Gold: Do you see, what I see
Psychosis is a condition of the mind where your perception of reality is changed. It affects the way you think, feel and experience the world. The mental illness can affect anyone, but the causes of the pshycotic periods can be complex and hard to determine. It can stem from stress, lifechanging events, drugs, physical or other mental illnesses. You get to meet eight out of 12 people, who have experienced phsycotic behaviour. Though the causes vary, the difficulties to determine what is real and what is not applies to all of them. The exhibition consists of two sides of the same person. One is who they are, one is a glimpse of the reality as they experienced it during their psychotic periods. Through close collaboration we have tried to visualize their state of mind during the phsycosis. This was done to give you the ability to try and understand them as individuals and how it affected who they are today.
For can you be the same, when you return to reality again?
Line Persson
“The pshycosis was both life threatening and the biggest bliss” Line Persson, 35 y/o For many years Line has taken anti depressants, but when her dosis is increased and she simultaniously is given new medication for ADHD her behavoir changes drastically. The medicine sends her off on a blissful rush, that makes her unaware of her need for sleep. Day after day her reality becomes a world of angels, demons and the ability to sing the world good again. When Line is hospitalized they discover that the cause of her phsycosis is the wrongly perscribedADHD-medications. Since then she has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It takes a lot of time for Line to balance her energy in her every day life. At the same time she doesn’t want to think her mind sick. Today Line spends her time sharing her ecperiences with depression, phsycosis and bipolar – especially with young kids.
