My design psychology teacher had asked me to draw an illustration about my perspective on reality. It's a difficult question to ask a person with bipolar disorder who deals with symptoms of psychosis and paranoia. It's hard to understand whether what we're feeling matches what's happening around us, and it's hard to know whether what we believe is real or not - it's hard in a crisis to understand whether there really is a person breaking into my house or not.
It's as if the world were a bunch of cute little stars that exist just to make you smile, but you can't smile because you believe that something bad is happening or is going to happen - and this even alienates you from people and changes your life completely. These feelings make any interpretation of reality saturated, visually polluted, full of information.
But in this illustration, despite the fear, I'm not in a psychotic crisis, and if I'm not, it's because I have my support (in this case my cat Mr. Silva) to stay with me.
I hope to bring more illustrations like this next time, and I hope to be cheerful next time. Thanks for reading this far :)
thank you, really
