![Neil-Hilborn,-Mental-Health,-obsessive-compulsive-disorder,-poem,-Poetry,-bipolar-disorder,-words,-mental-illness,-Relationships,-slam-poem](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/Neil-Hilborn-Mental-Health-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-poem-Poetry-bipolar-disorder-words-mental-illness-Relationships-slam-poem-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Neil Hilborn is an American slam poet who writes and performs poetry. Hilborn was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as a child, and bipolar disorder while he was in college, and has always used…
![trauma,-PTSD,-survivors’-guilt,-vicarious-trauma,-depression,-anxiety,-Mental-Health,-Recovery,-Healing,-Grief,-therapy,-Coping,-psychology](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/trauma-PTSD-survivors’-guilt-vicarious-trauma-depression-anxiety-Mental-Health-Recovery-Healing-Grief-therapy-Coping-psychology-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Prolonged exposure to stress can have devastating effects on mental health. In fact, neuroscientists have found that chronic stress triggers long-term changes in the brain’s…
![Therapy,-Helpline,-Recovery,-Talk-Therapy,-Counselling,-Coping,-Isolation,-Elderly,-Loneliness,-TED-Talk,-Arts-and-Culture,-Video,-Abuse](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/Therapy-Helpline-Recovery-Talk-Therapy-Counselling-Coping-Isolation-Elderly-Loneliness-TED-Talk-Arts-and-Culture-Video-Abuse-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Over 30 years ago, Sophie Andrews contacted Samaritans, a UK helpline. Samaritans was a critical component of her recovery from the unbearable abuse she endured….
![Greg-Macdonald,-Problematic,-art,-music,-rap,-hip-hop,-mental-health,-mental-illness,-depression,-anxiety,-suicide-awareness,-Canadian,-suicide-hotline,-suffering,-suicide-prevention](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/Greg-Macdonald-Problematic-art-music-rap-hip-hop-mental-health-mental-illness-depression-anxiety-suicide-awareness-Canadian-suicide-hotline-suffering-suicide-prevention-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Greg Macdonald is a Canadian entrepreneur and underground hip-hop artist by the name Problematic who talks openly about his mental health challenges through his passion;…
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Often the subject of artistic endeavour, the Rape of Proserpina by 16th-century sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini is nonetheless distinct in its uniquely sympathetic depiction of…
![Paranoia,-Schizophrenia,-Words,-Delusions,-Homelessness,-Thought-Broadcasting,-Hallucinations,-Symptomology,-Mental-Illness,-Trauma,-Dan-Hoeweler,-poem,-poetry](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/Paranoia-Schizophrenia-Words-Delusions-Homelessness-Thought-Broadcasting-Hallucinations-Symptomology-Mental-Illness-Trauma-Dan-Hoeweler-poem-poetry-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Parallel Universes” is a poignant poem written by a man with schizophrenia. Dan Hoeweler had this poem and two other equally beautiful pieces published in…
![Immigration,-Canada,-Filipino,-Philippines,-1.5-generation,-Mental-Health,-transition,-culture,-family,-ethnic-identity,-acculturation,-identity,-social-support](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/Immigration-Canada-Filipino-Philippines-1.5-generation-Mental-Health-transition-culture-family-ethnic-identity-acculturation-identity-social-support-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In 1994, my mother sponsored my brother’s immigration from the Philippines to Canada, where they settled in a predominantly Italian neighbourhood. Though my brother had…
![hip-hop,-music,-rap,-black-community,-youth,-male-mental-health,-depression,-stigma,-dialogue,-awareness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/hip-hop-music-rap-black-community-youth-male-mental-health-depression-stigma-dialogue-awareness-470x140.jpg?x81652)
During the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, rapper Logic performed a song raising awareness for suicide prevention. His performance induced tears but also got many…
![coping,-death,-father,-japan,-loneliness,-pop-music,-rock-music,-visual-kei,-x-japan,-yoshiki-hayashi](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/coping-death-father-japan-loneliness-pop-music-rock-music-visual-kei-x-japan-yoshiki-hayashi-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In dedication to his father who had recently passed away, Yoshiki Hayashi wrote the song “Tears” for X Japan in 1993. The lyrics explore the strong…
![Kim Noble, 3X, Dissociative Identity Disorder, painting, artist, childhood trauma, therapy](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/Dissociative-Identity-Disorder-Kim-Noble-3X-painting-artist-childhood-trauma-therapy-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Kim Noble is a prolific artist living with Dissociative Identity Disorder, likely resulting from severe childhood trauma. Kim has twenty different personalities, and in order to communicate…