It’s so good to see how much the Broken Light Collective has grown since its inception in 2012. I posted a couple of times on it waaay at the beginning, and this photograph of mine has been featured today. As you will read, my life has changed drastically in that time too, and any channels that highlight the seriousness and pervasiveness of mental illness should be applauded.
I called this post “After the Storm”
Photo taken by contributor “Alice,” a 49-year-old woman living in the north of England. She has suffered with severe depressive episodes since her late teens, but only two years ago was diagnosed with Cyclothymia, a milder form of Bipolar Disorder, followed recently by an additional diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. Along with her own struggles with mental health, her son, then aged 12, began physically assaulting her and has now been diagnosed with Conduct Disorder. Alice began her blog Alice Through the Macro Lens in 2012 in an effort to try to understand her journey through the mental health process and has used this forum to display some of her photography, in which she finds solace. Recently, she began a sister blog, Like a Circle in a Spiral to document the struggles of raising a child with his own difficulties.
About this photo: “It was with no small irony that I just looked back to a couple of contributions I…
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Alice through the Macro Lens 
Thank you for sharing your story and talent!!
Thank you for including it!
I found your blog mentioned on The Broken Light Photography Collective. I think your blog is wonderful, and the photography is just fantastic. As an aside, I also have major depression as well as borderline personality disorder; I use writing and photography to deal with the emotions such a condition entails.