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Lindsay Young depicts the experience of living with social anxiety in their powerful spoken word poem “Social Anxiety.” Posted to Button Poetry’s YouTube channel, Young’s…
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My husband is a police officer. His profession invites conversation from others in a way that few jobs do, from friends and family asking him…
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Frida Kahlo was a brilliant artist whose evocative, surreal images remain well-known and popular today, but she was also a woman who spent her life…
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One of English author Neil Gaiman’s most successful works is his “Sandman” graphic novel series that follows a group of seven gods who Gaiman refers…
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In this episode, Trauma Report writer Fatmah Jahim speaks with Dr. Craig Malkin, clinical psychologist, lecturer at Harvard and author of “Rethinking Narcissism: The Secret…
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Honey Boy is a movie written by Shia LaBeouf while he was in therapy working through his PTSD from his rocky childhood. The movie centers…
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Today, some of the most powerful heroes within the superhero genre are, in fact, women: Captain Marvel and Scarlet Witch in the Marvel cinematic universe,…
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Sending a message of self-determination and empowerment, Australian singer, and songwriter, Sia, provides a strong message about carrying on in her song “Unstoppable”. The song…
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Edith Lebeau is a Canadian portrait artist based in Montreal, Québec whose enthralling pieces focus on mental health awareness and destigmatizing mental illness. Lebeau showcases…