Since starting recovery, I finally allow myself to find peace in a lot of things. I want serenity and finding that isn’t always easy. Sat

I wanted it to represent how I don’t always feel in control in the driver’s seat.  Sometimes I feel like they are in charge.  I

My planner and medications. This is the first time I’ve gone on any medication to treat my mental illness. It took a long time to

Board room with empty chairs. This…represents my frustration with my medication and illness I have really isolated myself. I feel like I am irritable and

This is my dog. She is really the one thing that has brought out the happiness within me. I see happiness in the picture of

Some of the meds can be really expensive—I’m lucky that I’m still under my parents’ insurance and they can still support me with hospital costs

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

Bed with med box on pillow; When I first started the meds I would sleep like 18 hours; It is good to know which side

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

It is just one of the ways that they teach you to stop ruminating or stop doing what you are doing and to do something