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.

Stationary Bike

This is a bicycle, it’s a stationary bike and it doesn’t really go anywhere. It is like when you are depressed you can’t really go

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Wrong Path

I saw that sign and thought it was kind of me.  I always seem to take the wrong path, like the right lane is closed

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Scapular Medal

This is my Grandpa’s Scapular medal. Grandpa gave it to me when he was dying of cancer. These are what he kept when he was

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A Blur

A blur–but the last 2 years since I’ve had this major decline with my depression that everything has just become a huge blur.  My memory

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ADHD

My youngest son was diagnosed 3 years ago with ADHD. He has struggled with the school and I have felt anxiety since then. His grades

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Grave Marker

Depression makes me wish it was my name on the grave marker and not my best friend.  [He died of] Leukemia. Quite a few times

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An Empty Gym

An empty gym. Two ways that this is interesting: in 1 way a lot of what you feel before you get the medication or treatment

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