Lived Experiences of Mental Illness Through Photography

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Mental illness experiences shared visually.

Running Shoes

My running shoes. Symbolizes what needs to change, but exercise, running, walking, just exercise makes you feel so much better. It can be a good

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Cigarette

A Cigarette. I guess smoking can be a crutch to deal with anxiety that has probably been one of my things. Where maybe medication could

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My Degrees

What I’m most proud of is my Degrees. My health may be disintegrating around me but my education can never be taken away from me.

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Bellerina Doll

Ballerina doll. My daughter, which is another stressor. I wish I could go back to a few years ago when she was doing her dance

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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

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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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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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The Tree

This tree was planted before I was born so we are basically the same age. All winter it is really barren and then in the

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