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• Marbles

  Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me : a Graphic Memoir

  Forney, Ellen

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  Details author's experiences with managing the highs and lows of bipolar disorder, and explores the association of mood disorders with creativity.

• Psychiatric Tales

  Eleven Graphic Stories About Mental Illness

  Cunningham, Darryl

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  The author summarizes characteristics of several mental health conditions and shares some of his experiences working in psychiatric hospital ward

• Lighter Than My Shadow

  Green, Katie (Illustrator),

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  Deeply personal graphic memoir chronicling the author's experience with eating disorders, and the continued struggles of recovery.

• My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness

  Nagata, Kabi,

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  While the plot centers around (the true story of) a young woman hiring an escort, this manga is less about sexuality than it is about mental health. The author depicts her lengthy struggles with depression, eating disorders, self harm, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hyperbole and a Half

  Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

  Brosh, Allie

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  In her unique comedic and artistic style, Brosh presents the dark hole that is depression, how it suddenly entered her life, and her flawed yet humorous way of coping with anxieties and everyday events.

• The Worrier's Guide to Life

  Correll, Gemma

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  Correll describes herself as a World Championship Worrier and an Expert Insomniac in a comedic take on her issues with anxiety, hypochondria, and sleep disorders.

• It's All Absolutely Fine

  Life Is Complicated So I've Drawn It Instead

  Elliot, Ruby (Author),

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  Covers mental health issues ranging from anxiety to mood disorders to body image issues, with an overall message that it is ok to struggle and not be "fine" all the time.

• Mis(h)adra

  Ata, Iasmin Omar

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  While epilepsy is a neurological disorder rather than a mental illness, the protagonist suffers from significant depression and anxiety about his condition that mirror other psychological illnesses.

• Inside Out

  Portrait of An Eating Disorder

  Shivack, Nadia

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  Covers the turmoil of the author's lifelong battle with anorexia and bulimia which she calls Ed (for eating disorder).

• RX

  a Graphic Memoir

  Lindsay, Rachel,

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