The Everything Pen

The Everything Pen- a multi-purpose tool designed to help individuals cope and overcome various symptoms stemming from anxiety disorders, ASD, and ADHD. The inspiration behind my design: me. Here’s my story:

For those who know me, you would know that I have very intense anxiety, and was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder when I was very young. For those who don’t really know me, I was diagnosed at around 2 years old, and growing up (continuing to this day) I’ve had very frequent and painful panic attacks, often coming in randomly, with no specific trigger. There would be times where I randomly cannot breath and start hyperventilating or make high pitched noises, other times I would feel like fainting just from sitting in class for too long, or other days, it could be as simple as being unable to stand completely still and needing to move. Ultimately, there’s no telling what will happen in my next panic attack, or when it will happen. Both the physical, and mental symptoms to my disorder are scary and draining, and I make sure to always be prepared in case of a random attack.

Today, many would think that I’m “cured” because I appear to be happier, confident, and I don’t show my panic attack symptoms as much as I used to- and…..that’s all very, VERY incorrect, and I’m here to tell you now…. I’m not okay, and that’s okay. After thinking of tools and tricks that I NEEDED growing up to help me cope with my anxiety (or tools I wish that I had to help me even more), the idea of The Everything Pen was born. When designing the concept, I thought of myself and my condition so that it may help many children with various, or similar conditions.


Created in Photoshop, 2019.