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As termed by the World Health Organization, video game addiction, or Gaming Disorder (GD), is defined as gaming that is difficult to control, prioritized over other…
![The Sick Child](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/09/1CB827C4-0C1C-47EA-A606-D2468BA0247F-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Norwegian painter, Edward Munch was a prolific artist whose focus is human mortality, chronic illness, sexual liberation and religious aspiration. He was considered the head…
![A man, facing away, stares out at a cityscape](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/05/Feature-3-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“For me it was Huckleberry Finn, starring Elijah Wood. I was reeling for weeks. The feelings I felt toward the boy in the movie were…
![image, acrylic, painting, art composition, francis bacon, local artist, painter, mother, child, childhood trauma, art therapy, expression, coping, sadness, anger, pain, hurt, grief, mental health, mental illness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/07/FF3C5154-7C10-440D-90DA-06A09A1F32DF-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Jennifer Bae is an artist from Guelph, Ontario. In her adolescence and young adulthood, the artist sought solace in macabre art that revolved around themes…
![Death, Robert Frost, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Innocence, Child, Life, Shock, Accident, Sorrow](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/12/5C04F94F-933A-4B28-85A6-BD873C73F08A-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
“Out, Out—”, a poem by Robert Frost, tells the story of the death of a young boy after his hand is accidentally cut off by…
![Regret, Death, Loss, Grief, Music, Healing, Parenting, Tragedy, Sadness, Depression, Eric Clapton, Tears in Heavan, Fatherhood, Child](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/09/Eleni-Augusut-crop-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Eric Clapton’s song “Tears in Heaven” could possibly be the saddest song ever written about losing a loved one. Dealing with the loss of his four-year-old son who fell from the…
![Beam Me Up](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/05/mess_me_up_by_weroni-Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Artist P!nk wrote the song “Beam me up” about a close friend who lost her young child. The lyrics reflect on her friend’s grief and…
![Conversation Cards Help Therapists Dig Deeper](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/07/Michael-at-flickr-470x140.jpg?x81652)
As a counselor, social worker, or therapist, how do you begin conversations with your clients? What are the best ways to break the ice and…
!['Huggable' Robot Bear Fills Need for Pediatric Support](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/12/Feature1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
You are seven years old… alone in the hospital, away from home and the support of family and friends. You can’t go to school, roughhouse…