Mental Illness – Jessica B. Kelly

Salvation (The Dissociation of the Artist Part IV)

Jessica discusses the true meaning of the band’s album, Salvation.

Jessica discusses the event and result of the catastrophic fragmenting of her original, whole self.

Jessica discusses her dissociation further, and hints at a potential diagnosis to come.

Jessica discusses her newly identified but longstanding struggles with dissociation.

Jessica discusses her recovery in the light of what lithium has done for her: stabilization.

Jessica discusses her collective’s new release and the process of giving up creative control more and more as the writing cycles go forward.

Jessica discusses day zero of taking lithium for her bipolar disorder.

Jessica talks of her bipolar mania in terms of the past, present, and future.

How does a queer, testing-the-waters Satanic anarchist resolve collaborating on music with a Christian conservative?