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I have a high functioning type of severe depression, meaning that I still keep up with the tasks expected from me to appear outwardly normal. It's an endless effort to put on the facade, but I've become very good at it.

I still believe telling others puts a burden on them, though all my friends and psychiatrists have said the contrary. When people ask me "how do you feel?" and actually want a genuine answer, I struggle to find the words. And thus, the drawings became a communication tool to show the turmoil below the surface.

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Shadows Of My Mind Closing In

Shadows Of My Mind Closing In

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#2

Stay Away In Case I Hurt You..

Stay Away In Case I Hurt You..

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#3

Good Things Are There... I Can't Feel Any Of Them

Good Things Are There... I Can't Feel Any Of Them

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So Empty

So Empty

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So Far From Everyone

So Far From Everyone

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#6

I Have The Key To The Quick Exit... Do I Use It?

I Have The Key To The Quick Exit... Do I Use It?

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#7

Burning In Fire... But Don't Come Near

Burning In Fire... But Don't Come Near

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#8

Force A Smile

Force A Smile

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Tug 'O' War... Pulls From Either Side Hurt Just As Much

Tug 'O' War... Pulls From Either Side Hurt Just As Much

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#10

Tipping Balance

Tipping Balance

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#11

Reaching Out... So Painful

Reaching Out... So Painful

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Falling

Falling

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#13

True Reflections

True Reflections

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#14

I Spread Gloom

I Spread Gloom

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#15

Shadow Has Taken Over My Heart

Shadow Has Taken Over My Heart

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Creeping Up

Creeping Up

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#17

Struggling On The Tightrope

Struggling On The Tightrope

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#18

The Weapon Can Kill Us Both

The Weapon Can Kill Us Both

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#19

Trapped By My Own Shadow

Trapped By My Own Shadow

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#20

Shower Of Darkness

Shower Of Darkness

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#21

Can't Catch All The Fragments

Can't Catch All The Fragments

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#22

I Have To Go Where The Shadow Pulls Me

I Have To Go Where The Shadow Pulls Me

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#23

Stranglehold

Stranglehold

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#24

Weight Of The Shadow

Weight Of The Shadow

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#25

Hanging On

Hanging On

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#26

I Want Rid Of This Tangled Mess

I Want Rid Of This Tangled Mess

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#27

Which Way To Go?

Which Way To Go?

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#28

Feeble Fighting

Feeble Fighting

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#29

Melting Into The Shadow, Spreading Darkness

Melting Into The Shadow, Spreading Darkness

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#30

Heart Has Burst Away

Heart Has Burst Away

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