“As generally a high-movement human, a photo can bring me a sense of calm and lend perspective I donât feel in my day to day.
Mental health doesnât discriminate; I struggle with poor self image and body dysmorphia. High anxiety means the thoughts are constantly racing against each other (my psychiatrist went so far as to say said that my sympathetic system has taken over the show and the switch is stuck on overdrive, running out the engine soon if I donât get a handle on it.)
Seeing photos, where Iâm not vibrating or twitching or running from one thing to the next (so I donât let the agoraphobia set in and I donât leave my house for a week) shows me I possess stability and resilience.
I contain serenity.
I donât feel it all the time, but vulnerability is my strength and having these snapshots helps me break through the cloud of doubt when the demons dissuade me of my ability and strength.
I can do this. I have done this.
When Iâm laying on the couch with a fibro flareup and the air is too much on my skin and all I can do is cry, I can look at these.
I hurt all the time, physically and emotionally, but itâs my normal and call me narcissistic for being âa faceâ or âa bodyâ, but damnit these help as reminders that I am not my illness.
This is my reality, so your judgement? I can take it.
I handle worse daily. “
 ~ Pix.leyÂ
Studio: Taylor Oakes Production, Toronto
(Music credit: Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) – Aurora)
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