![Sheep In Fog](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2013/12/imagesCAIYFNCI-276x140.jpg?x81652)
Sylvia Plath makes use of dark and grim imagery to capture “loneliness”. She suffered from depression most of her life. Her experience is often reflected in…
![Virginity Tests Place Physicians in Quandary](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2013/12/mkkk-470x140.png?x81652)
In October of 2013, the College of Physicians in Quebec, Canada, ordered doctors to stop performing virginity tests on women. Remarkably, it took a formal…
![Book Review: “The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking”](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2013/12/antidote.jana_.featureimage-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Since the rise of Positive Psychology in the late 1990s, the quest for happiness has become a quasi epidemic. Motivational speakers ask that we eliminate…
![Reactions to Domestic Violence](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2012/11/78024002-470x140.jpg?x81652)
An “experiment” around reactions to domestic violence. Reminiscent of Kitty Genovese.
![Wild Mood Swings](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2013/12/Wild-Mood-Swings-2009-10-tim-noble-sue-webster-nihilistic-optimistic-blain-southern-440x140.jpg?x81652)
Wild Mood Swings, by Tim Noble and Sue Webster, a double self-portrait of the couple.
![Family Storytelling: Good for Children (and Parents)](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2013/12/Heather-familystories-feature2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
I recently received an envelope of photos from my mother; each image came with a story. My daughters’ favourite turned out to be one about…
![A Poem: The Psychiatric Asylum](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2013/12/2991959352_ac69251aa9_z-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Antonin Artaud was a playwright, actor, poet, director, and theorist of the dramatic arts. Artaud experienced a number of psychotic episodes at the age of 41,…
![Love is War: Post-Infidelity Stress Disorder](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2013/12/Picture32-470x140.png?x81652)
Blind-sided by the one you love, the one you married. Learning about your spouse’s infidelity can be emotionally and physically devastating. The emotional damage is…
![Portrait series honouring TBI survivors](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2013/12/nmhm_honoring_survivors_traumatic_brain_injuries011-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Eliette Markhbein, who is a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) survivor herself, constructed this portrait series to raise awareness of TBIs. Her subjects include former congresswoman…