Dysmorphia Portrait Updates

It's been a while since I have drawn a dysmorphia portrait. Honestly, my mental health has been better this last year than it has for the majority of my life. It's been amazing and I've enjoyed seeing what art I was called to create when I wasn't creating to heal, process, or ground myself in reality.

Postpartum this time around has been a lot easier to manage and has me feeling mostly like myself but a few stressors have caused my anxiety and facial dysmorphia to flair. Drawing what I see helps me come back into myself and see things more clearly. It helps break my disassociative moment and focuses me on the present.

I've also been deep breathing, baking, and dancing to louder music to help gently navigate through this stage in my life. I'm grateful to know that this is temporary and that it will pass with time and journaling, something I have always hoped was true but hadn't seen until recently.

I'm certain that everything will be alright. And for now, I draw and talk to past selves with compassion.