Breathe

A quietly radical work that approaches anxiety from within and render an inner state often left unnamed as a shared space of recognition and care.

Lis is a young woman who has gradually lost her sense of self and struggles to keep pace with the world around her. Physical symptoms, intrusive thoughts and a persistent sense of fear and disconnection begin to take over. During the summer, she retreats to her grandmother’s house in a small coastal village, hoping that distance, slowness and anonymity might offer a form of relief—or at least a pause, and perhaps a way back to herself.

Breathe approaches anxiety and mental health as one of the defining yet often unspoken experiences of our time. It speaks to a generation in search of contemporary, empathetic narratives— stories that resonate with those who live with anxiety and offer insight to those seeking to understand and support them.

Through a poetic yet grounded visual language, the authors portray what it truly means to live with an anxiety disorder (its textures, rhythms, contradictions). This graphic novel avoids clichés and offers an honest, deeply human perspective.