How to educate about mental mental illnesses in order to achieve a better understanding for those affected?
More and more people suffer from depression themselves or know people in their circle who are affected. Nevertheless, authentic experiences are rarely shared. As a result, those affected still encounter stigmas and a lack of understanding. The posters I created visualize that the disease acts subliminally and often invisibly to outsiders, but can affect anyone. Yet the psychological impact on individuals is immense. The words of people suffering from depression provide a deep insight into their daily lives with the disease. For those affected, there is often more behind answers to simple questions like, ‚How are you doing?‘ The closer you look, the more you find out.

Programmes// Adobe Illustrator
created // 2020

»Better than ever.«

»I'm good.«

»Everything's super.«

Report Excerpts

»Everything seems normal on the outside, but inside I'm a wreck and on the verge of breaking down.«

»To better understand what a depression feels like: like a lead-heavy suit. But that's just one small aspect. Depression is a state of bottomless hopelessness.«

»All I can do is lie there trembling and giving out strangled screams until I can't breathe.«