![Terrifying Visions](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/04/gruen1-470x140.png?x81652)
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….
![Broken Isn’t Beautiful](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/05/drowning-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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,”…
![Parkinson’s Takes its Toll on Family Caregivers](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/04/AC2-_-Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![I’m Taking my Body Back](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/05/Cemetery-In-My-Mind-SafeVer-w-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Back to Black](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/05/david-cohen-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Depression Made Me Laugh](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/05/Allie-Brosh-_-Feature-2-470x140.png?x81652)
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…
![Inspired to Heal](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/05/Lemn-Sissay-Face-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Models Face Routine Exploitation, Mental Health Problems](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/05/TL2-_-Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Stop the Stigma](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/04/Out-of-Sight-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“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:…
![Stressed Out](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/04/StressedOut-470x140.png?x81652)
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…