Lived Experiences of Mental Illness Through Photography

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

Share This Site

Browse SNAP stories

Mental illness experiences shared visually.

Dreams

An unfortunate side effect of my medication I know I have are dreams. I never had dreams before. Never in my childhood. I don’t like

Read More »

Pile Of Mail

Pile of my mail: All of the health care bills piling up. It is really expensive to have a mental illness, it costs a lot

Read More »

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

Read More »

Vivarin Medication

Vivarin medication –stay awake medicine.  It took me a long time for me to start taking meds. Because everyone kept telling me since I was

Read More »

Do Not Enter

This picture has to do with shutting people out. When I’m feeling depressed I don’t want anyone around. I have a sister that I love

Read More »

Another Trail

This is after I went up the hill and looked at another trail. Once you get up that first hill, then you get there, and

Read More »

Paperwork Pile

Paperwork Pile;  Paperwork piling up that I have not gotten to [for several months].  [Now] I am in a program that is helping me with

Read More »