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The Real Monsters. Anxiety- a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic at

Anxiety- a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks.


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The Real Monsters. Anxiety- a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic at

Avoidant personality disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has a lifelong pattern of feeling very shy, inadequate, and sensitive to rejection.


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Bipolar disorder is a condition in which a person has periods of depression and periods of being extremely happy or being cross or irritable.


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Another bipolar one.


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The Real Monsters. Anxiety- a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic at

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition in which a person has long-term patterns of unstable or turbulent emotions. These inner experiences often result in impulsive actions and chaotic relationships with other people.


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Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods.


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Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder, is a condition wherein a person's identity is fragmented into two or more distinct personalities. Sufferers of this rare condition are usually victims of severe abuse.


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Selective mutism is a condition in which a child who can speak stops speaking, usually in school or social settings.


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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (compulsions).


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Paranoia- a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically elaborated into an organized system. It may be an aspect of chronic personality disorder, of drug abuse, or of a serious condition such as schizophrenia in which the person loses touch with reality.


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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a type of anxiety disorder. It can occur after you have gone through an extreme emotional trauma that involved the threat of injury or death.


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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it hard to: Tell the difference between what is real and not real; Think clearly; Have normal emotional responses; Act normally in social situations.


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Social anxiety is a discomfort or a fear when a person is in a social interaction that involves a concern of being judged or evaluated by others.


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The Real Monsters. Anxiety- a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic at

All of the "monsters" together.
Source- Real Monsters by Toby Allen

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User avatar #4 - landartheconqueror ONLINE (02/01/2015) [-]
chronic depression is a lot worse than just "feeling sad or down in the dumps at one time or another for short periods"
#9 to #4 - falbwuh (02/01/2015) [-]
Why is it that every time depression comes up on this site, the comment section always seems particularly knowledgeable about it?  Maybe I should find a better hobby.
Why is it that every time depression comes up on this site, the comment section always seems particularly knowledgeable about it? Maybe I should find a better hobby.
User avatar #32 to #9 - landartheconqueror ONLINE (02/02/2015) [-]
first hand experience, and the desire to seek out knowledge about it
User avatar #13 to #4 - MrsMcDowell (02/01/2015) [-]
My old roommate used to say she suffered from depression because she'd get "sad every once and a while."

Well, whoopdie-doo, miss sunshine and rainbow farts. I am sad about 18 hours out of every day. Never once had she even thought about suicide.

Doesn't count.
#44 to #4 - rabbityrabbitrabbi (02/02/2015) [-]
I think that was meant as a disambiguation between depression and the normal human condition where everyone is sad sometimes. Looking at the wording of the second part I don't think it was meant as a definition of depression, just a reassurance that just because the reader gets low affects sometimes it doesn't mean they're depressed.

As to the first part, that is what it is. Sadness, anguish and emptiness writ large. Our language struggles to communicate depression just as it does love or hatred, they are grand things hard to little down into words. It's just a matter of scale and severity. I think I agree with definition, broad as it is.
User avatar #14 to #4 - nevolmon (02/02/2015) [-]
I really don't even know why i keep going. but i think that killing myself has no point either. so I just kinda mope around all day. people keep telling me things will get better but it just feels like a slow decline into ruin.
User avatar #19 to #14 - trollmobile (02/02/2015) [-]
having had depression myself at several points in my life, i know both the cure, and how hard the cure is.

the cure is: change something in your life.
move, get a job/change job, go to new places, try new things (and do that thing regularely)
anything like that, helps a lot.
but when you're depressed, motivation to change things, is very scarce.
but i promise you, if you do manage to change things in your life, you will be a lot better off.


also identifying what makes you depressed is a good thing, as then you can try to make that the thing you change.
#5 to #4 - andrakian (02/01/2015) [-]
Agreed. It's not even feeling sad, it's more like an absense of emotion.
User avatar #10 to #5 - demented (02/01/2015) [-]
Moreover it's the feeling of "why do I even bother", it is marked with abnormal sleep patterns, lack of motivation, appetite loss. It's not pleasant.
#12 - slightly (02/01/2015) [-]
out of 11 people in my closer family, 6 have PTSD.

the sunday family dinners can get quite...out of hand.
User avatar #23 - rickastleylynched (02/02/2015) [-]
let's make mental disorders seem magical

that'll help
User avatar #25 to #23 - thatonecommunist (02/02/2015) [-]
They literally made them into monsters... y'know... bad things?

I don't understand your complaint...
User avatar #33 to #25 - brokentrucker ONLINE (02/02/2015) [-]
While you are correct, the problem here is that none of these really seem all that scary. Odd, yes, creepy, maybe. Most of them have a charm about them, thanks to the art style, and "Social Anxiety" and "Selective Mute" are both quite cute, IMO.

Tl;dr: They don't LOOK like monsters.
User avatar #35 to #33 - thatonecommunist (02/02/2015) [-]
I'm sorry they aren't evil looking?

Their description makes them sinister regardless of how they look... so i guess for people who don't read your argument makes sense... but the cutest things are often the scariest with good literary emphasis.
User avatar #36 to #35 - brokentrucker ONLINE (02/02/2015) [-]
This is true, but look at it from a different perspective. Tons of people keep things like alligators, venomous snakes, venomous spiders and such as pets, regardless of the risk. These animals are certainly scary, in their own right, but many people can't see them as pets. Plus, the "Selective Mute" isn't even dangerous. It steals voices. Big whoop.
User avatar #37 to #36 - thatonecommunist (02/02/2015) [-]
And all selective mutism is having your voice stolen... big woop.

And whats to stop people from keeping "monsters" as you define them as pets? Just because people are stupid doesn't mean you shouldn't appreciate good art.

This is good art, it is meant to be representative, and it's not the most accurate thing in the universe, but damnit it does the job well, metaphors so simple a small child could understand them.
User avatar #38 to #37 - brokentrucker ONLINE (02/02/2015) [-]
I didn't say the art was bad. It's really good. It just doesn't do a great job at making those things scary. At least, until you have one jump at you in the dark.
User avatar #2 - bondofsnow (02/01/2015) [-]
I read Selective Mutism as Selective Muslim the way its written, the t looks like an l , which brings up the forgotten monster, Dyslexia.
User avatar #6 to #2 - thunderpony (02/01/2015) [-]
lol
#41 - degrees (02/02/2015) [-]
Imagine having all of these
#40 - biater (02/02/2015) [-]
Anxiety monster looks like Cubone.
User avatar #34 - necrophyxia (02/02/2015) [-]
That feel when you can have schizophrenia and DID at the same time. Which results in thinking your various personalities are, in fact, different people that exist in the real world.

It's a hard delusion to break, and it still sucks even afterward
#17 - trollmobile (02/02/2015) [-]
i have mild social anxiety
as a result of physical illness preventing me from being social at all the past 3 years.

i will always avoid social situations if i can, and get extremely nerveous and anxious when i know i have to be social, but when i'm actually in the situation, i don't feel unpleasant, my nerveousness and stress just turn into overflowing energy, making me unable to sit still, and has me talking very fast.

this makes dinner parties with extended family... somewhat awkward.
because when your subconcious goes hiwire and makes you feel like you could and should run a marathon and then start dancing cha-cha, being expected to sit still untill everyone's done eating, is somewhat unpleasant.

i am however blessed to not have had this disorder while growing up, so i still have social skills and have no problem being around people i know well.
and i know that there's only one cure for it: be more social.
which i will try to be, once i just get rid of these ******* stomach problems that keep me inside all day every day.
User avatar #20 to #17 - mytomanenbre (02/02/2015) [-]
That... OR you are just being a huge pussy and your parents are to blame for bringing you up in such a protected enviroment that when you are met with daily struggles you get internal blue screen. Not mocking your pretend attention whoring made up little problem here buddy, but it's just ******* ridiculous.
User avatar #22 to #20 - trollmobile (02/02/2015) [-]
i have a chronic stomach illness leaving me with diarreha on average once a week, and giving me chonic exhaustion close to the level of someone with ME.

i was a perfectly normal and social person untill i got this disease at 18 years old.


you truely are a pathetic human being for mocking the sick.
User avatar #24 to #22 - coolwearm (02/02/2015) [-]
**** man were allot a like, I got IBS, and social anxiety. which make for an odd mix of worries The best advice i can give is force yourself to hangout with others. Since this summer I have been doing just that, and i'm so much happier now. I know it sounds hard but its worth it, people like you. Trust me.
User avatar #27 to #24 - trollmobile (02/02/2015) [-]
my stomach problems consist of a very severe cases of IBS, combined with a ******** of food allergies.
i can't actually avoid everything i can't eat, without becoming malnourished.

i know i have to force myself to be social, and i will, once my stomach gets better.
it's really just all about perfecting my diet atm, and learning to function despite my illness.
User avatar #46 to #27 - coolwearm (02/02/2015) [-]
Yeah man I get it, mine isn't very severe, basically just feeling like I got crap all the time. I truly hope that things get better man.
User avatar #26 to #17 - advice (02/02/2015) [-]
At best I would tell you to try to talk to doctors as best you can about possible support groups, they have them for everything, and even going to a support group for something worse than what you have can help you. (yes a support group for social anxiety is a little.... odd, but they do exist)
User avatar #28 to #26 - trollmobile (02/02/2015) [-]
i'm currently going to a psychologist for my social anxiety, i got sent there by my doctor last winter due to me plunging dangerously close to depression, depression issue was solved, and now we've gone over to focusing on social anxiety, but i do have a support group for sick/crippled young people in mind, should my problems get worse.
User avatar #29 to #28 - advice (02/02/2015) [-]
That's good, the main thing to do is keep putting one step in front of the other and walk your life's path like all things it gets easier in time
User avatar #30 to #29 - trollmobile (02/02/2015) [-]
thanks for the support mate, i appreciate it.
User avatar #31 to #30 - advice (02/02/2015) [-]
ANYtime that I'm online !!
User avatar #11 - emperorwatergate (02/01/2015) [-]
holy ****

this needs to be a tv show

ocd could be the main antagonist
User avatar #39 - likeacupcake ONLINE (02/02/2015) [-]
I have a general anxiety, social anxiety, a general background depression, a (possible) Asperger's syndrome, and ADD.

:/ Yeah me.
#15 - nudybooty (02/02/2015) [-]
According to my friend who has it, BPD is like a horror game. It's horrifying but fun in an odd way.
User avatar #18 to #15 - trollmobile (02/02/2015) [-]
mild social anxiety is weird
i can't speak for people whom have heavier variants of it, but for me, it makes me want to avoid social situations, as it makes me nerveous and anxious about them, but when i'm in social situations, it turns into excessive energy, making me hyper and extremely happy.
like i want to jump and dance and run through the hills.

this does however make dinner parties a major pain in the ass.
User avatar #45 to #18 - nudybooty (02/02/2015) [-]
What exactly is social anxiety like for you? I'm only asking because I know everyone has people they would rather not talk to and they avoid some social situations and all that stuff but what's it like with social anxiety? Sorry if I seem like a bit of an asshole with that, but I know next to nothing about social anxiety.
User avatar #47 to #45 - trollmobile (02/02/2015) [-]
oh no, it's not just specific people
it's everyone
the less i know people, the worse it is.
appointments with government institutions and such is literal hell
it's often that i don't go to things like doctors appointments because i feel like ****
i can feel the anxiety in my body, i stress the **** out every time i know i have to be social.
my anxiety is mild in that i have little problems while social, the problem for me is mostly the waiting, knowing i have to be social.
it's irrational and severely unpleasant.
#48 - waldowarcraft (02/09/2015) [-]
I recently just got my degree in psychology, and from what I know, really feel that these illustrations can be super helpful to some people (especially younger clients) understanding what they, or their loved ones have. Their value does not lie in the description of the disorder, but it's embodiment as an entity separate to the client. It's the same reason psychologists say "patient with schizophrenia" vs "schizophrenic". It's a very common practice in psychology to "externalise" the problem to help clients cope; for example personifying say, depression as a black dog that follows you around. Doing so helps clients and their loved ones acknowledge that it needn't 'define' them. They start seeing it as an isolated pattern of thinking/ behaviour that can be separate from them; and is usually an important step for cognitive behaviour therapy and the like. Some people can argue and say that it just makes it easier for them to feel like victims (it's not my fault, its the black dog! ) but much more often than not, it can set up a mind frame of "me vs. that". If they can embody something, and personify it as a potential threat to their enjoyment of life, loved ones, etc, then they are more willing to fight it.
#42 - evanxzile (02/02/2015) [-]
Schizoid.
User avatar #21 - badhatharry (02/02/2015) [-]
I may be remembering this wrong; but my Personality Psychology lecturer told me that Borderline is no longer a thing because if you fit the criteria for it you fit the criteria for at least 1 other personality disorder? Psychexplain or anybody else care to fill me in?
User avatar #8 - basstard (02/01/2015) [-]
Passive-aggressive?

Why there isn't one there?
User avatar #16 to #8 - slightly (02/02/2015) [-]
because that isnt a mental disorder?
User avatar #43 to #16 - basstard (02/02/2015) [-]
It does affect behavior, containing stress inside, not finding a way to release it, making you over-reacting, hostile, stubborn and impulsive.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive-aggressive_behavior
User avatar #7 - allinthelegs (02/01/2015) [-]
Im all for coolposts like this, but **** man, browse through the uploads to make sure you dont repost to quickly. Just saw this one like 10 min ago.
User avatar #3 - wafflekings (02/01/2015) [-]
Bipolar Looks like a primal reversion of Mew.
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