![Touched With Fire](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/VanGogh-starry_night_Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Touched With Fire” is an exploration of bipolar disorder, art, and the difficulties of maintaining a relationship while coping with mental health issues. This film,…
![Fighting Addiction, Loneliness, and Despair](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/200841816_a59909a5aa_z-470x140.jpg?x81652)
What lead singer Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers originally perceived to be an overly emotional poem ended up becoming one the biggest…
![Lost Happiness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/Like-Autumn-Leaves-by-DpressedSoul-Copy-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Clay Jonathan, an artist who was originally diagnosed with depression in 1993, depicts his experience with the illness through his website Depression Comix. In this…
![The Morning After I Killed Myself](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/17068203099_59dc20876e_z-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“The Morning After I Killed Myself” is a poem by 22-year old Meggie Royer, who writes at Writings for Winter. She has two published poetry…
![Managing Psychiatric Medication: A Challenge for Pregnant Women](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
It is often portrayed as a happy and exciting time, but the experience of pregnancy can be mixed, with physical and mental complications dampening the…
![Good and Bad Childhoods](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/d6rsa8pmyko-steinar-engeland-470x140.jpg?x81652)
This short by The School of Life discusses the dangers that come with a challenging childhood, among them, triggering of anxiety, self-hatred, and shame. While…
![Addiction Epidemic](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/Macklemore-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The song “Kevin” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis can be thought of as a follow-up to their song “Otherside”, a story about drug abuse and…
![Frustrations of Depression](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/4498213172_d9f6d0768c_z-470x260v2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
This funny yet poignant cartoon by Ryan Pequin of Three Word Phrase captures one of the realities of depression. Individuals suffering from this debilitating illness…
![An Expression of Grief](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/pexels-photo-65127-_-resized-470x140.jpg?x81652)
William Wordsworth experienced much loss in his life. His parents died when he was an adolescent, and several of his own children died when they…
![Climate Change Affecting Farmers’ Mental Health](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/AN5_Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The cutoff for irreversible climate change has long been accepted as two or more degrees in global temperature compared to pre-industrial records. Reports show that,…