I can really relate to this one!

That is how I feel in my depression 😔

So many night spent like this...

Since 5 years I've got this f... disease and I can not bring it on paper how it feels... you got it! Thank you!

This is beautiful. How could I get a copy?

I always find it fascinating how others see me, compared to how I see myself. While I understand the interpretation, and it is mesmerizing. I find, for me, it feels, like a perpetual black hole inside that nothing can fill, and, forever trying to decipher the reality of what is going on around me, as compared to how I feel is going on around me. People see BPD as instigatory and drama seeking, while, the few I have had the opportunity to talk to, agree, that it's actually reactionary, in a desperate attempt to keep up with the constantly shifting emotions. Chasing what can't be caught, reacting to what has already passed. Amazingly, I do see myself as naked in front of everyone. Like my emotions leave me perpetually ashamed and exposed.

I think it's beautiful and perfectly shows the sadness from not being heard or understood.

ASD is not a mental illness or disorder. It is a neurological/communication disorder. As such thus is a limited illustration of a person who has ASD.

This one actually made me cry. I have Autism AND ADHD. I get bullied alot. Ever sense I was a kid. Many people, even my own close family, don't inderstand that sometimes I just literally speak my mind. Thank you so much!!

sometimes autism feel like this, but other times you feel like an alien among your own kind: you don't fit in with normal people and sometimes you don't even fit in with others with autism and in the end you feel alone even though you are surrounded by people. All you want is to understand what is going on around you and for people to understand you too but because you don't know how to ask for help or how tell others what they need to know about you that you want them to understand so badly you end up alone with your own thoughts struggling to understand the world around you because nothing makes sense. You want people to understand but they can't and you feel like you are trapped inside your own mind screaming for help because you are trapped in a straight jacket made up of confusion and misunderstanding but no matter how hard you scream or how many tears you cry no one pays you any mind and no one cares enough to help and those who want to help don't know how soon they all leave.

I'm autistic, and no, this is offensive

Being on the autism spectrum isn't a mental illness, though.

Autism is NOt a mental illness, by adding it here you only serve to legitimise those who think it is.

If you really want to draw something horror and autism themed, you should draw a person with mouths on their hands being grabbed at and stretched out uncomfortably by a great mass. Meanwhile, a doctor looking figure has their back turned, and is holding an iPad up and shaking their head.

I think this is a beautiful, yet sad representation of one person's take on autism, which is a DISORDER. At no point did the artist call it a mental illness. It clearly says mental illness AND disorder. As the mother of a child with autism, I feel this. No, she isn't nonverbal, but she often babbles and says things she doesn't realize are offensive. She lacks the verbal filter to understand how to express herself. Before you take offense, ask yourself, "Can I draw better?" Have you tried drawing something you feel represents it? This is symbolism, not the artist intentionally insulting anyone who suffers from this disorder. I don't look at this and see him saying that my daughter is a bald monster with a bloated belly. I see it and think it isn't possible to express ALL of the intricacies of autism in its many forms. I see it as him choosing one way to express it in art. Chill out guys.

Yes!!!! But the other side of autism is it can be a gift you just have to choose to see it that way. It's difficult not being understood why you do things or why they have to be done in certain ways but it can be a gift for creativity problem solving being an expert in a field etc

I completely disagree with many of these drawings. I'm bipolar and I don't think that the sketch portrays the disease at all. But, this sketch of Autisum is horrific. I have a grad child on the spectrum, fairly high. Not only is she beautiful outside, she is beautiful outside. How can you take such a wide spectrum and do a sketch that covers EVERYONE?

I am not voiceless, and my autism is not a mental illness... Why not depict the illness of society that is not accepting of us?

The majority of people with ASD also have what is known as sensory overload, which is caused by having anxiety or some forms of panic disorder. Autism effects every part of a person, including mental health....which is why a NEURO-PSYCHOLOGIST typically diagnosis's the disorder. Also for the person who said ASD isn't not a mental illness because it can't be cured. Please tell what cure there is for major depressive disorder and social anxiety, because I'd love to have that cure.

It feels like this for me. But also as a prison because my mind is going on lock down when I go into sensory overload. Mostly because people have hidden agenda's, say one thing but then act totally different. That's what makes it so confusing to communicate and interact.

You are absolutely right. Autism to my mind is not a "disorder" in the first place but simply another way to be. I found this offensive . This is not my 3 children. They are happy, they are beautiful, bright and alive. And there is nothing "wrong" with them

Brain is going a mile a minute wanting scream, mouth is shut tight, unable to find the words.

As a person with ASD, I'd say this is pretty effective at both displaying the need to be understood, and also the effect of being massively over stimulated...the clawing, the implication of rocking back and forth, the despondent stare into oblivion...anything to try and alleviate the stress and pressure of living in a world where every sound, sight, smell, and texture is dialed up to 11.

I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome exactly 15 years ago and somewhat recognize this. My 23-year-old daughter suffers from "real" autism.

So we're monsters with mouths coming out of our heads now? ... F**k you.

I feel this so hard, mind you ASD is different for many. My mind is constantly screaming at me, while I struggle to articulate what I mean. I'm rarely heard or understood and it's incredibly isolating and frustrating.