Drawing Helps Me Cope
Since a very young age, I’ve suffered with my mental health, low self-esteem and confidence. One thing that has always helped is drawing. I never was very good at it, but years of troubles and periods of being unwell, I gained my own style, and it has become a way of coping day to day.
100% my mental illness has taught me to draw, it always was a bit of a bright light that made me realise I was alright at least something, when ultimately, I felt useless for everything.
I do draw most days; it’s an escape without physically running away. It’s a distraction from what’s going on in my daily life. I feel free and in control of myself. It’s become a way to express myself without the need to talk to someone. It unloads my thoughts and feelings in a healthy way. It’s grown my confidence within myself and it’s something I’ll always have.
