![Depression Made Me Laugh](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/05/Allie-Brosh-_-Feature-2-470x140.png?x81652)
Cartoonist Allie Brosh describes her fight with depression using painful and raw, yet comical, realism in her blogs. A blog titled Adventures in Depression uses…
![It Doesn’t have to be a Dead End!](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/04/13954018513_Dead-End-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In her signature quirky style, illustrator Gemma Correll presents stickers to celebrate self-care. She identifies acts such as asking for help and taking time to…
![Lost Happiness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/Like-Autumn-Leaves-by-DpressedSoul-Copy-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Clay Jonathan, an artist who was originally diagnosed with depression in 1993, depicts his experience with the illness through his website Depression Comix. In this…
![Frustrations of Depression](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/4498213172_d9f6d0768c_z-470x260v2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
This funny yet poignant cartoon by Ryan Pequin of Three Word Phrase captures one of the realities of depression. Individuals suffering from this debilitating illness…
![The Plan](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/numbness_of_1000_words_by_weroni-d6nsojd-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Illustrated by depression comix, this cartoon demonstrates the ever-present and persistent nature of chronic depression, as it comes and goes for those who are suffering…
![The Inner Peanut Gallery (6)](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/15927744304_f1b4852fd1_k-470x140.jpg?x81652)
People struggling with mental illness are often told to “get over it”. In this cartoon, Dima Dupéré rejects this misconception and sheds light on how…
![The Inner Peanut Gallery (5)](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/15927744304_f1b4852fd1_k-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In this cartoon, Dima Dupéré depicts the many faces of trauma. From her experience working in the mental-health field, she has found that trauma has…
![The Inner Peanut Gallery (4)](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/15927744304_f1b4852fd1_k-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Dima Dupéré, a cartoonist and an Associate Candidate with the Centre for Treatment of Sexual Abuse and Childhood Trauma, uses cartoons to give insight into…
![The Inner Peanut Gallery (3)](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/15927744304_f1b4852fd1_k-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In this cartoon, Dima Dupéré humorously depicts an amateurish moment between a therapist and client. Dupéré, an Associate Candidate with the Centre for Treatment of…
![The Inner Peanut Gallery (2)](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/15927744304_f1b4852fd1_k-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Cartoonist Dima Dupéré draws this cartoon to depict a challenging scenario that some may face in therapy – the unmotivated client. Dupéré told the Trauma…