Lived Experiences of Mental Illness Through Photography

normalizing, De-stigmatizing and humanizing Mental Health issues through photography and shared Lived experiences.

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Mental illness experiences shared visually.

Expensive Meds

Some of the meds can be really expensive—I’m lucky that I’m still under my parents’ insurance and they can still support me with hospital costs

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Side Effects

This photo shows how much I lay around and have no energy and just really sleepy.  I think it is mainly a side effect and

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Endless Crying

This is water dripping from the faucet. The endless crying. The crying comes with being depressed and everything. Not sure if it was the increase

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Decorated Fridge

This is my fridge with photos on the outside. On the inside I barely have any food because it is depressing the food restrictions of

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The Hill

This is a photo of me looking up at a hill. I wanted this to represent me waking up every day and looking at all

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Unopened Mail

Unopened mail. What this reflects for me is exactly what I did, when I am falling into depression then I don’t do the things I

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Brick Pavement

This is a brick pavement that is located downtown in my hometown. It has their names and date from when they were married of my

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