Sometimes in popular culture, various mental disorders are embellished or even romanticized. An artist named Shawn Koss took the liberty of portraying the feelings and experiences of people with different diagnoses day after day. His drawings shed light on what mental illnesses really are, very clearly demonstrating their severity.
1. Borderline personality disorder
Usually begins in youth or adulthood. People with borderline personality disorder cannot properly control their own thoughts and emotions; they gradually become more and more impetuous and reckless in their actions. They often throw themselves into short-term hysterical relationships and do not perceive themselves too adequately.
2. Insomnia
There are two types of this sleep disorder. The first is when a person simply cannot sleep in any way, but this is not directly related to any other problem. The second is when insomnia begins due to serious illness, pain, medication, alcohol or drug abuse.
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3. Disinhibited attachment disorder
This problem is common in children. They happily approach and talk to complete strangers without feeling any potential danger.
4. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
People with this diagnosis are simply obsessed with any thoughts, motives, or images. Some things or phenomena cause them anxiety and illogical behavior is an attempt to drown out this anxiety. The most common example of such a disorder is a manic desire for cleanliness and order. Obsessive-compulsive disorder sufferers understand what their problem is, but they cannot get rid of the obsessive actions.
5. Cotard syndrome
It is a rare mental illness that makes a person think they are dead or missing some part of their body.
6. Bipolar disorder
People with this diagnosis constantly experience changes in mood, energy levels and their own activity. They can become incredibly optimistic and energetic (in so-called manic episodes) and then just as sad and hopeless (in so-called depressive episodes).
7. Dependent personality disorder
The person with addictive personality disorder becomes very tenacious and fearful. It is very difficult for him to solve even everyday problems if he has not received advice and recommendations …
8. Clinical depression
The person with depression is in an extremely depressed mood and is overcome by a feeling of hopelessness. Depression can develop on its own or be associated with other diseases and disorders such as anxiety, bipolar disorder, and insomnia.
9. Social phobia
This is a type of anxiety disorder when a person is overcome by an irrational fear of contact with people. He may become extremely shy and have a constant fear of being watched, judged, or criticized.
10. Schizophrenia
People with this diagnosis may hear voices telling them what to do, and may also feel as if they are under control or are being plotted against. As a result, people with schizophrenia begin to suddenly say or do something that would normally not even occur to them.
11. Post-traumatic stress disorder
It starts in people who have experienced severe psychological trauma, such as the death of loved ones, accidents, wars, or natural disasters. This illness causes the person to relive the traumatic event over and over again. As a result, he begins to avoid anything that might remind him of his experience.
12. Anorexia
Constant fear of gaining weight. A person with anorexia does anything to keep from getting better, and never considers himself thin enough. The result is catastrophic health damage that can even lead to death.
13. Autism Spectrum Disorders
This includes a wide variety of abnormalities, common symptoms include various problems with interaction and communication. Such people cannot say what is on their mind.
14. Depersonalization
Such a disorder of self-perception, when a person feels “torn off” from his own body, environment, and his own actions and cannot control them. Such people often seem to see themselves from the outside or are in a dream.
15. Dissociative identity disorder
Also known as multiple personality disorder, it is when someone has more than one personality in them and they take turns in control at different times …
16. Capgras syndrome
The patient believes that someone from his environment or himself has been replaced …
17. Agoraphobia
This is a strong fear of open space and crowds. A person is so afraid of being trapped in public that he cannot bring himself to leave his home for a long time.
18. Paranoid schizophrenia
This is the most common type of schizophrenia. The person suffering from it experiences bouts of paranoia, as well as delusions and hallucinations.
19. Attention deficit disorder
People with this diagnosis have problems with concentration and maintaining attention, as well as control over their own behavior, and they often behave like small children even in adulthood.