By: Danna Hobart Nights stretch out like a black cat across my path, shadows writhe and sprout in my nightmare’s wrath. Full moon sings me…
The lyrics evoke someone dealing with depression but finding themselves “erased” by the medication. The lines: “I’m trying, but I’ve gone through the glass again, just…
This is a good example of the diversity and individuality of people affected by eating disorders. Fritz Liedtke has also collected other portraits and stories…
Kim Noble, who suffers from dissociative identity disorder (DID), uses painting as a coping strategy to deal with her different personalities. Some of the personalities…
As acrobats in Cirque du Soleil, Alya and Gael literally put their lives in each others hands.
Stephen Wiltshire was diagnosed with autism at a young age, and found that he could communicate through his art. He has a photographic memory, and can…
This poem, written by an adult with Asperger’s, comments on the misperception that individuals on the Autism spectrum don’t feel or are incapable of empathy….
Painting by Felix Nussbaum As the Nazis took hold of Germany and began to control all aspects of social life, Nussbaum realized he would not…
Untitled painting by Unica Zurn. Zurn struggled with depression from the age of 41 and onward, and this struggle is reflected in her writings and…
