That’s right and I do try to use past experiences as reasons to become stronger and change into a better person.Situations aren’t any regret after all,they taught me life lessons like a teacher would do.
Thanks for taking your time and talk about this. My 5 y/o daughter passed in 2009 due to complications of Sickle Beta Thal Zero and Influenza A. God gave me the opportunity to see how she might look/be in her 20's thru this video. God bless the lovely lady that is coping thru art.
Delimar, I'm sorry to hear about your daughter, that's one of the hardest things to go through as A Mother.. I wish you only happiness, peace and joy in life!God Bless you, Sending positive vibes your way! PEACE LOVE & DREAMS.Most Sincerely, Crystal Elk, Vancouver BC Canada.🍁💖💫🌐🍃🍂😉✌💟☁❗
I love being introduced to other artists who draw from pain. I don't have what you have but I do have anxiety. Art is a great way to speak when no one listens and I applaud her and any other artists out there that do the same. Keep creating!
cool (yes make fun of me for saying cool). emotional and mental illness is so underrated especially in Asian countries. it REALLY needs to be discussed. you shouldn't feel any less human just because you're not "normal" #speakingfrompersonalexperience
If you were normal, you should feel less human. There is no perfect in this world as we know it. Perfect is actually something that makes us imperfect. If the world was perfect, we would loose every motivation and meaning of our existence - thus the world would not be perfect. Being normal means that you are highly likely to suffer from illness, deceases etc. Mental illness is the same thing like catching a cold, or breaking a leg, or having an appendix or diabetes. It is just that when someone says this person has a depression, people immediately get this vision of psychiatric isolation housing people who are handcuffed to stretchers, screaming for hours while having hallucinations, banging their head against the wall.Mental illness is something you cannot see directly, you cannot pin point it, and most importantly you are not able to understand it, because the chances are you are most likely not capable of diving really deep into someones psychology and biochemistry of the brain, Nothing to be ashamed of, it is just an illness that can be treated.
You don't understand how long I've been waiting for BuzzFeed to do a video on sickle cell!!! We are so underrepresented in the media and it is the most common blood disorder in America. Thank you for this, truly inspiring.
Thank you so much for this episode! I suffer from a Q-fever bacteria (QVS) for almost 3 years now! I'm struggling with extreme fatique and another symptoms on a daily basis. I'm now studying in art school for illustration & animation. It is really a relief to illustrate art to get it out of your mind and create some awareness for invisible illnesses in general! People sometimes forget how much emotional and mental pain it cost for those who suffer. Keep on fighting! 💪♥️ Xxx
As an artist, I can understand illustrating your pain really does help. I don't have the illness she has, so i can't relate to that, but illustrating your pain away really does help.. a lot.. so if you're in pain, but it to what you love most. It will almost always help.
RoxyPawws As an artist whom also uses their pain as an art motivator, I agree fully. Theres nothing that helps more than whipping put a clean page for me.
I feel this on such a deep level. For three now it's been pretty rough for me. And art has become my everything. My depression, anxiety, and OCD worsened and I ended up hospitalized. Art is how I coped. I drew so much on my hands as well, which was not permitted in a hospital, so they took my markers for a day and I broke down crying. It's what focuses me and keeps my ADHD and check. I used art to express and cope with my PTSD from an abusive relationship. Art is how I vent and how I focus all my energy onto one thing to find a sense of calm. If you ever need a new way to deal, create.
You are so strong I wish I could do something like this just a simple picture of my back covered in bruises to show the pain fibromyalgia causes and how it can feel every day, you are a total inspiration to me
Chuck Phillips I know, right? I've been sick over half my life (diagnosed since I was 12) but I still sometimes check for bruises. There just seems there is no way for it to hurt that much without there being some sign of damage. It's really oddly disturbing. I feel like... if it was visible, people would treat us way differently.
Love this! I deal with chronic illness too. I hope you have some pain free days. I remember being 17 and my pain going from occasional to constant just like you explained.
Erica Coronado Amaya I don't remember it well (I was 12) but it really feels like once it happens to you, you can't go back. It's tough, especially in the teen years, because your peers don't understand and don't want to feel uncomfortable trying to deal with it. I'm really sorry it hit you young too. I hope the new year is one that holds some improvements, in treatment, or quality of life, for you. Keep fighting the good fight!
This was amazing. I love her work. I battle with chronic pain from 2 autoimmune diseases as well as arthritis since the age 11. The mental struggle that goes along with having pain every minute of everyday is deafening. This is beautiful. I wish I had the talent to release emotions through art.
I absolutely love this. I've been having a rough time with my anxiety and chronic pain lately, and it's a cliche but this helped remind me I'm not alone.
Chronic pain is horrid. Its not something I would wish on anyone ever. The depression and anxiety and the feeling of isolation and just feeling of hopelessness is something that is so far from unexplainable and its so beautiful how she captures this.
This is absolutely amazing. I am so proud of her and all she has accomplished. She is an absolute inspiration. I also use art to help cope with my depression and physical pain. You go girl
You can see all of the pain and struggle that she feels in her art. Its a reflection of what mental and Physical illness feels like to her which is why It is so gruesome and bloody. If It makes a regular person umcomfortable then I cannot imagine What It actually feels like to her.
I found this so inspiring! I have cystic fibrosis and really connected with this, though I’d never thought of drawing how my disease felt. I will definitely give it a try, thanks for that ❤️
You are an inspiration to me! I have MS (considered an "invisible" disease,) and it causes constant pain. Personally, I don't think anyone with chronic pain can get through it without some mental illness to go with it. Depression and anxiety are the most common. Kudos to you for doing something positive that will help others!
My favorite buzz feed episode ever. It consists of art (amazing art) and the topic of mental illness it’s still so grey u don’t know what’s wrong with you and people say it’s nothing but it’s something and to see that expressed is hella dope. I’m an “artist” in a way and I just got tired of creating perfect people in a perfect world. The world isn’t perfect and showing and illustrating that sends waves. #GoGurl
I have pain in my back and neck and mostly all over my body. I've gone to some doctors and all they tell me is that it's my anxiety. I just recently got a blood test and nothing came up. Every time I eat I have pain on my sides under my ribs. One of those doctors said it could be fibromyalgia. But the other ones just told me to eat better. I'm constantly told that I just need" to get over it" and "nothing's wrong with you, relax" .Sometimes I get horrible side pains every time I eat. I've had this issue for 3 or more years now. On a side not I really love ~"Take your broken heart and turn it into art" ~
Julia Brustad A lot of people with FM also have IBS, which, paired with an unnatural or enhanced pain response (like that in FM), can present as pain instead of 'cramping.' I was diagnosed at 12 and now my father is an Interventional Pain Management Doctor (he had an interest in it to try to better understand what I was going through and if it could be helped better) so I have a passing knowledge. It seems some doctors are shying away from diagnosing chronic pain because there are so many diagnoses every year now, and they want to make sure they diagnose people with a true chronic problem, and not something temporary or mental (it's still a stigma, though it has gotten better). But yeah, your neck and back and widespread pain (which is very FMy) and pain after eating are from anxiety. Sure. Also.... maybe they were checking for Lupus in the blood test, because there is no real blood test for FM. It's part of why it's a bit of a hand wavey diagnosis, because it has guidelines but there's no positive genetic marker we've found or specific hormone that gets spiked or anything like that. It's a set of criteria, including tender spots, the pain lasting a certain amount of time, and how bad the pain is. Did they check tender spots? If you go on a bad pain day and they check your tender spots, you're more likely to cross the threshold number required to be considered an FM patient. It's not an awesome diagnosis and there's really not much to do for it (and Lyrica usually causes too many side effects; all my contacts in the pain community hate it, and I myself, who was always average weight, gained like fifty pounds on it, was mentally foggy, and 'clumsy' until I stopped it) but I know the feeling of having something wrong and not knowing what it is. Just having a diagnosis is extremely validating and can help you fight; it's hard to fight shadows. I really hope you find a specialist who can help you, someone who really understands their stuff, and can point you toward the right diagnosis, be it FM or CPS or CRPS or something entirely different, so you can move forward. If you ever need to vent, or want to ask someone who's been around the pain community a while, you can find me on Insta at JordanWalkerWriter and AmaraJordan (I had to set one up for my writing). I'm not really active now because I'm in a flare, but I always reply to people who need a shoulder to lean on. Good luck, and I'm praying the next year will bring you either more information, or a way through. I'm sorry for the long post, but I'm a bit of a right fighter and I hate to see someone with a problem not being treated, on the off chance they're just looking for attention. Because the life of a chronic patient is just soo glamorous. *grrr* Ahem. I'm wishing you all the best.
This hit me so hard. I can relate to her a lot..I'm 24 and have been dealing with fibromyalgia and arthritis for a couple years and battling anxiety for most of my life. I use to draw but of course lost motivation in it and many other things. Makes me want to pick it up again. Thanks
I have sickle cell thalsimia too . Yeah I got limited on travel and things I could do after my pain became chronic. U do need something to focus on to help u, it seems to help cope with the realty of how hard it came be to have pain all the time . But u aren't alone . Love your paintings. It is hard to have pain nobody can see.
I have sickle cell . 1 of hardest things at the beginning is as a child communicate pain to others that they can't see.. A book about sickle cell called "Hope and Destiny " helped explain A lot. Keep painting it is beautiful.
Wow. It's rare to see videos about sickle cell. I have it too but not the Beta type. I have the most common one witch is SS. I have a video of me going to the ER while having a crisis and what goes through my head when I get admitted. My escape is make up. I can't draw but make up calms me down and let's me forget about the pain for a minute. I would love to see other videos on Sickle Cell Anemia. More people need to know what it is and what it does.
I think the draw of makeup, when you have a chronic condition (Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome since I was 12) is that you feel more in control of what people see. You can shape, craft, your mask. You can't control how you feel on the inside, but you can take control of how people perceive you. It's something I do too. I did it a lot in High School, when I could attend, to get people to keep their distance. Kids are cruel and by then I didn't want anything to do with them. Keep fighting the good fight. Hopefully in this new year things will get better.
Estefany Bonilla I have sickle thalassemia. But wasn't diagnosed until 12 yrs old . It was so hard to try to communicate pain I had as a child to explain pain they couldn't see. I have lots of er visits too . A book about sickle cell called "Hope and Destiny " help explain about it.
I myself have Sickle Cell Beta Thalassemia and I also love art, though I don't tend to make art that communicates my pain. I really appreciate that you shared the experience that people like us go through since it is not discussed frequently. Thanks for reminding me to stay strong! =)
Omg I LOVE THIS WOMANS ART I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED TO SEE MORE!!!
1. Her art is amazing and beautiful. 2. As someone who had suffered from depression and anxiety for a pretty long time I sometimes forget that not everyone has experienced mental illness and felt the pain or loneliness it causes and so for a couple seconds when she was talking I was like "what do you mean make them understand what mental illnesses feels like doesn't everyone know what its like?" And then remembered some peoples normal isn't crippling depression and self hatred, oops. Her art does do an amazing job of showing the pain that is inflicted with mental illness though.
art is Beauty and expressed it so good your pain is real your illness is real you are a true inspiration you are like the gods of art that is in pain but shows it in art
"Take your broken heart and turn it into art" ITS SO IMPORTANT TO USE YOUR PAIN AS A MOTIVATOR! SHE'S SO STRONG❤️💪🏼
I create motivational short films to deal with my pain, if anyone needs them they're on my channel😊
Brooke Richards I think I'll check them out😊
Brooke Richards I see u a lot in the comments of a buzzfeed video
That’s right and I do try to use past experiences as reasons to become stronger and change into a better person.Situations aren’t any regret after all,they taught me life lessons like a teacher would do.
I do not have what you have.. But i do have chronic pain. your art speaks to me so much! Soft hug
Jezdamayel Caster, oh my goodness! You are so strong going through this, just keep going! Prayers for you!
Thanks for taking your time and talk about this. My 5 y/o daughter passed in 2009 due to complications of Sickle Beta Thal Zero and Influenza A. God gave me the opportunity to see how she might look/be in her 20's thru this video. God bless the lovely lady that is coping thru art.
Delimar, I'm sorry to hear about your daughter, that's one of the hardest things to go through as A Mother.. I wish you only happiness, peace and joy in life!God Bless you, Sending positive vibes your way! PEACE LOVE & DREAMS.Most Sincerely, Crystal Elk, Vancouver BC Canada.🍁💖💫🌐🍃🍂😉✌💟☁❗
Crystal Elk Thanks. God bless
She's literally drawing from her own life experiences.
nosh
CobaltBob HEYO
wow... really?! I had no idea!
I can relate to your work! Thank you for the expression of yourself and sharing.
I love art.
_I love art so much. Her art is really amazing._ *Lots of love from another artist/UA-camr* :)
❤❤❤.
what she has to go through sounds awful
Such a beautiful way to show others your mental pain.
What a beautiful and strong person, all the best to her 💙
such a strong woman. im so happy she got to share this with the world.
Aww I feel soooooo bad for her it's so cool that she can express herself through art she's so talented
I love being introduced to other artists who draw from pain. I don't have what you have but I do have anxiety. Art is a great way to speak when no one listens and I applaud her and any other artists out there that do the same. Keep creating!
She is a true inspiration. Take your broken heart and place your pain into art. Express yourself. Help others understand.
cool (yes make fun of me for saying cool). emotional and mental illness is so underrated especially in Asian countries. it REALLY needs to be discussed. you shouldn't feel any less human just because you're not "normal" #speakingfrompersonalexperience
Why would someone make fun of you for saying cool?
If you were normal, you should feel less human. There is no perfect in this world as we know it. Perfect is actually something that makes us imperfect. If the world was perfect, we would loose every motivation and meaning of our existence - thus the world would not be perfect. Being normal means that you are highly likely to suffer from illness, deceases etc. Mental illness is the same thing like catching a cold, or breaking a leg, or having an appendix or diabetes. It is just that when someone says this person has a depression, people immediately get this vision of psychiatric isolation housing people who are handcuffed to stretchers, screaming for hours while having hallucinations, banging their head against the wall.Mental illness is something you cannot see directly, you cannot pin point it, and most importantly you are not able to understand it, because the chances are you are most likely not capable of diving really deep into someones psychology and biochemistry of the brain, Nothing to be ashamed of, it is just an illness that can be treated.
Having a mental illness isn’t fun and games.Whenever it ruins your life and stops you from doing what you want to do and achieve eventually.
I wanted to cry and smile at the same time cause I have been through a lot so far.
Her art explains so much it's amazing!
I agree
Omg I was about to cry just form looking at the pictures they are so beutiful and have such meaning and the gore really makes it unique
Her style for some reason gives me Frida Kahlo vibes and I love it
Love the way she draws!! It makes other people understand (just a little) what she has to go through
I don’t usually like buzzfeed videos but this one I like
she's such a sweetheart, I used to talk to her frequently on Tumblr. such a pure soul 💖
You don't understand how long I've been waiting for BuzzFeed to do a video on sickle cell!!! We are so underrepresented in the media and it is the most common blood disorder in America. Thank you for this, truly inspiring.
Thank you so much for this episode! I suffer from a Q-fever bacteria (QVS) for almost 3 years now! I'm struggling with extreme fatique and another symptoms on a daily basis. I'm now studying in art school for illustration & animation. It is really a relief to illustrate art to get it out of your mind and create some awareness for invisible illnesses in general! People sometimes forget how much emotional and mental pain it cost for those who suffer.
Keep on fighting! 💪♥️ Xxx
Her hair is gorgeous
As an artist, I can understand illustrating your pain really does help. I don't have the illness she has, so i can't relate to that, but illustrating your pain away really does help.. a lot.. so if you're in pain, but it to what you love most. It will almost always help.
RoxyPawws As an artist whom also uses their pain as an art motivator, I agree fully. Theres nothing that helps more than whipping put a clean page for me.
This is thee most beautiful way of expressing what you are feeling or thinking etc. Art is amazing man
Finally, a BuzzFeed video that actually is meaningful. I love this.
I feel this on such a deep level. For three now it's been pretty rough for me. And art has become my everything. My depression, anxiety, and OCD worsened and I ended up hospitalized. Art is how I coped. I drew so much on my hands as well, which was not permitted in a hospital, so they took my markers for a day and I broke down crying. It's what focuses me and keeps my ADHD and check. I used art to express and cope with my PTSD from an abusive relationship. Art is how I vent and how I focus all my energy onto one thing to find a sense of calm. If you ever need a new way to deal, create.
Poor girl. I am so sorry she has to go through this kind of chronic pain. She is drawing about pain but she really go through this...
You are so strong I wish I could do something like this just a simple picture of my back covered in bruises to show the pain fibromyalgia causes and how it can feel every day, you are a total inspiration to me
Chuck Phillips I know, right? I've been sick over half my life (diagnosed since I was 12) but I still sometimes check for bruises. There just seems there is no way for it to hurt that much without there being some sign of damage. It's really oddly disturbing. I feel like... if it was visible, people would treat us way differently.
Love this! I deal with chronic illness too. I hope you have some pain free days. I remember being 17 and my pain going from occasional to constant just like you explained.
Erica Coronado Amaya I don't remember it well (I was 12) but it really feels like once it happens to you, you can't go back. It's tough, especially in the teen years, because your peers don't understand and don't want to feel uncomfortable trying to deal with it. I'm really sorry it hit you young too. I hope the new year is one that holds some improvements, in treatment, or quality of life, for you. Keep fighting the good fight!
Her art is very beautiful. I'm glad that she has this outlet.
Her art is stunning.. and her name is so beautiful.
She’s really inspiring ❤️
I love illustrating artwork, I find it amazing to tell stories through art
This was amazing. I love her work. I battle with chronic pain from 2 autoimmune diseases as well as arthritis since the age 11. The mental struggle that goes along with having pain every minute of everyday is deafening. This is beautiful. I wish I had the talent to release emotions through art.
I absolutely love this. I've been having a rough time with my anxiety and chronic pain lately, and it's a cliche but this helped remind me I'm not alone.
Chronic pain is horrid. Its not something I would wish on anyone ever. The depression and anxiety and the feeling of isolation and just feeling of hopelessness is something that is so far from unexplainable and its so beautiful how she captures this.
Her art is amazing and I can't even imagine what she has to go through
Her art and journey is inspirational
She's so strong. Keep being awesome, girl.
Awww. This was amazing. ❤❤
Stella Smith this was my kind of art
I love her art style and her unique ways of expression on
*Wowowowow*
I love her art. It’s so creepy in such a great way. It’s amazing
such a strong person. What an inspiration
She has amazing art, and it's so meaningful.
I love her work and message behind it!
Wow this is really beautiful. I love her work.
This is absolutely amazing. I am so proud of her and all she has accomplished. She is an absolute inspiration. I also use art to help cope with my depression and physical pain. You go girl
You can see all of the pain and struggle that she feels in her art. Its a reflection of what mental and Physical illness feels like to her which is why It is so gruesome and bloody. If It makes a regular person umcomfortable then I cannot imagine What It actually feels like to her.
I have chronic fatigue syndrome that only properly reared its head when I was 14 turning 15, I cried while watching this. Thank you.
I found this so inspiring! I have cystic fibrosis and really connected with this, though I’d never thought of drawing how my disease felt. I will definitely give it a try, thanks for that ❤️
i instantly realized i could do more.. thanx buzz and thank you @panteha
I wanna cry, this is beautiful
She is honestly such an inspiration
Finally you put out a video that could be considered good or emotional
I hope this woman finds something to help her through her struggle
Beautiful 💕
Her art is remarkable
She’s so beautiful.
You are an inspiration to me! I have MS (considered an "invisible" disease,) and it causes constant pain. Personally, I don't think anyone with chronic pain can get through it without some mental illness to go with it. Depression and anxiety are the most common. Kudos to you for doing something positive that will help others!
My favorite buzz feed episode ever. It consists of art (amazing art) and the topic of mental illness it’s still so grey u don’t know what’s wrong with you and people say it’s nothing but it’s something and to see that expressed is hella dope. I’m an “artist” in a way and I just got tired of creating perfect people in a perfect world. The world isn’t perfect and showing and illustrating that sends waves. #GoGurl
Happy that she found a way to express herself. It's hard for a lot of people.
I have pain in my back and neck and mostly all over my body. I've gone to some doctors and all they tell me is that it's my anxiety. I just recently got a blood test and nothing came up. Every time I eat I have pain on my sides under my ribs. One of those doctors said it could be fibromyalgia. But the other ones just told me to eat better. I'm constantly told that I just need" to get over it" and "nothing's wrong with you, relax" .Sometimes I get horrible side pains every time I eat. I've had this issue for 3 or more years now. On a side not I really love ~"Take your broken heart and turn it into art" ~
Julia Brustad A lot of people with FM also have IBS, which, paired with an unnatural or enhanced pain response (like that in FM), can present as pain instead of 'cramping.' I was diagnosed at 12 and now my father is an Interventional Pain Management Doctor (he had an interest in it to try to better understand what I was going through and if it could be helped better) so I have a passing knowledge.
It seems some doctors are shying away from diagnosing chronic pain because there are so many diagnoses every year now, and they want to make sure they diagnose people with a true chronic problem, and not something temporary or mental (it's still a stigma, though it has gotten better). But yeah, your neck and back and widespread pain (which is very FMy) and pain after eating are from anxiety. Sure. Also.... maybe they were checking for Lupus in the blood test, because there is no real blood test for FM. It's part of why it's a bit of a hand wavey diagnosis, because it has guidelines but there's no positive genetic marker we've found or specific hormone that gets spiked or anything like that. It's a set of criteria, including tender spots, the pain lasting a certain amount of time, and how bad the pain is.
Did they check tender spots? If you go on a bad pain day and they check your tender spots, you're more likely to cross the threshold number required to be considered an FM patient. It's not an awesome diagnosis and there's really not much to do for it (and Lyrica usually causes too many side effects; all my contacts in the pain community hate it, and I myself, who was always average weight, gained like fifty pounds on it, was mentally foggy, and 'clumsy' until I stopped it) but I know the feeling of having something wrong and not knowing what it is. Just having a diagnosis is extremely validating and can help you fight; it's hard to fight shadows. I really hope you find a specialist who can help you, someone who really understands their stuff, and can point you toward the right diagnosis, be it FM or CPS or CRPS or something entirely different, so you can move forward. If you ever need to vent, or want to ask someone who's been around the pain community a while, you can find me on Insta at JordanWalkerWriter and AmaraJordan (I had to set one up for my writing). I'm not really active now because I'm in a flare, but I always reply to people who need a shoulder to lean on. Good luck, and I'm praying the next year will bring you either more information, or a way through. I'm sorry for the long post, but I'm a bit of a right fighter and I hate to see someone with a problem not being treated, on the off chance they're just looking for attention. Because the life of a chronic patient is just soo glamorous. *grrr* Ahem. I'm wishing you all the best.
This hit me so hard. I can relate to her a lot..I'm 24 and have been dealing with fibromyalgia and arthritis for a couple years and battling anxiety for most of my life. I use to draw but of course lost motivation in it and many other things. Makes me want to pick it up again. Thanks
This is beautiful. Looking at her art I feel like she's so much like Frida
Her art reminds me of Frida Kahlo. 🌷💕 Beautiful!
I feel some beautiful nods to Frida Kahlo in these paintings but in a very modern and unapologetic way. Stunning.
I have sickle cell thalsimia too . Yeah I got limited on travel and things I could do after my pain became chronic. U do need something to focus on to help u, it seems to help cope with the realty of how hard it came be to have pain all the time . But u aren't alone . Love your paintings.
It is hard to have pain nobody can see.
She seems so strong. I hope she feels it
I LOVE HER SO MUCH
I have sickle cell . 1 of hardest things at the beginning is as a child communicate pain to others that they can't see.. A book about sickle cell called "Hope and Destiny " helped explain A lot. Keep painting it is beautiful.
Wow. It's rare to see videos about sickle cell.
I have it too but not the Beta type. I have the most common one witch is SS.
I have a video of me going to the ER while having a crisis and what goes through my head when I get admitted.
My escape is make up. I can't draw but make up calms me down and let's me forget about the pain for a minute.
I would love to see other videos on Sickle Cell Anemia. More people need to know what it is and what it does.
Estefany Bonilla I have SS as well, my escape is music. I agree Sickle Cell needs more awareness, it's like an almost forgotten disorder...
I think the draw of makeup, when you have a chronic condition (Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome since I was 12) is that you feel more in control of what people see. You can shape, craft, your mask. You can't control how you feel on the inside, but you can take control of how people perceive you. It's something I do too. I did it a lot in High School, when I could attend, to get people to keep their distance. Kids are cruel and by then I didn't want anything to do with them. Keep fighting the good fight. Hopefully in this new year things will get better.
Estefany Bonilla I have sickle thalassemia. But wasn't diagnosed until 12 yrs old . It was so hard to try to communicate pain I had as a child to explain pain they couldn't see. I have lots of er visits too . A book about sickle cell called "Hope and Destiny " help explain about it.
PANTEHA ❣️❣️❣️been following her on tumblr and ig for years, she’s so talented and inspiring 🍒
Such a stunning video and concept. Favorite video I’ve watched in a while
She’s so strong
I myself have Sickle Cell Beta Thalassemia and I also love art, though I don't tend to make art that communicates my pain. I really appreciate that you shared the experience that people like us go through since it is not discussed frequently. Thanks for reminding me to stay strong! =)
she and her art are beautiful.
Wow. The art is truly amazing, the ideas are so good! ♡
this was very pretty and im glad she got to speak her mind
This video is what i can relate to but instead i write out my pain
The next Frida Kahlo
Brutal and beautiful drawings.
Omg I LOVE THIS WOMANS ART I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED TO SEE MORE!!!
this is so cool. poor girl x
so much talent!
1. Her art is amazing and beautiful.
2. As someone who had suffered from depression and anxiety for a pretty long time I sometimes forget that not everyone has experienced mental illness and felt the pain or loneliness it causes and so for a couple seconds when she was talking I was like "what do you mean make them understand what mental illnesses feels like doesn't everyone know what its like?" And then remembered some peoples normal isn't crippling depression and self hatred, oops. Her art does do an amazing job of showing the pain that is inflicted with mental illness though.
Beautiful and powerful art!
She reminds me of Frida Khalo in the best way possible ❤️
Those rustling shirt sounds are ASMR af.
wHoa I loVE HER STYLE OMG
I can’t even imagine being in that much pain wow ☹️
Wow, this is honestly inspiring.
Her art is morbid and beautiful~ ♡3♡
I wonder if she has her own art exhibit
This reminds me of Frida Kahlo. So powerful
As a fellow chronic pain sufferer i applaud you
so inspirational and beautiful
i really love her style. i love drawing but i dont have a style and i dont know how to make my art original like hers
art is Beauty and expressed it so good your pain is real your illness is real you are a true inspiration you are like the gods of art that is in pain but shows it in art
Her art reminds me Frida Khalo, and I love it.
Yess I’m an artist who has 3 chronic illnesses and I just LOVE this so much
This is beautiful