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A UK-based illustrator is creating a series of drawings that aim to raise mental health awareness by depicting different disorders and conditions as monsters.
Toby Allen’s Real Monsters series is a collection of 16 illustrations (with another eight in the pipeline) that tackle everything from depression and anxiety to schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Allen told Mashable;
“The idea for the project came from dealing with my own anxiety,” . I found that drawing my worries and fears as little monsters would help me think about them differently and make my anxiety feel more manageable. I imagined that my anxiety could be overcome by giving it a physical from, giving it a visible weakness that I could learn to exploit.”
After receiving a positive response online, Allen decided to tackle a variety of other conditions as part of a larger project.
“I also wanted to try and educate people…
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This is amazing! Thank you for sharing. I’m going to go check out his blog.
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welcome 🙂
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I shared it on my page.
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🙂
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When i found these monsters a little while back i loved them
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I agree I really love them 🙂
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