TRIGGER WARNING: MdDS warriors with visual sensitivity are advised to not scroll down. The image below the next two paragraphs may increase symptoms.
”If I could draw,” Laurel wrote, “I would draw a person falling off of a cliff, over & over again. Then, landing in an abyss so deep, the person cannot climb out of it. Stuck in a sea of suffering. Then, falling deeper down, as symptoms worsen over time. I now also have much dizziness / vertigo with mdds .. not fully sure how to draw that.. maybe circles around & inside the head. Maybe an artist can draw this for me?”
That’s a lot! That’s so MdDS. But AI stepped up to the plate and delivered! We used an online art generator and some of Laurel’s words to create this depiction of MdDS. What symptoms do you see? How do you feel?
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We are sharing stories and original imagery that depict MdDS throughout June, the awareness month for MdDS. You don’t have to be an established artist to participate! Just have fun and use your creativity to show MdDS as an image. Visualizing MdDS can help others understand how you feel, physically or emotionally. Or how chronic illness has impacted you and your family. To be considered for publication to our blog, newsletter, or any of our social media pages, send your story and original artwork [no stock images or copyrighted material (unless it belongs to you) PNG preferred] to connect@mddsfoundation.org and a board director will be in touch with you. Add your voice and vision to ours and make a bigger impact!
FREE RESOURCE for MdDS warriors between 18-35 years of age: sign up for Epic Arts at Our Odyssey. Funded by a Global Genes grant, it is a free weekly therapeutic art-making meet-up led by an art therapist. It’s virtual and open to young adults with rare and/or chronic conditions.
Viewing made my symptoms increase.
The words explained it for me!
The digital world is great but unfortunately for me it is a nightmare.
I will try to put something together that will help.
Thanks
We apologize and have added a trigger warning to the top of this post. You may be interested in the research article published by Dr. Yoon-Hee Cha, “Metabolic and functional connectivity changes in mal de debarquement syndrome.” This peer-reviewed article reveals that MdDS subjects showed hyper metabolism, hypometabolism and connectivity changes in areas of the brain associated with motion and visual processing.
We look forward to seeing what you put together. If you’d like us to share your piece to our blog, newsletter, or any of our social media pages, just email us at connect@mddsfoundation.org. Don’t forget to tell us the title of your piece if it has one. Thank you!
I don’t know about others, but the abstract drawings—especially any with motion—are difficult, uncomfortable, for me to look at
We apologize and have added a trigger warning to the top of this post. You may be interested in the research article published by Dr. Yoon-Hee Cha, “Metabolic and functional connectivity changes in mal de debarquement syndrome.” This peer-reviewed article reveals that MdDS subjects showed hyper metabolism, hypometabolism and connectivity changes in areas of the brain associated with motion and visual processing.