Lived Experiences of Mental Illness Through Photography

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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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Meds In A Day

Picture of all the meds I take in a day. It makes me realize how many meds I’m taking every day and wondering how this

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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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Cross Stitch

Cross stitch. I have not told my mom about my mental illness and that is really hard. However, she is not really into that because

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Bedtime Meds

These are all of my bedtime meds in smiley face.  I’m really happy that I found a combo that I can take and that I

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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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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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Bookshelf

Picture of my bookshelf of college books and there are some other ones because I was studying English Literature. I went from a straight A

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Cute Little Mug

This is a cute little mug that my roommate got me when she was in Ireland over spring break. We haven’t known each other very

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