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.

The Dam

Before the dam it is as smooth as glass and then all of a sudden it turns into the white water rapids. It tends to

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Skies

I wanted to capture the contrast of a cloudy sky and clear sky because some days, whether because of meds or because it’s a downer

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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

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Babbling Brook

The unseen story is the new start to my life. This campus is where I reinvented and began to love myself finally. Fargo is home

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A Wheel With Spokes

A wheel with spokes–it is off a wheelchair but that is not really relevant. I remembered when I was in the partial hospitalization program we

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Dad?

A picture of the flag that was draped over my father’s casket when he was buried at the age of 21. A heroin user who

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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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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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