Symptomology - 'I felt hollowed out, empty and bare.'
Symptomology 'Chronic illness humbles you, it teaches you that you ain't shit' Is a series of intimate digital prints created at the end of the 2025 winter. With myself being the subject of my project and practise I was curious of how my body looked to the viewer. My carer; my partner, my children and my doctor. These are the people that witness my body moving in manners I myself don't see, I rather just feel it. At the beginning of my diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder and POTS in 2022 I used to record symptoms on video however it felt selfish to my mind that was unkind due to living with C-ptsd. I stopped recording symptoms as I came to the realisation that it wouldn't help medically, and I also stopped looking in the mirror albeit I never really did, doing my hair and make-up was no longer a daily important task. Clothing was worn without thought of how I looked, the mismatched clothes waited to be changed only after a shower which seemed few...
