Thanks Maria for sending me this link to a buzzfeed page, with loads of great cartoons about anxiety. I’ll not copy them here, as the buzzfeed page has already done the hard work.
One of them led me to a blog:
sad girl scribbles
by a girl called Gaby at virtualgirlfriend.tumblr.com, which contains a plethora of drawings touching different issues including anxiety and depression.
One of many that I particularly liked was this one, which deals nicely with the tension between wanting to abolish difficult feelings and needing emotions to be human:
Plants may not have feelings… but I think I’ve made a few plants look pretty sad. They definitely look happier when they’ve had a little love and affection – or at the very least least sun, clean water and good food; all of which I can relate to.