Dang, I hope this guy is alright

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Finally finished the piece that’s representative of my bipolar disorder. It only took me 7 months and three episodes to finish.

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I finished crocheting this velvet octopus last night, I’m very proud of it.

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I think I’ll always be the most proud of this painting

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Finding balance in treatment.

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A painting I did in art therapy.

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My latest piece, finished today

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it’s very messy but so am i. i wish i could be like this butterfly and fly away from all my worries, troubles, and sadness

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For this one, I was at peace while making it. I actually like it.

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I’m bipolar and autistic. I suffer from alexithymia which is the inability to understand and differentiate between the many emotions I’m feeling. I tried to kind of draw that. WIP

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Trying to find the method within my madness. Abstract freehand 14x17in.

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A bipolar art piece

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I Went Outside 2022 Often overstimulated by going out in public. Sometimes it's too much and sometimes it's electric in a good way.

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I painted this while simultaneously deep frying a burger.

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I finally got around to posting this here. I (digitally) painted what it feels like for me to exist in mania

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When I'm manic I sometimes have a fixation on art and a fascination for water and the beauty of waves. Acrylic on canvas.

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It’s been so long since I’ve painted

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Anyone else feel like they have enhanced color perception with hypomania? Fractals of Francene ~Me

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My latest - Noise

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After months of not painting, I painted this. I’ve been sober for 7 months from everything minus my daily meds. I want a high five.

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I tried to do a more expressive piece to try and depict my mania and psychosis. This one wasn't easy to communicate!

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mom: why would you draw this? it's very disturbing!.

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Turtle birthday, me, oil, 2023

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My things - I’d love your HONEST opinion ppl ✌🏻

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Dichromat. A work in progress, but I’m sharing anyway in case I do not finish it.

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I had a psychotic break this year, lost my mind, humiliated myself, and destroyed interpersonal relationships. I scared away somebody I loved. I recovered from the psychosis but now it's like I'm sulking in the astral ruins. It feels like I'm watching my brain deconstruct and implode on itself. ROT

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Where am I really?

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This is the first whole year in over a decade that I haven’t had suicidal thoughts. Here’s my feel good art, titled Nude Moon.

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I’ve started a series of pandemic-themed pieces to work through this shit

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I made a Bipolar Art meme. (Heh)

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Dog portraits have been helping me survive grieving for both parents

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My latest - Lighthearted

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I made this one during the worst rapid cycling of my life, it really was awful

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Piano (how it feels with a brain buzzing with mania)

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An embroidery about coming to terms with my diagnosis

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my old studio, no i didn't get my deposit back

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mixed episode

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Untitled

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Depression vs. Hypomania

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This has been my quarantine project. Done with pastels + some white paint highlights

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I illustrate children’s books. Here’s a page from a story about my lizard. He’s trying to find a yummy meal in the garden! Real life lizard also got a few licks in.

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im not a great artist but this is how i feel right now

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When it takes over

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Here’s one of my favourites I painted a couple years back.

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Take my burden

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Split Personalities, 2017, mixed media on canvas

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From my last hypomanic episode

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Manic me thought it was a perfect time to learn how to paint

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What works for you?

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Hypomania

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Acrylic pour painting while manic 2019 the colors of pain

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I guess it’s a self portrait. I like to do face. Lol Idk wat else to say.

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Artwork from 2017. Material: Inkpen and markers...

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Inspired truly by me mental illness 😴

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Just found this sub! Recently on medication and have finally had the focus to paint with minimal distraction. Here's a close-up of a part of a large vampyric painting I'm working on...

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Have been misbehaving and avoiding my meds the past few weeks. Now I feel like I’m in limbo. Decided to paint something bright.

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Artwork from 2021. Material: Watercolor...

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The latest product of my all-nighter last night. Crow-man.

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Feeling claustrophobic and anxiety in grocery stores when your in bipolar depression

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I did my best, love her even in death

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Still not sleeping/spending too much, but my hyperfocus on painting has been paying off. The vampyre and victim are complete! Now onto the background...

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The Aftermath of a Manic Shopping Spree- Portrait I did of a local Redditor last week

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Purple, Me, Mixed Media, 2022

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I actually finished it! My grandma gave me a fresh painted bathroom wall and just left some pencils on the sill. Now we have another window.

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the girl in the mirror is pretending to be me again. she’s doing a really good job.

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I’m struggling with my mental health, so I started drawing again. WIP, just a draft.

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Internal-Evolution Or just mania.. Sometimes, creation comes with a cost.

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Drawing I did of a fellow Redditor

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One of my first bipolar paintings “Burst” (2016)

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not much of an artist, but this took days. depressive episodes are a bitch...

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DUALITY - That Creative Flair is the only good thing about being bipolar tbh

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m a n i a

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Hiding in my brain til it’s safe to come out

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My current outlook on life after experiencing both manic psychosis and depression.

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Artwork from 2017. Mixed material...

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Trying to stay productive during the quarentine!

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🌼💀🌼

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I got bored and did a Bobs Burgers style family portrait lol Drawing has been the only thing that’s gotten me through some really tough months.

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Mixture of Hypomania, Depression, and Mixed Episodes over the course of a couple of months came together to create this monstrosity.

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So I made this by just splashing and adding lines, I feel I ruined it because I got too confident and wanted to add clouds so it looks globs worth now. Still wanted to share for some reason

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feeling down about my art recently. hope you guys like.

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I wrote a book about bipolar disorder. Hope this is allowed in this sub. This counts as art right?

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I’ve been having a really rough time and used this to distract myself. It took 8 days and is 5 x 6.5 feet

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Bipolar type 1 (# 1 of 7 in series)

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My most recent embroidery (no pattern). Picked this hobby up at the start of quarantine and it's definitely helped me not be as stir crazy.

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I sew when I am manic. Here is one I did for r/imsorryjon

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Collages keep me sane.

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“Secret Garden” I was really feeling purple, blue and pink tones today. Constructive criticism welcomed! Or just telling me what you see, I love hearing it 🥰

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Started as a doodle but ended up taking FOREVER

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I hope somebody likes my drawing. It's my first post on Reddit

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my art and my rat have kept me sane during this terrible year.

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If I'm not my true self, then I'm no one

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Kitty! My most recent embroidery.

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There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts. - Albert Camus

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Hand-cut collage I just finished up today. Much love to all of you on here, stay positive!

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”The Smile Of Madness”

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Posted this piece a while back right when I finished it, but it was late at night in my dark studio. I've recently overcome a really long depressive period and managed to take photos of about 20 pieces of art I've done over the last 2 years. So here is again, a proper photo: Bipolar planet, 2018-19.

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Had a long break from painting/art in general, but it feels good to create again.

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I did this during a manic episode. An artist informed me that this is a zentangle. I think it’s my brain.

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Dalmatian With Colorful Spots

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When manic, I am the Queen of the Universe.

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Finally had enough energy to finish this painting I posted progress of MONTHS ago. The Tithing in acrylic.

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Crashing today, yet I managed to create something.

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One of my favorite mania art pieces from this year

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Manic me thought it was a perfect time to learn how to paint

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Our meds sound like Pokemon so I grabbed the box colors and turned them into Pokemon haha. Maybe one day I’ll draw them online so they’ll be tidier :)

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just finished this. I'm running out of art supplies now, and getting nervous that I'll be left in lockdown with nothing to do!

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First time trying ink drawings! This helped me avoid making a lot of bad decisions during mania/depression. Thank you guys for inspiring me to get back into art ❤️

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Head Full of Pills

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Another seashell I’ve painted and hidden. This has been a fun project for me. If you’re around Jefferson Co. WV, keep an eye out!

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Fine, But Dying

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Artwork from 2015

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I hope everyone's doing okay out there, and that the social distancing doesn't leave you feeling too isolated ❤

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Hyperfixation

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I also paint a bit.

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I finished my jacket!!!!

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High vibes series-all from the past two weeks. More to come.

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Throwing paint everywhere helps calm me down sometimes.

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Acrylic painting FINALLY FINISHED!!!

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I’m really struggling with life right now. So I’ve been drawing art for my kids’ future bedrooms as we search for a home. It calms me and makes me excited when I finish a piece or a series. Here’s some super simple pieces for a series I did for my daughter.

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Me at the moment.

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Gloomy

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How I feel

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I hope this counts... from my visual journal. The “wheel of WTF to do”

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Looming.

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Elysium, Dina Alexis Cline, 56x96. 2019. Strange to see the differences between depressed, manic, and stable within my work. This was stable.

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Awkward teenage yeti that died his hair blue

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Co-existing with my demons

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My mania is still going! I made a crochet overdress in colours I will never wear when my depression kicks back in.

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Painting seems to be the one thing that I can manage to do when my thoughts are all over the place.

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Something I paint while in the psych ward.

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My art is writing, please check out my self help book

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tried some new stuff. Not sure if it really works, but the trying is what counts.

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Hey all! Someone just put me on to this subreddit! Here's an illustration I did titled driving out of mania

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”The rage of hunger” Artwork from 2018.

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Drawing I made while over the course of a 17 hour manic art binge

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Coming to terms with the way my brain works

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Another dream that spooked me. I see this skinny lady a lot.

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I’ve been playing with the “I don’t care” theme

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