I was raised in an Evangelical Household which meant that if you have a mental illness then you are not close enough to God. It

This is my Grandpa’s Scapular medal. Grandpa gave it to me when he was dying of cancer. These are what he kept when he was

This picture has some of my makeup lined up. I wanted this image to represent how more days recently than before I actually felt like

“Depression Makes you Feel like Shit” – wanted to take a picture that a dog was taking a shit. But this is what I took.

No wonder my life is so confused because when your doctor shows you and maps [a model of your brain when it’s anxious]. It is

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

What I’m most proud of is my Degrees. My health may be disintegrating around me but my education can never be taken away from me.

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.

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

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