![Words on Postpartum Depression](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/04/ppd5-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Graceless](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/04/antid-460x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Skeleton In The Closet](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/04/cori1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Painting with multiple personalities](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/04/DID-470x140.png?x81652)
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…
![Why Trust Is Worth It](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/04/trust-470x140.png?x81652)
As acrobats in Cirque du Soleil, Alya and Gael literally put their lives in each others hands.
![Aerial Drawings By Stephen Wiltshire](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/04/autistic_artist_paints_ny_from_memory-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Colour (a modest plea)](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/autism-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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….