![Cut](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/07/Forever-lost-web-_-Richard-George-Davis-_-USED-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The song “Cut” by recording artist Plumb highlights a struggle with self-harm, and the accompanying feelings of numbness and loneliness. As a teenager, Plumb experienced…
![Denmark to Declassify ‘Transgender’ as Mental Illness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/07/Feature-_-VB4-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In March 2016, North Carolina passed a law that bars transgender individuals from using public restrooms that match their gender identity, and prohibits cities from…
![The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/07/Goya-_-CROPPED-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters’ is an etching by painter Francisco Goya in 1799 of the artist sleeping while nightmarish creatures fly above him….
![Skinny Girls Bleed Flowers](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/07/Ryan-McGuire-on-Gratisography-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Skinny Girls Bleed Flowers’ is a slam poem by Savannah Brown documenting her experience with anorexia and bulimia. Brown personifies the eating disorders as monsters…
![Parent Mental Illness Casts Long Shadow on Children](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/07/Khad3_Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“My aunt woke me to say that my mom sent a text to the family priest in the middle of the night, asking for prayers…
![Magnifying Body Dysmorphia](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/07/19362454398_f508532ad6_k-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Imagine looking in the mirror and seeing unsightly physical flaws and defects, even if they aren’t real. That’s the type of harrowing symptom pronounced in…
![Making Mental Health Relevant](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/07/geralt-_-Pixaby-470x140.jpg?x81652)
This interesting interview offers listeners a glimpse into the process behind the articles written for the Trauma and Mental Health Report website. Contributing writer Abbi…
![Conversation Cards Help Therapists Dig Deeper](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/07/Michael-at-flickr-470x140.jpg?x81652)
As a counselor, social worker, or therapist, how do you begin conversations with your clients? What are the best ways to break the ice and…
![The Inner Peanut Gallery (4)](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/15927744304_f1b4852fd1_k-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Dima Dupéré, a cartoonist and an Associate Candidate with the Centre for Treatment of Sexual Abuse and Childhood Trauma, uses cartoons to give insight into…
![Requiem](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/07/Tree-_-geralt-_-Pixaby-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The poem ‘Requiem’ by Anna Akhmatova documents the trauma and suffering of the Russian people under Joseph Stalin. The poem was conceived as she waited…