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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,…
![Song, Australian Singer, Mental Health, Introspection, Power, Empowerment, Wellbeing, Experiences, Self-determination, Reflection, Determination, Sharing.](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/06/marc-najera-Cj2d2IUEPDM-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
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The poems of author Charles Bukowski drudge through the mundane aspects of everyday life; but there is a bittersweet candidness to his observations that pull…
![The Yellow Wallpaper](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/05/74ECECB6-E5D5-464C-998E-7D50CAB046AB-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
“The Yellow Wallpaper” is a short story written by Charlotte Anna Perkins Stetson Gilman and originally published in 1892. Stetson Gilman was an American writer…
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More than 250,000 new temporary residents land in Canada yearly as international students, skilled workers, and refugees. Many come with the goal of starting a…