Description

Original acrylic on canvas

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, a form of autonomic dysregulation. Meaning the body has lost the ability to regulate some of its automatic systems.

Those with this debilitating disorder are often unable to perform many ordinary everyday tasks due to their debilitating symptoms. This artwork puts a surreal twist on life for a “POTSy” and depicts just a handful of the symptoms felt everyday; lightheadedness and fainting, blood pooling in legs and arms, feeling tired, unwell, heart racing, chest pain and low energy