Where do you go when there's nowhere left to go?
A visual investigation into depersonalization and chronic pain. Each piece is a fragment of dissociation, connected by invisible threads of trauma and survival. This series maps the territory of being lost within yourself - the dark spaces between consciousness and disconnection, where pain becomes both anchor and destroyer.
The Web of Disconnection
Mapping the Unmappable
Depersonalization
The strange territory of watching yourself from outside, unable to recognize the person in the mirror as you.
Chronic Pain
When pain becomes a language, a constant companion that speaks louder than any other sensation.
Dark Illustration
Using stark imagery and shadow to externalize internal fragmentation and disconnection.
Connection in Isolation
These pieces are connected not despite their darkness, but because of it - mapping how trauma links moments together.
This series emerged during one of the darkest periods of my life - months of severe depersonalization where I couldn't recognize myself, coupled with chronic pain that made every moment feel like an interrogation of my own existence.
I created these illustrations as evidence - proof that I was experiencing something, even if I couldn't feel it. The detective board layout isn't just aesthetic; it mirrors how I tried to make sense of what was happening to me, connecting fragments of consciousness like clues to solve the mystery of where I had gone and how to find my way back.
Where do you go when there's nowhere left to go? You go inward, down into the dark, and you map the territory. These illustrations are that map.