Exit

I was in therapy. Right after I had my second child, I suffered from pretty bad postpartum depression. The worst depression I’ve ever felt( and I’ve felt pretty horrible before). I was having thoughts of dying, of feeling at peace with dying. And that wasn’t normal for me. Not that I am ever afraid of death but it wasn’t something I looked forward to any time soon. But at this point in my life I was craving it.

That’s when I knew I needed real help. Help that I couldn’t do myself anymore. My past was eating away at me..slowly.. taking me into a darkness I couldn’t climb out of.

So I started therapy. And I chose the first therapist I found because I felt a connection just from reading about her.

She was so warm and inviting and I knew I found the right one. I seen her for 2 years. She got into my past and found exactly where my trauma started and I let out things I had never let out to anyone before. And it was the most life changing experience I’ve gone through. We did sessions that focused around EMDR and ART, and it rewired my brain.

This was the start of my art journey. My husband bought me all the tools I need to start and I just started painting the feelings I was going through during therapy. This is where the painting “Exit” came from. It represents the pain to finally understanding why you are the way you are. And that healing is coming and it makes sense.

All of my life I just thought I was the way I am and it couldn’t be changed. I would always have anxiety..I would always be afraid of confrontation. Always be depressed. But I found the reason for these things and it all came from my childhood and I finally felt freedom.

So decided to paint it.

I’ve had this painting since the start of my journey. Hoping it would find someone who resonated with it like I do.

Exit is a 18×24 abstract acrylic painting on a canvas board.

Available if you resonate with her 💚

https://www.gingerlianneart.com/product-page/exit