It's week 4 of #endometriosisawarnessmonth This week is about how #endo can be found in folks of any age.

Week 3 of #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth is about how mental health is affected by #endo Folks with endo struggle with anxiety & depression stemming from chronic pain. Having an invisible illness can have us feeling invisible too.

Week 1 of #endometriosisawareness month a personal drawing of me with "endo belly" & post op scars. Read the entire description on my Insta. Please consider supporting me via sharing/ donating to my surgery/ post op GoFundMe Thank

Not long ago I had someone harshly judge me based on how I looked perfectly healthy, I decided to illustrate how it feels to have an invisible disability so I could better process the pain their comments caused.

Working through anxiety & depression that arises with each pain flare up is difficult but rewarding. While the journey to healing has been painful physically & emotionally, I am working hard each day to get better. I hope this surgery allows me to return to a pain free art life

The desire to draw everyday was replaced with a painful reminder that my body simply couldn't keep drawing anymore. And yet on the outside all anyone could see was a healthy happy me but I felt so invisible. Having industry folks ask what studio I work at now became painful.

Time dragged on & the pain only got worse, looking "perfectly healthy" to everyone else all while feeling like my body was rejecting me. The fear of not being able to do art anymore started to hit hard. But STILL it didn't have a name.

I would like to share all the art I made over the years to process feelings & emotions. I've been struggling with chronic pain/ illness since before I graduated college in 2015. In 2017 the anxiety & depression that came with it started to hit. But it still didn't have a name.

Visualizing anxious feelings & how it looks to release them. This was difficult to draw for a lot of reasons; emotional obvi but also my chronic pain has been bad- but I am really happy with the end result! Also, my Gofundme for my endo surgery will be posted next Thursday!

It's #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth so I wanted to take a moment to draw the feelings that come with chronic pain & having an invisible disability.🧵