Artist Illustrates Mental Illnesses As Monsters In 11 Illustrations



Disorders and mental illnesses have a huge impact on any sufferer’s lifestyle, most especially when expressing oneself. Quite a figure of people is dealing with mental illnesses, including mania, schizophrenia, bipolar, anxiety, and depression.

Understanding it’s a situation that requires an urgent act, Phil Wall, a widely-recognized artist known as Never Stay Dead has been working on a series hinged on disorders and mental illnesses as monsters. The monster, seen following people like shadows perfectly depict how devastating these conditions can be.

Never Stay Dead has done an excellent job by showing how extremely challenging it can be for people who suffer from the conditions every day of their life. Preaching empathy, we’ve compiled 11 illustrations that perfectly imagine common monster-like disorders and mental illnesses for your perusal. Have a look!

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Autism is regarded as a developmental disorder that’s susceptible to mental health. 

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), an anxiety disorder is an infuriating demon that captures patients in repetition. 

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Addiction undeniably comes shiny and desirable, but tricks it victims into short-lived high which of course result in hostile consequences.

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a mental health condition triggered by a horrifying event leaves victims broken and wounded. 

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Insomnia is a mental health condition that can be caused by OCD, PTSD, anxiety, and even depression. This monster chained itself to its victims, residing like a ghost inside a host body. Becoming too exhausted to function normally or perhaps too uncomfortably awake to sleep, the monster reminds victims of lost time while also placing pressure to begin a fresh day restless and exhausted. 

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Depression is a common mental health problem that features a low mood and loss of interest in daily activities. The monster largely affects a person’s daily life and described as a feeling of anger, loss, and sadness.

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a mental health disorder causes above-normal levels of impulsive and hyperactive behaviors. The monster is a ball of energy that makes its victims find if challenging to focus on one task while distracted easily by things around. 

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Anxiety is a pearlescent, chaotic, and disorientating monster. It has a lot of arms to grip victims in fear as well as many eyes to watch its victims. The monster has many mouths to make victims doubt themselves. It’s undeniably a big pest paralyzing and feeding fear onto its patients. 

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Body Dysmorphia distorts and wraps its victim perception of themselves. It shows to victims an exaggeration of any fault and makes them get obsessed with it. The monster equally leads to depression, anxiety, and OCD. 

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Bipolar is a two-headed contrasting monsters. The duo monster have their hands on the steering wheel of victims’ life and can surely divert it any time they chose. 

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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a monster with broken wings that often imagine itself as an angel. The monster overrides the mind and emotions of its victims, place fear of abandonment as well as struggles for stable relationships. Its aftermath often results in addiction, suicide, and adverse consequences.