Art Therapy: A Psychoanalytic Study of Drawings of Teenage Girls to Understand Their Anxiousness Better

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Anxiety is a normal and sometimes even healthy feeling to have. Whenever we are put in a situation that might put us in harm's way due to anything in the outside environment, our anxiety response kicks in to protect us and keep us safe. Because of this, the "fight or flight" reaction is triggered inside us, which causes us to become hyperaware and able to take action. Anxiety disorders are brought on when a person reacts with higher-than-normal levels of worry to everyday events and circumstances that the vast majority of us can deal with in a calm and collected manner and that are common in daily lives (Katherine Martinelli, 2018). Many Indian adolescent girls have painful and chronic anxiety. Parents, schools, and mental health professionals must work together to solve this issue. Anxiety disorders in children and teens may be on the rise owing to more public awareness rather than an increase in occurrence. The number of needy and cared-for young females is imbalanced. This Research Paper is based on the practical psychoanalytic study of drawings created by different anxious teenage girls.