![The Suicide of Dorothy Hale](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/wVlfnlTbRtK8eGvbnBZI_VolkanOlmez_005-_-Unsplash-Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘The Suicide of Dorothy Hale’ is considered one of the most controversial paintings by renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The piece depicts the suicide of…
![I’m caged in my dark](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/124140026_6d8c926325_z-470x140.jpg?x81652)
A teenager diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, Mary Christina wrote this poem to express the confusion, sadness, and shame she experiences as a result of…
![Medicating Women’s Sexual Desire Still Highly Controversial](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
On August 18, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Flibanserin, a drug that treats low sexual desire in women. With the medication’s…
![Mental Health for All by Involving All](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/5478432316_4cc2a760c6_z-_-Bill-Strain-on-flickr-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In this powerful TED Talk, mental-health advocate Vikram Patel discusses the prevalence of mental illness and the lack of psychological support for affected individuals, especially…
![Worthless Pessimist](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/3711315754_afb3be5fe4_o-_-Logan-Hicks-_-flickr-_-Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Armatage Shanks” is a song written by Billy Joe Armstrong of the band Green Day when he was devastated after a break up and said…
![The Plan](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/numbness_of_1000_words_by_weroni-d6nsojd-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Illustrated by depression comix, this cartoon demonstrates the ever-present and persistent nature of chronic depression, as it comes and goes for those who are suffering…
![Grief Puppet](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/photo-1462396708960-629517bc5371-_-cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Don’t tell your Uber driver that you’re going to an orgy”—so begins Donte Collins’ poem “Grief Puppet”. Collins describes the experience of seeing his dead…
![The Voices in my Head](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/3902532942_271bd05f74_z-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Eleanor Longden was a typical college student until she began hearing voices. Over time, the voices became more negative—to the point that she had to…
![Hiding in the Dark](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/loony_by_forgottenx-Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
With a luring melody and evocative lyrics, “Demons” by the Grammy Award winning rock group Imagine Dragons leads listeners to the place inside many people…