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Vent Art - Everything's Fine

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It's a rare day when I draw vent art - hell, this is the first picture with the Vent Art prefix in my deviantART gallery. I usually don't draw vent art because I'm usually too busy being happy, but today marks an exception.

For the past couple of weeks, I've been dealing with University being confusing, Centrelink being frustrating, my own general incompetence at real life, and my (undiagnosed and fairly weak) social anxiety. This has created an ever-persistant cloud of negativity that, until now, has been overwhelmed by my general optimism that I always have because, as I keep saying, I'm awesome.

Somebody I know (Who, by the way, I will be pointing out) posted something on Facebook that fell right into my biggest fear - fear of apocalyptic events - and that broke the dam and cascaded a wave of panic I haven't felt since my first year of high-school. And because I'm not used to such an overload of negative emotions I had to stop and calm myself down for about an hour, and even then it's not fully working.

So, I thought the best way to 1) let people know how I'm feeling right now and 2) help myself recover better, I decided to draw a picture of Epsilon (my genderswapped self, for those few who don't know already) panicking and desperately trying to reassure herself just like I have been. It helped quite a bit, and this rant itself has converted my panic into simple sadness, which is a much more workable emotion. Yes, I could have drawn myself in this position, but I really think the picture works better with Epsi instead of me.

I could've been angry at the person who posted the thing. I could've torn her apart for playing havoc with a fear she almost certainly didn't know I had. But I don't like yelling at people, so I'll only say this: Nexxion, I know you didn't mean to set off a wave of panic, but please don't post or like anything like that again. I like being a somewhat functional adult rather than a barely functional one. And I'm sorry I had to point you out like this, please don't hold it against me.

Sorry for my rant, I just REALLY had to get this out. Either way, enjoy the picture, I certainly enjoyed drawing it myself :)

Oh, and as always, Art is (c) Me

tl;dr: I panicked a bit so I drew a picture to make me feel better.
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