As displayed above, one phrase that describes a philosophy that I try to live by is, it's okay to not be okay" because of it's direct correlation to both mental health and everyday life. The pressures of the world can feel very isolating and overwhelming to manage, especially when intertwined into how someone is perceived in society. Therefore, this philosophy gives people the permission to feel out their emotions and be vulnerable with those around them, without feeling like they need to "fake" anything. Admitting that your struggling is not a failure on your part, its instead a sign that your growing as a human and that everything you are feeling is normal. Just because your at your lowest one day doesn't instantly mean that you can't jump back into your "normal self", it just means you need space to reflect.
To properly visualize this, I have chosen to make a simple depiction of this philosophy. Starting on the left side of the design, there is a straight line that slopes once it reaches the center, and then slowly slopes back up to reach the right side of the page. This dip represents the feeling of going from a base level, or normalcy, to the lowest of lows, emotionally and physically. However, as the growth the reflection periods occur, the line gradually goes back up, representing a newfound calmness and peace with feeling "okay" again. In the center of the design, I have chosen to insert a picture of myself to represent how I've experienced similar things, in a way to make people feel less alone by having a real human face depicted over a drawing.
This simple yet effective design can be applied to a multitude of different situations in life, from friendship breakups to heartbreak. We all have experienced some sort of event that triggered the line to go down, yet, the importance of the rebound and the line increasingly going up is important. Sometimes, these experiences do have a linear beginning and ending, since they can present waves of different emotions. No matter what, the meanings are the same in that everyone is not always on the straight line, and we all have dips in our life. In the end, though, understanding that we are all human makes this experience feel less loaded.