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?
Simone
“It feels kinda like being drunk. You’re there, but not in control of everything” Simone Korsbakke, 26 y/o In 2016 Simone suffers from a stressrelated phsycosis. It is triggered by her amtitions to make a lot of money, so she’ll be able to travel and enjoy her gap years. Her busy life makes her forget the basic needs of the body – especially sleep. At one point the situation is so bad, Simone almost wish she would break her leg to avoid working any more. He world slowly becomes more and more surreal. She feels like har bosses sits on her shoulders and argue. Things get better as soon as she is admitted to the hospital, but reality doesn’t just come back for free. She gets scared of herself and of a possible new phsycosis. Today Simone tries to be more aware of her body and its needs.
