A young person stands at a crossroads at sunset, looking down two paths with signs pointing to "ASSISTANCE," "TREATMENT," "UNDERSTANDING," and "UNCTRTAINTY." They hold a paper that reads "BIOOIRAS."

Prompt: A horizontal three-panel comic strip in the style of an editorial political cartoon. The tone is serious and reflective, not exaggerated or humorous. Each panel communicates a deeper subtext visually, using minimal or no words. The comic strip features a nondescript young adult (gender-ambiguous, racially neutral, casual clothing) as the main character throughout all three panels. Panel 1 – The Underdog Journey (David vs. Goliath): The young adult stands at the bottom of a massive, bureaucratic mountain or towering wall of red tape labeled faintly with things like “Assessment,” “Gatekeeping,” “Cost,” “Waitlists,” and “Disbelief.” They look up wearily, clutching a crumpled piece of paper that says "Do I have ADHD?"—not prominently, just barely readable. They appear small but determined, dwarfed by the oppressive system before them. The visual mood evokes struggle and courage in the face of a seemingly insurmountable system. Panel 2 – The Search for Solace (Internal to External Shift): The young adult now sits alone on a bench or low bed in a dimly lit room, holding a diagnosis paper in hand. Half their body is shadowed, and ghostly “thought bubbles” float above them — phrases like “lazy,” “failure,” “scatterbrained” (in faded, grey script) are crumbling or dissolving, being replaced by quiet, less judgmental phrases like “this is why,” “it makes sense now,” or simply a peaceful blankness. Their posture shifts from hunched despair to tentative relief. The visual focus See more