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title: A drawing of my anxiety in the classroom
description: I always expressed myself better in drawings than in words. If only I could have communicated my anxiety back then as well as I do now.
slug: illustration-anxiety-in-the-classroom
author: Ilena Katsonis
published: '2020-06-16T16:56:41.883Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/1ikQQOmM2Ds3HijWHBaw8o/b756353f3ffc3f168b48c638fe469f57/A_drawing_of_my_anxiety_in_the_classroom.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/illustration-anxiety-in-the-classroom
lang: en
---

# A drawing of my anxiety in the classroom

![](https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/5zAmQziJQSkcwLvOqqXH5h/46a80be8246afe6d2aff7c10fc6a5679/IMG_20200525_142445161_2_1200x900.jpg)

Honestly, I wasn’t in school for long. Most of what I remember of it was the crippling anxiety and the poor comments I got from my teachers. 

My actions and abilities never translated to how I was actually feeling. It was exhausting—and ended up looking a bit like this.

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