This is my freshman dorm. This was where my depression and anxiety got really bad and where I definitely had a lot of low episodes.

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

An empty gym. Two ways that this is interesting: in 1 way a lot of what you feel before you get the medication or treatment

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

This is like your home away from home.  It is a comfortable safe place to be.  Especially once you get over the group therapy idea,

To most it’s just a bottle of water and a box, but to me I’m shaking, it’s a trigger. It’s where I kept my using

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,

Pile of my mail: All of the health care bills piling up. It is really expensive to have a mental illness, it costs a lot

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

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