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model: Savannah Nasworthy @ithinkthatsnice
photographer: Nicole Leary @nlicoe
CLOUDED REALITY
bipolar disorder + obsessive compulsive disorder
![head in the clouds](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e3ee4_5dbf87734d524a6bb197cb50fc45d6f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9e3ee4_5dbf87734d524a6bb197cb50fc45d6f5~mv2.jpg)
"I'm in a dark place for so long and then one day I finally step out of that door in the sky."
![dissociation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e3ee4_f61074630c3f4b489c1edcfb5427e73b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9e3ee4_f61074630c3f4b489c1edcfb5427e73b~mv2.jpg)
![manic](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e3ee4_a240ab5a57c1411bb9a90c10dab3be0d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1306,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9e3ee4_a240ab5a57c1411bb9a90c10dab3be0d~mv2.jpg)
“It can be like a state of euphoria.”
![power of the mind](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e3ee4_28fcd90cf6b149cbbd013714e116c8b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9e3ee4_28fcd90cf6b149cbbd013714e116c8b7~mv2.jpg)
“The way I think is so confusing and just so obsessive and...I see something and I don’t see it the way other people see it. I get so obsessed with every little detail.”
![superficial](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e3ee4_03c002df47fd41a4a7026e1f221ef07e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9e3ee4_03c002df47fd41a4a7026e1f221ef07e~mv2.jpg)
![the truman show](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e3ee4_6cc0956e9d7045b392f22b2c57e175d8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9e3ee4_6cc0956e9d7045b392f22b2c57e175d8~mv2.jpg)
"There's a movie called The Truman Show, and it's about this man's whole life being a tv show and then in the end he finally steps out of the door into reality. That's kind of how I feel about mental health."
![mood swings](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e3ee4_81279a4e616947218cebbc408d9f07fd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9e3ee4_81279a4e616947218cebbc408d9f07fd~mv2.jpg)
“Bipolar disorder is really just like shifting. There’s a constant shift in your mood.”
![lost in thought](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e3ee4_73f5450910474a41be6ff2446e409251~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9e3ee4_73f5450910474a41be6ff2446e409251~mv2.jpg)
![ocd](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e3ee4_a5989a71f8b04edba678d3b1802fe715~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9e3ee4_a5989a71f8b04edba678d3b1802fe715~mv2.jpg)
"I think it's important to talk about intrusive thoughts and know that you aren't your intrusive thoughts. They're separate from who you are, and they don't make you a bad person.OCD takes the things you love and care about and turns them on their head."