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Today we’d like to introduce you to a new comic artist on our website. We’d like for you to meet “Mostly ADHD,” a webcomic artist who wanted to show others what life was like for them as someone who was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). They never thought their sketches would lead to a series of webcomics that have amassed an amazing number of over 19k Instagram followers with just 24 posts in total!

In their sincere comics, the artist translates the reality of those who live with the disorder. In addition to helping other people to realize that they're not alone in this, the said comics are also a great way for the artist to portray what they are feeling day by day.

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Bored Panda reached out to the artist to find out a little bit more about them and their comics.

"I was struggling a lot in university and after seeing a psychologist, I realized at age 26 I had ADHD and it all suddenly made sense. After graduating, I was dealing with burnout, depression, and anxiety and kind of fell into a dark hole. I suddenly had a lot of free time and I was home a lot, so I started drawing funny comics as a way to cope with my situation and to hopefully make others in similar situations feel less alone.

So in a weird way I'm thankful for being in this situation, because that's where my inspiration for my comics came from. I don't think I would have ever become a comic artist otherwise."

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We also asked if perhaps creating comics regarding ADHD might've helped the artist to overcome some of the things in life.

"It helps to know a lot of people feel the same way as I do. It makes me feel less alone and more accepting of myself. But it doesn't solve my problem, I'm still having to battle the negative effects of ADHD every day."

We were also curious to know about how people reacted to the artist's works.

"Most of the response was overwhelmingly positive! I got to almost 20k followers in less than 2 months, which is insane and I never expected that. It shows how many people can relate to my comics and how big the need is to talk about mental health topics. I did receive some nasty comments from trolls who don't believe in ADHD (so don't be surprised if you get some of those on your comment sections). But to me, that just proves how big the taboo around this topic (and mental health in general) still is. It won't stop me from continuing, it actually fuels me to make more comics to further destigmatize talking about mental health."

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Artist Takes His Daily Struggles With Adhd, Anxiety And Depression And Turns Them Into Humorous Comics (24 Comics)

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Boodah Jones
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me! I cannot sleep in complete silence at all. I need a fan going (wether I'm hot or not) and my tv on. I'll set a sleep timer on my tv to go off in 2 hours cuz by then I'll be knocked out enough to not notice lol.

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People also seem to be very supportive of the artist's work, as they told us, "My inbox is overflowing with messages from people saying they love my comics and how they've helped them feel less alone or come to terms with their diagnosis. But also from partners of people with ADHD that these comics help understand them more. It really warms my heart and makes me happy knowing I'm doing something good for people, this is exactly why I'm doing this!"

Lastly, we asked the author of the said comics to tell us a little bit more about themselves.

"I'm a 28-year-old Dutch woman, I have a degree in sociology but I have no ambitions in this field. My dream is to continue making comics and own a small business selling merch with my own designs. But this only has become my dream since starting this account. Before this I had no idea what I wanted in life, like I said I was in a dark hole and felt stuck. But now I finally have a strong sense of purpose to continue in the creative field and make illustrations about mental health."

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Me Oh My
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same. I socialized for 30 minutes yesterday, then I went home and took a 3 hour nap.

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BasedWang
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*turns too old to have someone make appointment for me* "Guess Ill just die"

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Ryan Deschanel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Actually, I am not feeling very... -STOP WHINING YOU PUSSY! HIDE YOUR MISERY!"

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Milou Theut
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one was drawn for me! I call it 'at go i struds-modus. That is: to go into ostrish mode. I will hide from problems and umpleasent tasks by hiding from them pretendimg that eating and watching star trek is essentiel to survival!

Milou Theut
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one was drawn for me! I call it 'at gå i studs modus' - to go into ostrish-mode. I put my head in the sand, hiding from my problems, pretendimg they do not exists. Arrgh! So stupid!

Kate Gunelkan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's the other way round, it's me pleading and my brain going, nah...

Potato fries
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Right now im procrastinating on getting ready for sport training. I love the sport that i do.

Olga Dremina
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because i can't do anything when I'm so nervous, ok? I must calm down first, think of something different, relax

Toni V. Jensen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have waited until the very last minute on so many things in my life! Term papers, studying for exams, procrastinating, paying bills just before shut off when i HAVE ther money! Very self destructive.

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Red
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Crunchy snacks really muffle other sounds. Should try captions next time. 😬

Pink Phoenix
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7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One time I was supposed to do a paper for highschool. I purposefully didn’t go online in order to “remove distractions of the Internet” but I ended up sitting at my computer completely paralyzed for literally six hours without writing a single word on the page

Theresa Shores
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is me when I first wake up. I can wake up with 4 hrs of free time to get ready and do things that I know I have to do. But I’ll just lay in bed scrolling my phone until the last minute. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Always been like that. Especially with homework. I’d wait until the night before to type an essay. Stay up all night and power through it. Like I need the anxiety to push me bc I can’t push myself.

Theresa Shores
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I also have to listen to mucus when doing anything otherwise I can’t focus. There always has to be background noise.

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