![Finding Peace through Art Making](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/07/July-23-Feature-Pic-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In leading a life of service and violence to defend their countries, many army veterans are plagued by mental health disorders that have lasting effects…
![Self-love, resilience, hope, depression, anxiety, trauma, internal family systems, art, drawing, mental health](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/05/bart-larue-jMd3WS9LBcc-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In the chaotic dance of life and amidst the tumultuous waves of trauma, people often lose sight of certain parts of themselves and sink into…
![poem, depression, suicide prevention, Mental Health, mental health discussion, hard conversations, stop the stigma, art, PTSD, healing](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/05/lance-reis-X_HJpuAumI4-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
[trigger warning: talk of war and PTSD] Melissa Walker shares the powerful story of military members and the horrors they go through while in battle,…
![Mental Health, well-being, support, image, painting, physical well-being, mental well-being, Victory Anthony, Art, Journey](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/03/william-farlow-IevaZPwq0mw-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In the world of art, paintings often serve as powerful mediums for expressing complex emotions, experiences, and narratives. One such painting that captivates the essence…
![Dissociative Identity Disorder, DID, Multiple Personalities, Mental Health, Art, Art Piece, Stigma, Creativity, Psychology, Disorder](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/03/taylor-deas-melesh-fkaQ-cqU4Uo-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
This art piece was created by Kim Noble who is a mother, artist, and author who has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Through her thought provoking…
![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,…
![Art, Camera, Image, Photoshop, Toys, Anxiety, Mental Health, Kevin Dooley, Photography, Feelings](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/01/fear-6562668_1280-470x140.png?x81652)
Kevin Dooley is an artist that specializes in photography and has been publishing images on Flickr for many years. His pieces range from fun images…
![Paintings, Schizophrenia, Artist, Creative, Psychosis, Psychotic, Delusions, Hallucinations, Art, Creativity](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/12/greg-rakozy-oMpAz-DN-9I-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Mitchell Rockert was a brilliant artist, musician, son, brother, cousin, and friend, and he struggled for many years with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a disorder in…
![Mental Health, PTSD, Abuse, Stigma, Art, Self Portrait, Trauma, Arts & Culture, Scars, Domestic Violence](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/11/nadine-shaabana-M_f3f8DGRg-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Self portrait of the silence I have endured. Six years ago trauma PTSD Followed by sexual, physical mental emotional domestic violence spousal abuse, by a…
![picture, image, Edouard Manet, painting, masculinity, violence, men, bullfighter, art, mental health, toxic, men, gender roles, artwork, drawing, well-being](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/10/image-from-rawpixel-id-3284399-jpeg-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Édouard Manet is a renowned French artist of the 19th century. He challenged artistic conventions and embraced subjects that were often controversial or unconventional. His…