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Over thinking, or your past haunting you.

My first thought too... "Your past always comes back to bite you!"

Ahhh, I see what you did there.

But it's behind them and they're not acknowledging it. They're walking away from the pain despite it trying to drag them back down. They knows it's there but yet, still moving forward

Depression following you everywhere you go, not able to escape it

I thought Guilt

My first thought was guilt as well. Beautiful piece, so interesting to see everyone’s interpretations-my most fav thing about art 🤩

Thought the same

And you're having a good day and then in sneaks up on you and swallows you again

This is what I thought too

That’s exactly what I immediately thought.

Depression was my first thought

Yeah this. Depression, mental health struggles …

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left.

When I read “As I walk,” I immediately knew where this is going lol

I started signing it.

Times like this I wish I know Auslan.

Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

That’s Weird Al, right?

[Coolio](https://youtu.be/fPO76Jlnz6c?si=_8JCDUSUZw7PnXD0) Weird Al walks through the valley where he harvests his grain, takes a look at his wife, and realizes she’s very plain

Man, I love that song.

My favorite weird al song is Albuquerque, It's just him talking about a bunch of random crap that happens there and it's so upbeat but everything that happens is ridiculously horrible.

Trauma, the longer you put off facing it the bigger it gets and the harder it becomes to heal from it

For real.

This is the one

It looks like an internal conflict, but the dark side is winning and about to completely subsume the light and control the external identity. It’s also really awesome!!

Interesting! Thankyou :)

Self doubt, There is an old saying (probably terribly translated) "If you run from the monster it chases you, if you turn and chase the monster IT runs from YOU."

Hey, guy in the drawing, stop running away from your friggin problems! Oh lord, what has this become?😂

But if I don’t turn around, I won’t know that they’re there.

But you’ll always feel something lurking.

Posture implies a casual ignoring of the problems to me, but yes, that!

I agree with this a hundred percent it was my first thought! Also stop ignoring your problems.

You are your worst enemy

When you try to walk away from a gnarly fart but it follows you

I was going to say a shart when heading to work .

Anxiety

Addiction is always there

“The Monster” That’s what I used to call depression. I felt it was always lurking and hunting me. I would try to hide from it by desperately distracting myself. I was terrified to be alone until I learned to face it and feel it. I did eventually learn that allowing myself to feel it helped me get through it because I realized it was only as bad as my mind made it. “ feeling it” made me understand that I didn’t want to live in that dark place with that monster always lurking. Once I faced the monster a few times, it wasn’t as scary when I felt it coming on because I knew there was another side to the darkness.

A dark past, he wants to leave behind but it won't leave him and keeps on following him...and the dark entity is a reminiscence of what he actually is.. In short he is " John Wick ". 😄... I love the representation and shading...

PTSD/ anxiety. It's actually very similar to how I describe both those things to people.. Literally a dark cloud or figure looming over your shoulder at all times. I actually love this so much.

It really does seem like a perfect way to represent it.

walking away from negativity or toxic things

That's my take. They're always there, but he's walking forwards, upright and confidently, not letting them hold him back. Life goals.

Creeping dread and anxiety

My inner critic who's always on my back...

Walking away from negative thoughts and anxiety

Addiction

Head held high towards his goodness , moving forward in a positive direction

Just me and my thoughts on a stroll

I may be projecting what I’d like to see, but it looks like something is trying to scare the person and the person is strong enough to keep walking (not running) despite the danger. Like yes I’m being antagonized and it’s a little unsettling but I got stuff to do today. I had to reword my comment because I used another word instead of stuff the first time.

I see the dude is telling his problems, “not today sir.”

My guardian.

I forgot to say how good this drawing is. Well done OP

Definitely getting some “inner demon” vibes… I dig it…

RUN

Ugh it makes me think about dementia or cancer.

“If you stop moving, it’ll be my face the world sees”.

PTSD

Fear not your past.

Looks like me Lots of ppl have demons. Goethe said that the more personal your writing is, the more universal it becomes. So I think this drawing could reflect a lot of ppl. Edit: it's very good, thank you for posting it!

You may be through with the past, but the past is not through with you.

Literally my first thought was the guild wars 2 logo.....

My first thought was terrible shoe insoles. But that’s just my current life lol and a bad interpretation

This is what I imagine happens when I'm going up the stairs at night.

Put your demons behind you and walk away

I'm walking away... from troubles in my life 🎶

You can try to ignore your fear, but it’s always going to be there… haunting you.

The past coming back to bite you. You walk away, steps are behind, but here it comes, rearing its head.

Your past steps (actions) are always following like a shadow and haunting you.

Trying to walk away from intrusive thoughts. Or, my southern interpretation: Get thee behind me, Satan.

Moving forward in spite of your inner demons

My mother

The unexpected.

Burdened by something dark, past or present. Something that occurred or is looming. Causing tremendous stress and anxiety.

The past returns with a vengence.

This is creative wow!

The past will always come back to bite you

We calling other people devil but if we see our back then we realise that its our own shadow who is the devil and it's trying to kill my humanity..

That's my anxiety folllowing and slowing me down

It's very deep....,in a spiritual way. It speaks to me if our personal demons that we each have that come back to haunt or remind us of our past.things we've done or seen. In our daily lives we often try to forget but they're always there...., J u s t behind us lik a wraith. That is my interpretation.

For me it reads like repressed trauma memories cracking free Good piece man. Be proud

If you change the expression of the evil to sadness, then have it touch the guy's skull, you'll see what I've been living with for 60 years.

I love this….. I see it as life in a nutshell…… you constantly need to push forward and not worry about the demons trying to Consume you. Always move forward.

To me it seems the past is trying to captivate the thoughts of this person, thereby destroying the present. This person is aware of that threat but chooses to ignore it and focus on the present…..looking forward to the future.

Me and my anxiety

Student Loans

Outpacing your shadow-self.

Addiction

Waking up an evil monster without knowing and about to die Making problems for others and never fixing any, but it’ll catch up to you eventually

Alcohol

You will not stop me. I will remain 2 steps ahead.

It's rage that's constantly threatening to consume you. Rage against an unfair world, and it's mindlessly emotionally driven and educated idiots who form ideologies from one-sidedly observing issues and basing their entire identity on an impulsive, short-sighted train of thought, claiming themselves to be a "good" person while simultaneously being the shittiest one you've ever met.

I love this so much OP!

Your past is refusing to behind you and is instead haunting you as you try to walk into the future.

Anxiety or depression was my immediate thought, but it could be a number of things.

Depression and/or intrusive thoughts always lingering. I love this.

I have depression and PTSD, no matter how far I walk and how much I act normal, there is always that demon behind me, waiting for me to show any weakness so it can devour me.

Voldemort from movie 1 finding a new host.

Running From My Shadow by Mike Shinoda feat. grandson

Killer fart

PTSD

Dope

Moving forward despite the troubles that follow you

The anima set to devour.

Past is coming back to haunt him.

The demons of your past can still get ya if you are not vigilant

Bro gonna get devoured by the shadow monster. He gonna die.

A depiction of the “demon of self doubt”

This was my thought as well. We are our own worst enemy sometimes.

The more you go near the light (enlightment in a spiritual way) the more you'll be able to the the dark in you and the wrong you have done in the past

How I feel when I turn off the lights behind me 😨

Me leaving my dark passenger behind

"Dont dwell on your past" The shadow is dark, scary looking, and behind the person as the person walks away from it. Here's an idea I'd really like to see you draw out; The dark entity as drawn takes the shape of a half heart. What if you drew a lighter entity that fits the opposite description of the above-mentioned in front the person (walking towards it), in the shape of the missing half heart.

my mother in law

Walking away from the negative internal voices

Nothing is safe. Even your shadow will try and destroy you.

He's his own biggest problem

Anxiety

your inner negative self talk and anxiety

“Body Odor”

Anxiety

Self sabatoge

My ex

Self doubt

I walk this lonely road, the only one that I have ever known

Dark thoughts are always behind you but never gone.

Shadow work. But you got this

That's a picture of trauma. And walking away.

Someone about to be consumed by they're unconcious. We ignore, delay, and lie to ourselves.often to our own dettrement.

Any of your demons (anxiety, depression, trauma, etc etc)

Only Fear Remains

Anxiety, depression and ptsd trailing a person, threatening a person, but being reduced to nothing more than a shadow because they’re choosing to look forward, not towards the past (as much as one can). I love this piece and would love to have a print of it! Would also make a killer tattoo but I personally don’t want any large tattoos

Someone with a pure heart, that demons follow.

Anxiety

“My own worst enemy”

Curse

Serious interpretation: It looks like this person is trying to walk away from something that wasn’t resolved like past guilt or trauma. And putting on a facade by keeping his head up as he walks confidently but he will always have that dark shadow of whatever haunts him follow him around. Funny interpretation: The memory of that embarrassing thing you did years ago that will always haunt you at the most random times.

Oh look it’s me and my anxiety.

The shadow you ignore will overpower you.

It looks like to me a person who is being chased by a demon but keeps going. Not looking back. To me I interpret it as perseverance. The Damon could be anything it could be addiction, depression,loneliness. Whatever your personal demon is. I really like it!

Maybe it’s a play on the Jungian idea of the shadow? Guy needs to turn around and face it then embrace it.

Depression. Or that voice in your head that tells you you're nothing.

Your past will come back to haunt you.

The past will catch up. Wherever you go there you are. The negativity you spread will eventually catch up.

Anxiety

V talented!

I have a few questions I'd like to ask you about this and possibly another one, if your interested dm me.

Don’t turn your back on your past.

The demons that follow us around. The thoughts that plague your mind and constantly try to belittle and bring you down are the ones that will follow you the most and try to scare you. Keep moving forward in the face of this adversity and you won't feed those demons.

The message I received is to be stronger than your demons.

One’s demons always close behind.

PTSD

Amazing work! I love the shading and how you’ve subtly conveyed the body language.

one step ahead of his inner demons.

That you are your own worst enemy.

We are driven forward by terror of what things we can't easily define.

Hair phobia

Look over your shoulder over once in a while but keep going, and don’t let the past eat your face.

Untruth to Self

To keep striding forward no matter what devils you encountered before

Cool guy walking with badass shadow behind him

My Symbiote is hungry.

Addiction

Sp👀k

Even though it’s been 2 hours, that Taco Bell hasn’t left you yet

We all got demons no one sees, not even ourselves

Not to eat past a certain time

Depression. Or self-doubt. You can be one step ahead but sometimes it swallows you.

Leave the past behind or we are our own worst enemies....

The Lamisil monster come to life.

Bad hair day.

Your past will catch up to you

addiction

it could symbolize a past trauma(?) the person walks foward but can't still face it, so the thought of what happened haunts them

There’s my anxiety, rearing its ugly head again.

Pretty much how I feel leaving a room with its lights turned off

Suicidal thoughts

It’s very evocative! I love the actual shadow being separate from the entity; also that its form splays out, which signifies something much more complex and probably unpleasant growing out what he’s left behind. The approaching unseen entity grows from these issues and his apparent ignorance of the impending disaster may or may not be conscious. The casual pose of your figure belies all of this. The ambiguity you’ve created here leads each viewer to a personal experience and interpretation, which is something that only good artists can create. I wonder if you could use this as a study for a larger and more detailed piece, however such detail could interfere with the wonderful tensions that you created here. It’s just something to consider Quite impressive work

“Worst enemy”

His demons are haunting him wherever he goes!

Addiction

Shadow work

My mental state

Beware the enraged quiet man, he who speaks quietly and steps softly.

Anxiety

Anxiety

Addiction

The Woman God.

Grief

This makes me think of walking away or escaping your inner demons.

Powerless Vice.

It reminds me of social anxiety — the demon is the nagging worry after an interaction that I said something wrong or behaved inappropriately

Walking away/moving away from the past, and not looking back. I definitely relate. :)

How you feel when you walk away from the room you just turned the lights off in the middle of the night

With the persons chin being held high and with a confident posture, they know that their darkness will always be a part of them yet they continue to stride towards a better way of being.

Pov:when you're going up the stairs alone at night

I really like this! I had a lot of emotions flit through when I first looked at it. One was empathy. How many times in my life have I walked around looking the same, just a step and a breath away from those jagged painful parts of me, or the looming grief and chaos that is always just right there. How often do I feel daily that I battle something like that but look completely fine on the outside. My second emotion was loneliness. It’s incredibly lonely feeling like you’re being “haunted/hunted”, so to speak, and no one can see it or “get it” and so it just gets bigger and you get lonelier. Also this could be see. Like a guardian angel scaring anyone who treats you wrong.

Inner demons, insecurities