Somewhere Between Psychosis & Neurosis

Somewhere Between Psychosis & Neurosis is an ongoing series of self portraiture which began in 2007. Shelbie began taking self portraits when she was removed from high school due to her families religious beliefs (4th generation fundamental Jehovah’s Witnesses.) She left the cult community in 2010 and was subsequently ex-communicated by her family, friends and only community she ever knew. It wasn’t until 2017 - when Shelbie was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder & spending a month in a residential treatment center - did she realize she had been photographing her illness and ex-communication all along.