I have struggled so with my anxiety and anger, it came to a head in a breakdown last summer.
I went into weekly video therapy, and set to rebuilding myself better.

In time, my furry fandom concepts came to be useful in this.

My anxiety is like a mirror, a mockery of my brave otter side. I call him Dobhar-chu, after the Irish river spirit.

He tries to scare me out of every healthy choice I could otherwise make, second-guessing me at several opportunities.

Then there's my anger, always pouncing on any worries to make me aggressively micromanage my life. I call her Aemilia, the Wolf-Mother. I am trying to bring her to heel, to tame her and have her help me instead of being jumpy and making my life harder.

Put a name and/or a face to your demons, Sarah. Don't let them push you around any longer.

Giving your bad takes a name lets you challenge those thoughts more efficiently. If you can figure out where your bad ideas and feeling is- our "demons" fit in, you can brush them aside and do what they don't want you to... more energy to what you do want to do.

They Are a part of you. But so are Sarah and Butterfli and all your other furry creations. Protect them and yourself by naming and fighting your demons. You can do it

❤️

Very well put. When I drew this, I mean it in a way to "acknowledge" them, not ignore them. But giving a name to them is a brilliant idea. I'll have to apply that.

Acknowledging the daemons is important. Keeping them from leading you astray is where your inner strength comes to play.

Yes, true. I'm working on finding a way to prevent them from getting me lost. I will win. ❤️

You are strong. You got this.

Heh.... Me, every day. =/

But can I make the demons into what I want?

Cause if I am going to be stuck with them I want to at least like what I am looking at.

You absolutely can, I've learned. Most of them just want to be seen and heard.

They're 'Squeakers' aren't they?

Some can be LOL