Since being diagnosed with a mental health disorder in 2014, I have become interested in exploring how mental health issues contribute to the formation and alteration of identity. In my current works, anxiety disorders are the basis of exploration into this topic. My series, both in realism and abstraction, challenges the existing ideologies surrounding mental health issues. Using a combination of text, abstraction, symbolism and portraiture, I attempt to reflect the diversity of issues and effects caused by anxiety disorders.