At FLOW, we feel super passionately about the mental health of our youth. Because of this, we want to make some of the resources our team has created available to those youth, their leaders, and their parents/guardians. Below is an exhaustive archive of the mental health comics we have on our instagram, available for your download.

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If you or someone you know is struggling and need emergency mental health care, here are some hotlines to get the help you need:

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline : 988

Crisis Text Line (text TALK or HOME) : 741741

 
comparison 1
Trouble EXPRESSING FEELINGS
newness and imperfection
 
healing isn’t linear
The way we talk to ourselves
head vs heart
 
battle with depression
Loneliness, self isolation
intrusive thoughts
 
perfectionism
when the unimaginable happens
social anxiety
 
mind reading
meaningless sadness
sensory overload
 
social media 1
when you don’t know what you need
knowing yourself
 
fear of the future
performance anxiety
needing a slow day
 
letting people in when you're struggling
treating yourself as well as you treat others
when silence is loud
 
body image
tools for when you're struggling
juggling too much
 
happiness vs joy
everyone’s needs are different
ugly phase of healing
 
what is self care
feeling bad makes it hard to function
comparison 2
 
good to feel bad
punishing yourself
panic attacks
 
troublemaker
not-so-happy holidays
suicidal thoughts
 
medication shame
feeling better vs getting better
disordered eating
 
guilt vs shame
Anger IS A SECONDARY EMOTION
big personality
 
Fight, flight, freeze, and Fawn
dealing with disappointments
codependency
 
Grief is unpredictable
when you're angry at what you can’t control
facing your own feelings
 
being bullied
when you hurt loved ones because you are hurting
Stewing in anger is like poison
 
avoiding our trauma
Doing your best is different for everyone
what is self care, really
 
girls are just so emotional
Staying strong isn’t struggling alone
“Boys don't cry is wrong”
 
nice vs kind
your body knows before your mind
finding the little joys
 
TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF WHEN YOU'RE DEPRESSED
NO ONE IS PAYING AS MUCH ATTENTION TO YOU AS YOU THINK
HOW TO RESPOND TO A FRIEND IN NEED
 
allow yourself to rest
You can't control how people feel about you
you are what you eat
 
numbing with your phone
using substances to numb pain
trust your gut
 
focus on the positive
you do not need to brand yourself
check in on your strong friends
 
will it always be like this?
fixating on other's opinions of you
we never know what's coming
 
calming your body from panic
doing normal things when you're struggling
anger is easy to access
 
hard to be hopeful
the holidays are not always happy
figuring it out is ok
 
you put out what you take in
when you don't see a future for yourself
will it always be like this?
 
you will always be alone
waking up from a good dream when you're doing badly
when everything feels like it sucks
 
putting people on a pedestal
There's no shame in speaking up
the journey to love yourself
 
progress
lies can come from within
minimize the blast zone
 
change is terrifying and uncomfortable
being in the moment
asking for help when you're stuck in panic
 
TURN AWAY FROM FEAR AND TOWARDS LOVE
a healthy life looks different for everybody
WE SHOULD ALL KNOW LESS ABOUT EACH OTHER
 
S L O W D O W N
BALANCE OF TAKING CARE OF OTHERS AND YOURSELF
SELF DIAGNOSIS CAN BE DANGEROUS
 
CHAMELEONS
People Can't Read Your Mind
MAKING YOURSELF SMALLER
 
ALL BODIES REST DIFFERENTLY
BEING UNAFFECTED DOESN'T MAKE YOU COOL
BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS
 
White Lies
what is home
why you should stay
 
when the world feels heavy
YOU DON'T NEED AN EXCUSE TO HAVE A BAD DAY
we're all bad at rest
 
Too plugged in
too embarrassed to try
the work is never done
 
success based self worth
speak kindly about yourself
putting yourself in a box
 
medicating with substances
productivity isn't the point
life is an uphill battle
 
just show up
intrusive thoughts (pt 2)
jokes about needing help
 
holiday blues
hating on your past self
feeling other
 
centering yourself
be curious about yourself