Cluster C by Natalie Perkins
Cluster C (anxious or fearful disorders)
- Avoidant personality disorder: social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation and avoidance of social interaction
- Dependent personality disorder: pervasive psychological dependence on other people.
- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (not the same as obsessive-compulsive disorder): characterized by rigid conformity to rules, moral codes, and excessive orderliness
Gouache, watercolour, coloured pencils and ink on brown card.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License
Comments
Aww, this is lovely. …Omg, I have the first disorder…
I’m so serious. Avoidant personality disorder. I have to look it up.
Wow, I totally think I have it, when I was a kid I would wear trench coats so others couldn’t see me, and avoid all crowds. I NEVER made friends, people would come to me to ask to be my friend. Even up to my years in college I would avoid everyone and would often turn back if there was a lot of people in one given area. Omg…
However, since growing up and even leaving college I’ve been working on moving past it…art helped alot since it always was an icebreaker. Wow…This is crazy though. All of these symptoms I had to work through and fight past….
I definitely have avoidant personality disorder, it has been a huge battle all of my life :( It was very confusing for me, and sometimes still is, because I am also an extrovert so I get quite jumbled up inside the old noggin…
– Natalie Perkins
I’m sure that 90% of the world would fit somewhere in those three disorders….shame we have to be categorised…..I’ve always been the sort of person who would resist being placed into a neat and tidy “personality” trait….heh
I do love your work though :)
For me it sort of worked the other way, I have known there was something wrong with me all along but it took a lot of cough drama and BS to get me to talk to a psychologist to figure it out. It was a relief knowing that the reason why I did or didn’t do certain things was because it was an actual disorder that other people suffered!
At any rate, I am sort of feeling avoidance and I painted this because I always want to avoid reality and live inside my head inside preposterous imaginings, and I know I shouldn’t!
– Natalie Perkins
ahhh, well if I had to “fit” I’d be in the avoidance personality disorder too, however, I have found that I can overcome it if I wish to, and having to go to work to teach others has forced me to get out there. I’ve always just said I’m lazy….
of course, avoiding reality is so much easier with the interwebs…..if I didn’t have to go out to work I’d probably stay here in the safety of my computer cocoon….
I fear my son may be like me though…..so what’s the treatment?
The treatment? Ha, constant self scolding. No wait, that’s a symptom… haha. I’m not sure I’ve got it perfected, seeing as I find it entirely too tempting to slip into my avoidant ways!
– Natalie Perkins
Self scolding ain’t gonna work for my son, he’s avoiding admitting he’s got avoidance issues….lol. I guess I’ll have to categorise him and nag him till he’s crazy then….oh well….better get some sleep to prepare. Thanks for the insights!
Tick……Avoidance? Hmmm me too. You know Natalie, I think we all have a bit of one thing or another. I like to say that my world is a very nice place to be, and judging by this beautiful work, so is yours. If we did not have these issues we wold not have such wonderful artists as yourself. How fortunate you are to have the ability to share yourself through your art in such a beautiful way. Bravo.
A beautiful work- love the dark background in comparsion to the fluffy clouds.
I think in def have 1 and 3 traits naturally but lack of trait 2 (I hate depending on others) probably pushes me to overcome them most of the time- I have to really in my line of work :)))) xx
Funny there’s always a label for things
Wonderful work!
omg, your pieces are adorable .. this is so beautiful ! …
If we were to take the DSM IV to heart, each and everyone of us would instantly commit ourselves to the nearest mental health facility. I love this, in fact all of your work clicks into place inside my heart. With love from a Cluster C sufferer. xox jenb