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Depersonalization is not just someone 'being existential'. Feeling like you're watching your body from the outside: detached and confused, is draining. #atozofmentalhealth - - - - - #365daysofart #drawingaday #36daysoftype @36daysoftype #36days_D #36daysoftype04 #mentalhealth #art #typography #lettering #colors #dissociativedisorder #stars #galaxy #depersonalization #watercolor #igart #sketchbook #digitalart #illustration #selflove #endthestigma #care #mentalhealthawareness

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If you know of someone who has or has had an eating disorder, please do not make fun of it or of them. It's not 'cool'. There are various ways eating disorders manifest and it's important to address them and know not to take it lightly. Support them, in anyway they might require. #atozofmentalhealth - - - - - #365daysofart #drawingaday #36daysoftype @36daysoftype #36days_E #36daysoftype04 #mentalhealth #art #typography #lettering #colors #bodyimage #eatingdisorder #anorexia #bulimia #bingeeating #watercolor #igart #sketchbook #digitalart #illustration #selflove #endthestigma #care #mentalhealthawareness @instagram

A post shared by Sonaksha Iyengar (@sonaksha) on Feb 25, 2017 at 7:48am PST

You can't 'get over it'. Grief doesn't come with a manual, nor does it come in steady doses. It looks different for everyone. It's already really difficult to breathe and be when you're drowning in grief, so support and compassion are really important. Give time, make space. #atozofmentalhealth - - - - - #365daysofart #drawingaday #36daysoftype @36daysoftype #36days_G #36daysoftype04 #mentalhealth #art #typography #lettering #grief #loss #pain #sadness #watercolor #igart #sketchbook #digitalart #illustration #selflove #care #mentalhealthawareness #endthestigma

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Choosing not to sleep does not make you cool, nor does it make you an insomniac. People who have insomnia, struggle with fatigue, irritation and lethargy amongst other things because they are unable to sleep. So no, it's not about 'being cool'. #atozofmentalhealth - - - - - #365daysofart #drawingaday #36daysoftype @36daysoftype #36days_I #36daysoftype04 #mentalhealth #art #typography #lettering #insomnia #sleepdisorder #sleepless #night #watercolor #igart #sketchbook #digitalart #illustration #selflove #care #mentalhealthawareness #endthestigma

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It's easy to say you have kleptomania and justify thievery but that's not true. Kleptomania is the inability to refrain from stealing, and mostly does not involve prior planning. In fact people with kleptomania tend to drown in guilt after they've stolen but are unable to resist the temptation to relieve their emotional disturbance. The objects are usually things they don't even require or can afford. #atozofmentalhealth - - - - - #365daysofart #drawingaday #36daysoftype @36daysoftype #36days_K #36daysoftype04 #mentalhealth #art #typography #lettering #kleptomania #patterns #watercolor #igart #sketchbook #digitalart #illustration #selflove #care #mentalhealthawareness #endthestigma #brain

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Broadly falling between depression and mania, mood disorders go beyond just ‘a bad day’ or a ‘fabulous day’. Significant fluctuations in a person’s mood with greater intensity and for longer periods end up causing disruptions in daily activities. Please don’t ask anyone with a mood disorder to ‘get over it’. It doesn’t work that way. #atozofmentalhealth - - - - - #365daysofart #drawingaday #36daysoftype @36daysoftype #36days_M #36daysoftype04 #mentalhealth #art #typography #lettering #amnesia #mood #disorder #depression #mania #mdd #bipolardisorder #watercolor #igart #sketchbook #digitalart #illustration #selflove #care #mentalhealthawareness #endthestigma #brain

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We typically go through 4 stages of sleep each night, one of them is REM sleep that is said to occur after 90 minutes of sleeping. REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep is when you typically wander deep into dreams and where the emotional memory gets processed. Shallow breathing, rapid eye movements, and a rise in heart rate are characteristic to this stage. So if you don’t get your REM sleep over a long period, you tend to accumulate distress. People who struggle with REM sleep behaviour disorder tend to act out their dreams - twitching, sleep walking often coupled with sounds and sudden movements. Usually said to occur in combination with other sleep disorders. #atozofmentalhealth - - - - - #365daysofart #drawingaday #36daysoftype @36daysoftype #36days_R #36daysoftype04 #mentalhealth #art #typography #sleep #night #rem #goodnight #rbd #insomnia #watercolor #igart #sketchbook #digitalart #illustration #selflove #moon #endthestigma #brain #invisibleillness #mentalhealthawareness

A post shared by Sonaksha Iyengar (@sonaksha) on Mar 10, 2017 at 9:23am PST

We all worry, before an exam, before an interview, before moving out. While worrying can help us to an extent to be prepared for uncertainties and find solutions, sometimes they just spiral in an unhealthy manner and become a toxic shield. So it's important to find techniques to keep our worrying in check. But it isn't the same for everyone, some people involuntarily worry about everything. Sometimes these things don’t even pose threats, but they feel chronically anxious about it. Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) doesn’t come with a warning sign. It drains them out, leaving them exhausted, restless and irritable. But the solution isn’t to tell them, “Don’t worry, be happy.” If they could, they would. It’s important to seek professional support and also be supportive by being patient, rather than rushing them to stop. #atozofmentalhealth - - - - - #365daysofart #drawingaday #36daysoftype @36daysoftype #36days_V #36daysoftype04 #mentalhealth #art #typography #worry #anxiety #gad #watercolor #igart #sketchbook #digitalart #illustration #selflove #endthestigma #brain #invisibleillness #mentalhealthawareness #pain

A post shared by Sonaksha Iyengar (@sonaksha) on Mar 15, 2017 at 10:34am PDT

I chose x to talk about women and mental health because it is time to have a conversation about the many terms we’ve often heard but associate with only being something biological, as also being psychological. It’s important to realise that premenstrual disorders, menopause, polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis and pregnancy can take a toll on women’s mental health. Women are also more prone to depression, anxiety and ptsd among other mental disorders. I’m NOT saying that others do not face mental health issues, but I think a large part of the mental health discourse in the past did not take this into consideration and I hope we can further our research in this sphere. Psst...it’s also time to stop those PMS jokes, not funny. Edit: I did not and do not intend to reduce a woman to her uterus. I strongly believe that anyone who identifies as a woman, is one. #atozofmentalhealth - - - - - #365daysofart #drawingaday #36daysoftype @36daysoftype #36days_X #36daysoftype04 #mentalhealth #art #typography #pcos #pcod #anxiety #endometriosis #women #watercolor #igart #sketchbook #digitalart #illustration #selflove #endthestigma #invisibleillness #mentalhealthawareness

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