Stunted Growth
Melissa Bender

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"Stunted Growth": The mood I was in when I drew this picture is similar to the mood I was in when I created "Alone in a storm", only a little angrier. I was feeling extremely frustrated living with my intense melancholy and my dissatisfaction with life. I felt cut off from things that the people around me had and I felt I didn't - things like popularity, beauty and self-confidence. If I could just break the invisible barrier I felt around me and "emerge into light" like everyone else, I could flourish and grow. But I felt trapped under the weight of my depression, and all I could do was look outside.

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