Illness + Creature = Mental Picture Battle

December 23, 2014

Illness + Creature = Mental Picture Battle

Depression Demons

Anxiety Aliens

Bipolar Boogeymen

Yes, each mental illness I deal with becomes a weird/evil creature with the same starting letter. I’m strange like that. But it makes me feel like I’m battling something I can picture.

If I didn’t do what I just said, I would feel like I’m battling someone with an invisibility cloak on. I can’t see them. I don’t know where they are. I can’t protect myself. I can’t rally the army and warn them of the coming attack.

But with these mental pictures, I can stab at their hearts and cut limbs off and decapitate them. I feel like I can actually do something.

The war will never be over, but it will be one that I rise to victory with my army in battles.

life, mental health, people, self-therapy

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Katy Nicole

2 responses to “Illness + Creature = Mental Picture Battle”

Sarah Fader

December 23, 2014 at 4:26 pm

This is such a great idea!

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J.C. Hannigan

December 24, 2014 at 10:22 am

Incredible idea! Putting a face to the faceless villains!

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Hello! Welcome! My name is Katy!
You can find me drinking coffee until it’s time for wine. Currently have 5 tattoos, but plans for more are in the works.
I’m a birthmom over 8 years post placement. I’ve been in a birthmom support group since November 2018, and will be leading my own come May 2023.
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