges our existence. I sure don't feel reflected on this
Javiera Corral 7 years ago
Hate that they still say Gender DISORDER. Even the DSM5 has made recommendations about not calling it "a disorder or mental illness".
Chase Gideon 7 years ago
Well, I would ask where the ADHD one was, but I guess they forgot it lol
Levi Franklin 7 years ago
How about multiple personality disorder? It would be a whole neighborhood. Also, I wish the schizophrenia one was more "trippy"...like all hallucination-ish
Sammie Pratt 7 years ago
That ocd one is hidious, nothing matches at either side. What about bpd
Handley Elizabeth 7 years ago
Autism is not a mental disorder, it is a developmental disability.
Peppino Wilbers 7 years ago
If you people think it's a shame that certain disorders aren't done then do it yourself. An artist came up with this and created this in their free time, so enjoy it instead of whining about it.
Albert Chen 7 years ago
I love your amazing art; however, now is 21st century, who is still stigmatizing transgender as "gender disorder" Gender equity, remember?
Alison Hill 7 years ago
Narcissistic personality disorder. All the mirrors and doors open to you
Jennie Stilton 7 years ago
Narcolepsy is not a mental illness/disorder! It's a neurological disorder! FFS get it right!
Bernardo Rojas 7 years ago
Pretty intense drawings. Very cool approach. I expected more for the OCD one, which is the one I have. Cause it can feel like the anxiety drawing. Its more like infinite "what ifs" threaten your life, while you're chained to do compulsions in order to neutralize those thoughts, never taking a break. Many people see it just as a disorder that makes you neat and organized. I have "Pure O" which is about having intrusive thoughts and neutralizing them via other thoughts so it doesn't even show itself
Katherine Last 7 years ago
I'm autistic but the autism one makes no sense whatsoever to me. Also, autism is not a mental illness; it's a neurological variation.
Joseph Mason 7 years ago
It's a mental phenomenon that leads to confusion and even depression. It can be addressed surgically. What about this is not a disorder that needs to be dealt with? Disorder does not mean negative. it simply means that it is out of the ordinary and needs to be taken care of in one form or another. So much political correctness. it makes me cringe.
Load More Replies... Sharron Popovich 7 years ago
What do you think BPD would look like? My idea is a house with rapidly openning & slamming doors and a human figure endlessly running in and out.
Sharron Popovich 7 years ago
And let's not foret the ever-popular narcissist. (Maybe a house of mirrors?)
Carolyn Eve 7 years ago
Interesting concept. I can't say that mine (anorexia) resonates with me, but it's nice that eating disorders was included
Sheikh Basir 7 years ago
Very expressive yet powerful message.though so simplistic.Marvellous designs
Victoria Herr 7 years ago
I don't get the eating disorder one. I have struggled with EDs all my life, and although I know this is someone's artistic interpretation, I don't get what the artist was trying to say with that house...
Christian Hales 7 years ago
Probably not the most popular opinion, but I think they are a bit c**p. They are just basic houses, with scribbles or simple patterns... and I don't understand how someone with a few of these different illness' can enjoy these as I feel they oversimplify. Depressions not just a drippy house.
Angel Peña 7 years ago
Too much complaint from the people who, actually, should be thankful this man share his art to us. It's an opinion, just another point of view that we should count on it. There isn't an exact example or description about this kind of "illness", like the human been we all are different even to explain something. Thanks for your aport, and people... Less perfectionist and more grateful
Angel Peña 7 years ago
Too much complaint from the people who, actually, should be thankful this man share his art to us. It's an opinion, just another point of view that we should count on it. There isn't an exact example or description about this kind of "illness", like the human been we all are different even to explain something. Thanks for your aport, and people... Less ego-perfectionist and more grateful
Alaina Louise 7 years ago
The OCD one is so frustrating that the chevrons are not perfect! Nyargh!!!!
Alisa Schnackel 7 years ago
These are awesome! Too bad PTSD, Learning deficit disorder, and Tourette's
Tasha Harris 7 years ago
Thanks Frederico, this was really interesting .. made me think about what these conditions might actually feel like .
Renee Schlamp Cohen 7 years ago
To those complaining about the OCD one not being symmetric.... OCD isn't always about symmetry. If you truly deal with it you would know that. People confuse OCD with OCPD quite a bit now because a few memes made them diagnose themselves.
Emilola Johnson 7 years ago
not every single disorder can be here guys. this is one artist, not The Artist Of Society. 1. i've seen several mental illness depictions that include ADHD and BPD etc. 2. perhaps experiment and draw your illness yourself? nothing better than the experient's genuine mind itself.
Notchimine Mette 7 years ago
This is really clever. I love it when people depict their own understanding and view of certain topics. Great insight into the human condition... And the related comments too.
Marta Magdalena 7 years ago
Gender Disorder??? Really? And Dyslexia???? The latter is Additional Learning Need not a mental illness!
Marta Magdalena 7 years ago
The art is good but the article and the title are im some cases inapropriate
Load More Replies... Eric Leveille 7 years ago
The ocd one isn't symmetric and the top looks wierd on both sides and the person is standing to the right more. Its just not perfect
Teri Mills 7 years ago
The narcolepsy one needs calendars with the pages flying away and clocks with the hands spinning. That's how I feel, that my life just disappears in big chunks.
Load More Replies... Bonnie Armstrong 7 years ago
I agree that this is a helpful approach to help people understand. I think it is much more than art -- and as such I want to say that the dissociative disorders house might be more illustrative if it had a bunch of smaller houses inside, rather than just one big scary dark one. There is a lot of life - and lives - inside a dissociative mind.
Jamie Gothard 7 years ago
Dunno if I would describe my dyslexia as a mental illnesses or disorder.
Bob St Claire 7 years ago
You put dementia, then a couple different forms of dementia... I feel like it was a good attempt but not well enough researched
David Robertson 7 years ago
Autism is neither a mental illness nor a mental disorder, it is a developmental disorder. And I really don't see how the image representing autism. well, is in any way even remotely representative of autism.
Luca 7 years ago
I have autism and I can deeply relate to every one of them except the autism one. Can someone please explain?
Evan Stewart 7 years ago
You're going to be more critical towards the one you relate to most. So the ones that you don't relate to as strong, but because you have your own experience with autism, you had a different idea in your head than the artist did in theirs.
Load More Replies... Susanne Nielsen 7 years ago
I can't really relate much, I have yet to see one of these series illustrating ADD and/or panic anxiety.
Denise Cook 7 years ago
They can't... There would be no building, just a person.
Load More Replies... Lauren O'Connor 7 years ago
Mental illnesses are real illnesses and Alzheimer's is a illness of the mind aka mental disorder 😂
Load More Replies... Belén Marie Besold 7 years ago
I was disappointed that there was no gender disorder, epilepsy, or BPD
Rohn Fmith 7 years ago
I have to disagree on the OCD. Parts of the patterns are out of wack! Balance, I need BALANCE! Seems a bit like went one of the cupboards are left open.
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