Snapshot Stories

Share This Site

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

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

The Hill

This is a photo of me looking up at a hill. I wanted this to represent me waking up every day and looking at all

Read More »

The Spectrum

This one is very important to me. This one is a big one, it’s a photo of the Spectrum issue of Mental Health. I really

Read More »

Side Effects

This photo shows how much I lay around and have no energy and just really sleepy.  I think it is mainly a side effect and

Read More »

Theory Homework

What is seen here is my theory homework. Math of music course. More academic courses for my major. The poem I took a picture of

Read More »

Expensive Meds

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

Read More »

Alarm Clock

A picture of my alarm clock on my bed—One of the important things with me with my bipolar is just my sleep…Sleep is one of

Read More »

School Locker

This is my school locker that I keep all my books in…I’m taking 18 credits now so I have a lot of books in there.

Read More »

Door And Windows

Door and windows with light through and plastic through them. [When I was depressed] I didn’t want the lights coming through, I didn’t want anyone

Read More »

More then a degree

Nursing school exacerbated my mental health problems. Through lots of close friends, I have found out there is much more to life and school than

Read More »