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?
Martin
“I can never trust my mind, but luckily I can trust myself” Martin Degn Larsen, y/o It’s spring 2016 and a suicidal Martin has just been admitted to the pshyciatric hospital. He is overwhelmed by grandiose sensations and his mind is convinced he is clairvoyant and connected to the universe. He sees a flicker in the air, and an aura around other people. On his shoulders walk five voices. They’ve always been there, but it’s not until now Martin realizes it isn’t normal. The voices demand he kill himself and act violent. They are loud and convincing. There is a long way from the words of the voices to acting on them, but Martin feels like he is at war with himself. He is diagnosed with paranoid skizophrenia. The anti pshycotic medication sets the fantasy world and reality apart. This results in a heavy existential depression.
