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Edward Honaker...
Different people have different ways of coping with depression, and for Edward Honaker, that coping mechanism is his self-portrait photography. His photos turn his depression into something that can be seen and, hopefully, better understood.
The 21-year-old photographer was diagnosed with depression two years ago. “All I knew is that I became bad at the things I used to be good at, and I didn’t know why,” he told Huffpost. “Your mind is who you are, and when it doesn’t work properly, it’s scary.”
“It’s kind of hard to feel any kind of emotion when you’re depressed, and I think good art can definitely move people,” he continued.
Christian Hopkins...
A photographer has captured what it feels like to live inside a black cloud of depression in a stunning and haunting series of photographs.
Christian Hopkins, 22, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, explains that the images of decapitated heads, shrouded figures and bleeding ghosts, which he originally shared on his Facebook page, sum up what depression feels like to him, The Huffington Post reports.
He said that he discovered photography at age 16 after being diagnosed with depression, and credits the art therapy with saving his life, noting that he was never able to explain in words how his depression felt, but through his images, he found a means of describing the effect that the mental illness has on him.
