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Welcome to our gallery

This powerful black-and-white photography exhibit aims to erase the stigma that surrounds

mental illness by expanding our perceptions and challenging expectations of what mental illness

“looks like”. The courageous models in this exhibit are more than their depression, their anxiety,

their eating disorder, their post-traumatic stress disorder, or being a suicide survivor. They are

musicians, artists, nature lovers, athletes, students, teachers, friends and more; and they are all

Facing Stigma. Below are the faces of UW-Whitewater Students who are smashing the stigma!

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I am Juliana.

I am a college student.

I am a sister.

I am battling tourettes, PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression.

I am caring.

I am determined.

I am a survivor.

I am more.

I am Allyson.

I am an advocate.

I am empathetic.

I am strong.

I am battling anxiety and depression.

I am hopeful.

I am worthy of happiness.

I am more.

I am Anna.

I am a sister.

I am a student.

I am independent.

I am battling depression and anxiety.

I am loved and supported.

I am strong.

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I am Nick.

I am a brother.

I am a son. 

I am a loyal person. 

I am determined.

 I am motivated.

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I am more.

I am more.

I am Alissa.

I am a student.

I am a friend.

I’m dedicated to helping others.

have Major Depressive Disorder.

I am talented.

I am passionate.

I am more.

I am Brittany.

I am a sister.

I am a first-generation student.

I am an advocate.

I am battling anxiety and depression.

I am compassionate.

I am strong.

I am more.

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I am Lexington.

I am resilient.

 I am bold.

 I am intelligent.

 I am struggling with Manic Depression,  Anxiety & ADHD. 

I am strong.

 I am a pioneer.

I am more.

I am Kelsey.

I am a leader. I am creative.

I am goofy. I am sensitive.

I am a friend. I am a sister.  

I am in love. I am loyal and understanding.

I am full of empathy. I am worthy and enough.

I am a change-maker. I am an advocate.

I am battling Borderline Personality Disorder.

I am a survivor. I am valuable.

I am hopeful. I am imperfectly perfect. 

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I am more.

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I am Natalie.

I am a good friend.

I am musical.

I am Jewish.

I am more than just my learning disability. 

I have a good sense of humor.

I am loyal.

I am more.

I am Mal.

I am understanding.

I am reliable. I am passionate.

I am more than my perfectionist tendencies.

I am a sister. I am a daughter.

I am a student.

I am more than my accomplishments.

I am a musician.

I am a writer. I am a listener.

I am more than my struggles to be vulnerable.

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I am more.

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I am Ben.

 

 

I am a student.

I am determined.

I am ready for anything.

I am more.

I am Liz.

I am Strong.

I am Hilarious.

I am a Sister.

I am a Leader.

I am overwhelmed sometimes.

I am a Supporter.

I am an Advocate.

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I am more.

I am Jacen.

I am a student.

I am determined.

I am a leader. 

I kind and loyal

I am thriving with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

I am Strong

I am more.

I am Alyssa.

I am a woman.

I am a student.

I am a teacher.

I am a runner.

I am a soldier.

I am an activist.

I am queer. 

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I am more.

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I am Jody.

I am a chef.

I am too scared to eat in a restaurant alone.

I am a dream chaser.

I am scared of letting people down.

I am a romantic.

I am too hard on myself.

I am more.

I am Jaida.

I am a daughter

I am a big sister. 

I am a leader.

I am an advocate.

I am strong.

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I am more.

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I am Nicole.

I am loving and lovable.

I am worthy of good things.

I am flawed.

I am choosing to be happy.

I am full of possibilities.

I am on my side.

I am more.

I am Suzanna.

 

I am a college student.

 I am first generation.

 I battle with depression.

 I am passionate.

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I am more.

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I am Aiden.

I am an artist.

I am intelligent.

I am perseverant.

I am judged based off of my processing speed.

I am more.

I am Sara.

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I am loved. I am strong.

I am a fighter. I am intelligent.

I am still learning. I am a sister.

I am a daughter. I am a friend.

I am worthy of happiness.

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I am more.

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I am Molly.

I am a sister. I am an advocate.

I am in love. I am a daughter.

I am battling anxiety. I am a friend.

I am enough. I am here for you. 

I am more.

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