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I'm Adam, I'm a Polish social media manager living in Berlin and three years ago, I started drawing comics about depression chicken and its friends.

In the beginning, it was a kind of art therapy for me. It started with my best friend (I portray him as Birdfish) who planted this idea in me. It was a pretty dark time for me. I didn't feel understood, I had no control over my feelings and my depression made me feel undriven. But through my comics, I found a new passion and it helped me to express my feelings in the funny comics.

It was not just a new hobby. My community on Instagram started to grow and I got incredibly great feedback from them. I understood that there are many other Depression Chickens out there who feel the same way I do. Slowly I understood my feelings and learned to deal with them.

After a year, I am a different person. I still carry that dark part of me, but I have better control. My comics helped me to deal with my depression. I hope you will like them too and that they will help you a little bit!

If you like it, check out my other posts on Bored Panda here, here, here, and here!

More info: Instagram | tiktok.com | Facebook | twitter.com

I started drawing my comics because I was affected by depression myself for many years. It was just drawn for me in the beginning, but my community started to grow and I felt that a lot of people on the internet understood very well what I was expressing with my stories. So I wanted to make my followers on Instagram and TikTok feel that they are not alone and deserve a lot of love just the way they are.

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    I know that depression is not an easy subject, but humor and auto-irony have always resonated with me. Even though I sometimes thought my humor was too dark, my community has almost always been super receptive to my posts. I express my true feelings with my posts and I think that's why my comics are well-received.

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    Raven DeathShade
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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uh..me, at least according to my sister. She's really judgemental about mental health issues, calling me "weak" for having them. Ah yes, glad talking about things that make me want to die affect you so much, I can really see how much I mean to you.

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    Deceased Nemo
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    im the opposite if I'm really quiet I'm happy but when I was depressed I talked A LOT

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    Pa4040
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny how for such a low-detail comic, somehow the b******e is always present.

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    Mostly those are very short comics and I try to bring my topics to the point with punchy statements. However, behind them, there are my experiences and thoughts, which I have reflected on a lot - also in therapy. On the other hand, I also make longer posts in which I address my thoughts on different topics in more detail and more personally. I think this is a mix that works well for me so far.

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    von Funnyname
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have been routinely responding this way to such comments for years now. Highly effective

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    I know that there are many people among my followers who suffer from depression themselves. I get a lot of comments and messages where they write to me that they are struggling with similar problems themselves, but my comics bring a smile to their face, and they identify with my content. And I think that's what's most important to me. Feeling understood is the least and at the same time the greatest thing I can give my followers. I also try to help them with some tips, but at the end of the day I'm not a professional therapist and I know that everyone has to find a way for themselves. If I could just help someone a little bit to find this way, I would be very happy.

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

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    best turtle
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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    tissues there for those who cry too much and those who require incognito mode

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    Raven DeathShade
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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    Pa4040
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, but it is home. And it is at work as well. And in the bus, in the shower, when you want to sleep, when you are too far from your house, when you are in an enclosed space, when in an open field, in an elevator, in a basement, on the second floor of any building....

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

    That's a phrase noone would ever say to me🤣🤣🤣🤣

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