Cloud Nine Designs

Visual Art – Wollongong

My name is Dakota Walsh and I\'m a 20-year-old student studying Early Childhood. During my HSC I suffered anxiety and experienced severe panic attacks as a result of being bullied. Because of this, I sometimes felt useless and that there was nothing I could do to prevent or minimise the impact of this while I undertook my HSC exams. To help me clear my head, I began to create fine art drawings as a coping mechanism. These drawings have helped me come out the other side of my anxiety both happy and hopeful and I aim to inspire other teenagers who may experience some of the feelings I did to realise that it gets better.