This article showed that Chinese families have a high degree of restraint over each other.In addition, it reflects the specific parent-child relationship in China. In the eyes of parents, children are always children who need to be taken care of, rather than independent individuals.

Another family relationship with obvious Chinese cultural characteristics is influenced by Implicit and introverted Chinese expression. We are not very good at speaking I love you, but usually express it in speech and behavior, The love between father and son is representative of the Chinese way of expressing emotions. This point is also expressed in the detailed description of father and son's farewell at the station in the article named figure by Ziqing Zhu. I said, dad, you might leave now. but he looked out of the window and said, “I’m going to by some tangerines for you. You just stay here, do not move around.”

People express their anxiety online, and the developed online world and different social software, media, etc. make the anxiety spread more widely, and people's followers will see this anxiety as normal, thus plunging the whole society into an anxious mood.

People may not get illness by no reason, even psychological illness. Without physiological causes, people will only acquire mental problems by events which usually involves their familiars in their lives.From these materials, we can clearly see that people are affected by the society and relationships deeply, such as children are affected by their parents, teachers and friends. The individuals would not only follow the order and simulate the behavior from the society in order to be a part of it, also keep thinking what kind of the status they are placed. Based on this principle of the social animal, those who live in isolation, like bullied children, are more probably to acquire a mental problem. However, since the society is such powerful to impact its subjects, it is responsible to devote in offering a healthy mental environment, which means the society (not only in the country, but in a neighborhood, workplace, school, etc.) is also powerful to create a positive circumstance to help people who are struggling with psychological problems, and keep others in a positive mental status.

Environment factors are also a reason that affects mental health in addition to the family and social environment. But is often overlooked because it is less obvious and direct.

This painting is a very good representation of the feelings of a person who has fallen into mental problems. The weeds and branches are like the various thoughts in the mind that surround and bury themselves. Although they are soft, they make it hard for people to breathe.

The scene of this video may be that everyone who is losing weight has fantasized in their minds, get rid of the flesh and becoming the "standard figure". Although aesthetic diversity, body diversification and freedom of dressing are appealed, there are still many people who are suffering from body anxiety.People with bad body images are generally not confident, feel dissatisfied or ashamed of their figure, and even look at certain parts of their body (such as nose, waist, thighs, etc.) with a distorted perspective. These people often face higher mental health risks, such as anxiety, low self-esteem, social fears and depression, and may further lead to physical deformation disorders, eating disorders and other diseases.People with body anxiety are those with a high incidence of eating disorders. The symptoms of patients include dieting, excessive exercise, overeating, vomiting after meals, use of laxatives, etc. Eating disorders can have many negative effects on the patient's health, mood and life.

The Subway is the best known of the figurative paintings George Tooker made in response to the social injustices and isolation of postwar urban society—paintings that find an analogue in the period’s existentialist philosophy. In The Subway, Tooker employed multiple vanishing points and sophisticated modeling to create an imagined world that is presented in a familiar urban setting. Whether closed off in tiled niches or walking down the long passageway, each androgynous, anxiety-ridden figure appears psychologically estranged, despite being physically close to others in the station. The central group of commuters is locked in a grid of the metal grating’s cast shadows, while the labyrinthine passages seem to lead nowhere, suspending the city’s inhabitants in a modern purgatory. As Tooker remarked, he chose the subway as the setting for this painting because it represented “a denial of the senses and a negation of life itself.”

Mental depression and distress can put a load on the body and cause harm at the same time, such as sleep, diet, and other problems, which in turn makes mental stress more, a vicious circle. So perhaps maintaining a healthy routine and keeping the body healthy can also side-effect mental problems.

Too much concern for the views of others is the main manifestation of social phobia, fear of other people's eyes, the illusion of embarrassing scenarios, and the lack of coping methods in the face of embarrassment also make social phobia a vicious cycle. But perhaps it can be said that people with social phobia have low self-esteem but an excess of self-awareness, over-amplifying themselves in their imagination unable to extricate themselves, thus making the social thing more and more serious.

"The whole system and mode of operation of human society today is based on the majority of so-called 'normal' people, and is designed for such a majority of existence, but nature is not a machine, nature will create all kinds of possibilities of life, autistic group is one such existence. In such not design society for them, they will be suffering a lot of not adapt, discrimination and misunderstanding. Their feeling, thinking, cognitive style and communication frequency are born with what we call a normal person is different. They are not able to express what they see and perceive in the usual way, and they may be more sensitive than the average person. In such an environment, they gradually feel the strange eyes around them, so they become uneasy and panic, but in fact they have done nothing wrong.The reason I chose this picture is as he makes clear in this an introduction to this picture, he was aware that an intense consideration of autistic was not common to healthy people in society. to create a better atmosphere for autistic patients to feel their own existence and better find suitable life track relies on more people know this group, adapt to and accept their existence with a more tolerant attitude, and offer help to them when they are in trouble.ZIKAI proposes metaphorical approach to introduce this particular group to the community. The autistic person is likened to a mythical beast with different expressions. There are many images of half man and half beast in all the world mythology since ancient times. Each animal has different way of communication and observation. The image of the ancient existed in the artist’s eyes is a symbol of the group different from normal people in human society, they have their own keen perception, has its own expression and frequency, they also need to get a response. Whatever means, making the public more caring and understanding of the special groups suffering from mental health diseases, and telling ordinary stories, can increase the goodwill between people and create a better social atmosphere.

In the upper right corner of the work, there is an ear that has received external information. We can see "Love is strong", but another message is blocked. It can be seen that at this stage when the condition is very unstable, Bryan still insists on choosing the information to receive, observing all the information rationally, and adhering to the concept of believing in love instead of relying on drugs.

Ordinary people may have prejudices against people with mental illnesses, such as peculiar behaviors and bizarre words, but that people who have mental illnesses just feel the world differently than ordinary people. They see the world from a different perspective, just as the artist Yayoi Kusama sees polka dots in her eyes and Van Gogh sees turbulence in his brush. Their works provide us with a different perspective on things.

At the age of 11, Niki was sexually abused by her drunken father and began to realize the misadventures of the women in her family. Our home was once stuffy and suffocating, a closed space with rare freedom and privacy. I didn't want to be the patron saint of my family. I yearn for the world, but the world belongs to the men. A woman can be queen, but she must stay in her beehive，Niki wrote in her autobiography. She tried to escape the shadow of childhood by marriage. Niki's spirit broke down and she was admitted to a mental hospital. Finally, at the doctor's suggestion, Niki began to engage in art.

For doctors, it seems that the only way to treat patients is to continuously give high doses of drugs, even if this does not improve the patient's condition. For Bryan, rational insight seems to be the truth that can change everything, that is, the understanding of love itself. He can realize that to a schizophrenic patient, the so-called rational insight seems absurd and unreliable.But it cannot be ruled out that there is no such possibility, and each patient should be treated differently, rather than grouped together.

Kusama was found himself in the visual, hearing, and heart can feel the nature, the universe and human, flowers, and blood is sweeping the world, they are in the form of magic, horror and mystery impress her, her life firmly trapped, these hidden in the soul behind the monster is like ghost, stubborn, all the year round with her companions, Until it drove her to a half-mad state. But art for her was like documenting her life and healing her own illness (mental visual disorder). In her world, where furniture talks and a sofa has a human face, she draws these things as an outlet. So the purpose of art therapy is catharsis, to allow the individual to make peace with the painful memory and obtain relief. The ritualistic process of storing memories of the past one by one in a work and then quietly preserving it sometimes leads to a handshake with the past.Freud saw artists as "daydreamers". He believed that people use artistic means to express the subconscious which is dominated by the instinctive desire, and these desires can be realized in the art world to relieve the pressure of the "id" impulse, without causing mental problems. It also argues that it is not just artists who are compensated in the process, but the wider audience. Art works on the principle of pleasure. In art works, no matter punishment for evil and praise for good, or happy ending can give people pleasure, but also have the nature of disguised "compensation".

‘This wordless picturebook tells the story of a lonely girl who moves house and school and needs to find a way of making friends. She finds a special rabbit, which she uses to help her make new friends – a clever device, although she soon discovers that she can be a good friend without anything special to help her. The pace of the pictures, and hence the story, varies interestingly – sometimes fast, sometimes more reflective. A very personal book, it makes its point with gentle humour.’—The BolognaRagazzi Award Jury

Niki's creation starts from the collapse and finds her own expression in the struggle. From the "shooting art" at the beginning to a defender of women's rights, she actively used paintings and sculptures to express her dissatisfaction. The plump image of Nana exaggerates the maternal characteristics, and the bright colors and vivid body movements seem to encourage viewers to break all constraints, to be confident and proud.

While most of the traditional treatments for psychological problems are medication, psychotherapy or modified electroconvulsive therapy(MECT), the existence of this article made me realize that there is a very innovative and interesting way of trying to rehabilitate people with mental illness.

This approach can be considered as a branch of art therapy, which is practiced by a counsellor who picture the patient's past trauma and use the outcome to interacts with the patient in order to heal him or her. In this process, the patient could share, talk about, and confront their trauma, and ultimately see and evaluate their trauma from a new perspective.

In previous picture-based art therapy, the patient usually creates the painting and the therapist interprets the picture, but this approach is the other way round, which requires a high degree of empathy and countertransference between the therapist and the patient. in this way, he could understand better the feelings of isolation, rejection, loss, and alienation that many of his patients experience every day, in return, viewing the paintings is an intense experience for the patients as well.Using artwork to understand the experience of mental illness: Mainstream artists and Outsider artists

The reason why I think this approach is unique is because not all people with mental illness are able to describe their feelings in detail and this approach helps individuals to express and communicate their feelings without the need for words or logic, for example, when people want to share their feelings or traumatic experiences with loved ones, a sincere picture with a lot of emotional tension will always be more understandable and resonate than just words

In the article, the author mentions that he has searched extensively in the literature but has been unable to find any information or practice using this approach to art therapy, and now, more than ten years later, I have tried searching and found nothing but this article by the author. It seems to me that this is a really creative and promising form of therapy, but why is it so rarely used in practice? I think it is because in traditional art therapy, the therapist only needs to listen, analyze and interpret from an observer and professional perspective, whereas this counter-empathy approach requires the therapist to repeatedly figure out and feel the pain that the patient is experiencing, which is actually emotionally and psychologically taxing and damaging to the therapist himself. Even so, I hope this reader will attract more people to this field.

Bunt uses sensitive colors and carefully designed composition, and the scenes of the artist's dogs, farmers and landscapes are depicted straightly and nostalgically, reminiscent of the early British artist Christopher wood. He is also a poet, and many of his poems are accompanied by personal paintings. Born in East Peckham, England, he was a farm worker in 1957 and later became a builder, and did not begin painting until he was about 25. He fought with disease as an adult and eventually converted to Christianity, and he often regarded Christianity as part of his practice. In 2016, bunt held an exhibition called by the grace of God at the Portland Gallery in London. In the exhibition, he put the Biblical Scene in the background of contemporary British society and reinterpreted the biblical scene.These artists in the process of creation and thinking to ease emotional conflicts, constantly refresh self-awareness and self-development. Their desire for living and their love for life make them actively self repair and strive to balance the internal and external world of individuals.

‘I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression since I was a teenager. There have been times when it has crippled me, and I was afraid of everything. I started to face my fears, my demons head on and I still do. It’s scary in the dark but what’s more scary to me is denying and suppressing what lurks beneath the surface. My mental health is good these days. My dark days are still here, but I no longer turn them away.’ Tiger, Shark and Me Sit Down for Tea by Emma Haddow (2017)

There is no doubt that depression and anxiety are like demons in the dark in life. Instead of denying and suppressing their existence, it is better to accept them and find a way to get along with them. the Jungian idea is that part of personality development is to understand your shadow (those things about you that you do not want to admit to).

Songsantu, an artist, often uses flowers and plants as her theme, because plants have vigorous vitality. Seeing her works, you can feel the power of art that she wants to convey to the audience, the power of life, the power of upward spray and savage growth.

It's a therapeutic tool. The audience is those who feel depressed and confused in life.

Life is like dark and wet soil, always trying to bury us. But we can also be seeds, in the kingdom of plants, breaking through the dark. This exuberant vitality can give people strength, let people injured heart grow up again, like the spring plants, like the shining stars at night.

Picasso said: Good artists imitate fur, great artists steal soul. I think the artist song santu is such a soul stealer. Opening the door of her identity as an artist, people can find different identities such as aura astrologer and art healer, which bring spiritual nourishment to her artistic creation from different angles and consciousness levels.Song Santu can draw creative inspiration from the universe, the occult and nature. In her words, "I use myself as a medium to peer into the universe through meditation, download some symbols and language that I perceive, and then record them in the paintings in a very fast way." In her works, I can often feel that human life is very passionate and it may spill over into other people's lives, and at such times I feel that I too can be released and burned in such a passionate way. In her flowers and universe, I feel the endless vitality, the impending collision and pouring out.

When Nychos was facing severe health problems and was about to die, he had spiritual healing with friends. He created this mural after he recovered. the reason why I chose this graffiti by Nychos is that this piece fundamentally shows the chakra system through his anatomy style, which is way better to express and explain how the chakra arranged and operates. And the huge size of this graffiti makes this tool of communication more striking and noticeable to the public. The works created by artists through their own experience are usually more persuasive to the public, so this work also allows them to realize that there is a hidden energy system that is significantly related to both physical and mental health. More Influential artists creating their work with spiritual knowledge, more people who appreciate those artworks are able to get a sense of this kind of information. then there is the possibility that people can learn and understand this system and use it for healing them from mental problems.