The 16th century painting “The Temptation of St. Anthony” by Matthias Grünewald depicts the visions of a person suffering from what we now call schizophrenia….
Struggling with severe mental-health issues for years, Eleanor kept her problems secret for fear of people’s reactions. In her spoken word poem, “Broken Isn’t Beautiful,”…
Her hands and legs trembled, she could no longer drive. Cognitively, she declined. Her balance was affected, and she often fell. My grandmother Anna (name…
Rupi Kaur, a celebrated photographer, illustrator, author, and spoken word artist, uses a mix of poetry and narrative to explore themes of loss, trauma, and…
Singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse’s struggles with addiction and mental illness were well-documented by the media. In “Back to Black”, she detailed the difficulty of an on-off…
Cartoonist Allie Brosh describes her fight with depression using painful and raw, yet comical, realism in her blogs. A blog titled Adventures in Depression uses…
Renowned British poet Lemn Sissay suffered terrible abuse in foster care. He was subjected to violence, emotional cruelty, racism, and severe maltreatment in a system…
Former model Nikki Dubose has graced the covers of fashion magazines from Maxim to Vogue to Vanity Fair. She’s modeled in Barcelona, Paris, London, and…
“I didn’t know how to explain it to anyone and I didn’t understand it myself, so I just didn’t talk about it.” “Out of Sight:…
The song “Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots gained popularity in 2015, and discusses mental health by using subtle and not-so-subtle lyrics. The very title…
