![Colour (a modest plea)](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/autism-470x140.jpg?x81652)
This poem, written by an adult with Asperger’s, comments on the misperception that individuals on the Autism spectrum don’t feel or are incapable of empathy….
![Treatments Available to Long-Term Abduction Victims](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/hostage1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Between 2002 and 2004, 16-year-old Amanda Berry, 21-year-old Michelle Knight, and 14-year-old Georgina DeJesus were abducted from the streets of Cleveland, Ohio. They were lured…
![A surrealist portrayal of the reality of concentration camps](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/pavan-art-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Painting by Felix Nussbaum As the Nazis took hold of Germany and began to control all aspects of social life, Nussbaum realized he would not…
![Painting Depression](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/96yxrbe3-1-450x140.jpg?x81652)
Untitled painting by Unica Zurn. Zurn struggled with depression from the age of 41 and onward, and this struggle is reflected in her writings and…
![I Feel Your Pain: The Neuroscience of Empathy](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/noam2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“I saw you doubling over and it felt like a shot right through me. I didn’t see any blood and there was nothing that scared…
![Little Conversations](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/conversation-470x140.jpg?x81652)
For those of us who have difficulty with “small talk” there is “Little Conversations” by Concrete Blonde. Recent research indicates that people are happier when they…
![Depression Comix](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/depression-411x140.jpg?x81652)
The artist, Clay, describes Depression Comix as a graphical representation of personal experiences with depression and other mental illnesses. Many of Clay’s comics depict an…
![Wisdom from a Psychopath?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/Nick_psychopaths_feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The word psychopath conjures images of skulking figures and dark alleys. The media equate psychopaths with infamous serial killers like Ted Bundy and Robert Picton….
![What Painting does for Amanda LaMunyon](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/khad-2-470x140.png?x81652)
‘”When I put a paintbrush in my hands for the first time, I instantly felt my life change. I could finally focus without getting distracted…
![Tulips](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/tulips-320x140.jpg?x81652)
By Sylvia Plath Tulips is among Plath’s poems that deal with her experience with depression. Plath committed suicide in 1963—she was 30 years old. …