晝魘

This was my Bachelor’s Capstone project, and also the first time I decided to face my mental health struggles. My unaddressed trauma leads to me allowing myself to stay in an abusive relationship. I was depressed and suicidal, and my method of coping was to lose myself in art. These paintings were my struggle to find a way out, my cry for help, but most importantly, me saying to myself and so many others, especially Asian immigrants like myself whose culture stigmatized mental illness: it’s okay to be not okay.