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When mental health becomes creative material

I want to make art about my depression but I worry people will think I am just seeking attention

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Using personal psychological struggle as artistic content risks conflating genuine creative expression with performative victimhood in ways that undermine both healing and art.

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