This piece is inspired by my personal experience of having PTSD. The sound which accompanies the video reads out the CAPS-5 assessment (the diagnostic criteria for PTSD) whilst found audio fades in and out. The viewer listens to this audio in headphones whilst sitting in the chair facing two monitors displaying video and text on alternating screens, replicating the rapid eye movement in EMDR, a treatment for PTSD. In this piece, I wanted to fully immerse the viewer in how it feels to suffer from PTSD, and the feeling of being stuck in the past whilst living in the present.
