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Normalizing, de-stigmatizing and humanizing Mental Illness through photography and shared lived experiences

We showcase anonymous individual’s experiences with mental health Through photography.

Fallen Tree

Fallen tree still living.  I have always liked this tree but when I was a kid, it fell over and uprooted and I like it

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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 Sleepy Bed

Picture of my bed. I slept constantly. If I wasn’t sleeping I would try to go to sleep.  I know that the anxiety and stomachache

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Fruit And Hygiene

Fruit and hygiene photos; Fresh fruit but I would eat something unhealthy because I did not feel I could do that work.  My hygiene was

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NDSU Bison

It stands for NDSU and that for me personally, it is my long journey through everything in the last year. It reflects that I got

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Stationary Bike

This is a bicycle, it’s a stationary bike and it doesn’t really go anywhere. It is like when you are depressed you can’t really go

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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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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

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Scale Wars

Scale Wars: picture of our scale with my daily med box. Shows my weight gain as a side effect. The Zyprexa, I gained 70 pounds,

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