For the last number of years, I’ve struggled immensely with my mental health. 

Severe depression, anxiety, a total lack of self-worth, have all taken a significant toll on me, and consequently all of those who are closest to me. 

It becomes extremely hard to want to help myself when I constantly let my mind say that I’m not worth the help or deserving of any kind of true joy. Myself, along with many others, can go years feeling as though support is beyond us.

But recently I have finally started to seek out the necessary help and doing what I can to try and push myself forward to get back to being the best version of myself. 

This series of photos was shot as a way to express the hell that I have experienced in my own mind. As difficult as these photos were to take, seeing myself laid out in front of me showed that I am capable of pushing through the most turbulent times of life. 

This is my way of starting to heal. ⠀