Bipolar Disorder, Through the Lens

Violet Yates:

I love how her pictures portray how it is to be bipolar in vivid detail.


Originally posted on Don't Flinch:



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Manic







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Trying to photograph grief







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A life







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What depression feels like







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Dreaming of joining the ghosts







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Late night anxiety







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Down again







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The manic compulsion to change my place







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Asking for help







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Exhausted







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Duality




I was diagnosed with Bipolar Type II disorder on January 28, 2014. I have been working on a series of images since then to depict what mania (hypomania) and depression have been like for me. These are the images in the series so far. I will be making more images for the series and will add them as they happen. To see these images in better quality (and to see a bit more than I have shared here) visit www.kaitmauro.com/bipolar. Some of these images, I found out today, are going to be featured in a show in New York City on March 29th. I will post more details about it later — for now I am…


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Published on March 14, 2014 02:26
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