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The Proudfoot brothers are artists from New York City who have experience with mental health conditions and in psychiatric institutions and foster homes. While not…
![Mental Health Awareness, Depression, Coping Mechanisms, Poetry, Resilience, Self-Care, Acceptance, Imagery, Anne Sexton, The Fury of Rainstorms](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/02/depression-concept-illustration_114360-3747-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In Anne Sexton’s poem, “The Fury of Rainstorms”, the stormy imagery of raindrops as red ants evokes a visceral sense of distress and pain. Through this…
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Eating disorders have the highest overall death rate of any mental illness. Around one million Canadians are currently diagnosed with an eating disorder. This includes…
![image, painting, George Bellows, fight, male, mental health, masculinity, gender roles, men, violence](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/02/nick-wang-AFVwA960LUc-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
George Bellows’ “Stag at Sharkey’s” made in 1909, not only freezes a moment of intense boxing but delves into the complexities of male mental health…
![OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Mental Health, Poem, Arts and Culture, Media, SLAM Poem, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Neil Hilborn](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/02/annie-spratt-4BwcmbExs5c-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Featured on the popular poetry Youtube channel Button Poetry, is a popular poem written by Neil Hilborn describing his struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)….
![EP 46: The Relationship Between Trauma and Addiction](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/12/Podcast-Image-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In this episode, Trauma and Mental Health Report writer Taylor Alves speaks with Summer Krause, a licensed professional counsellor and certified alcohol and drug counsellor,…
![TED Talk, mental health, suicide prevention, stigma, mental health discussion, resources, mental wellness, emotions, tough conversations, shame](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/02/mitch-nJupV3AOP-U-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Kitty Westin highlights that many of the key people we know and look up to such as Winston Churchhill, Angelina Jolie, Micheal Phelps, Lady Gaga,…
![Dealing with Family Trauma](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/02/k-mitch-hodge-IqSaG9zv2e0-unsplash-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Jemma Sbeg is a psychology graduate from Australia who independently founded the podcast, The Psychology of your 20’s. She began the show in hopes to…
![Gaugin, melancholy, human suffering, affliction, despair, depression, anxiety, art, painting, desolation.](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/02/woman-sad-heartbroken-into-pieces-picjumbo-com-470x140.jpg?x81652)
French artist Paul Gaugin (1848 – 1903) made a series of paintings called Human Misery during the time he shared in Arles, South of France,…