![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…
![schizophrenia, fear, paranoia, personal, distress, self-taught, hallucinations, painting, art, detached](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/10/melanie-wasser-j8a-TEakg78-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Franz Pohl Bühler was born in 1868 and was reported to have had “auditory hallucinations as early as 16 years” old. When he was fired…
![Words on Bathroom Walls](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/06/23D58579-08E6-400A-B35F-7D0B21FDE3E6-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
The movie “Words on Bathroom Walls”, released in 2020, follows Adam Petrazelli as he balances high school and the challenges of his mental health diagnosis….
![Black Paintings: Suffering & Darkness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/04/8D2134C5-7ACC-445B-8199-583DA67E0D86-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Francisco De Goya is a Spanish painter who is known to have two significant periods of paintings. The first being portraits and cartoons and the…
![Anil Seth, Consciousness, Reality, Hallucinations, TED talk, Neuroscience, Psychology, Schizophrenia, Perception, Brain](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/12/D5578107-FC14-4064-BE79-70D5F01BAC1F-470x140.png?x81652)
In a research lab at the University of Sussex, neuroscientist Anil Seth and his team are trying to answer the age-old mystery of science and…
![Video, Schizophrenia, Hallucinations, Delusions, Stigma, Mental Illness, Mental Health, Symptoms, Treatment, Psychiatry](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/07/E4B0C817-C48E-4916-8908-6E727E34D456-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Schizophrenia remains one of the most stigmatized illnesses to date. “What is Schizophrenia?” is the title of an animated Ted-Ed lesson by Psychiatrist Dr. Anees…
![Schizophrenia, Death, Portrait, Minimalism, Resilience, Creativity, Images, Psychology, Mental Health, Hallucinations](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/04/2A7A0678-79BA-4D51-A448-5E86B60BFF56-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Agnes Martin was born in Canada in 1912, and moved to America in 1931, where she began her successful life as a minimalist artist. Over…
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Considered the most important Spanish painter from the late 18th century and early 19th century, Francisco Goya is one of the greatest contemporary portraitists. He also suffered from…
![Paranoia,-Schizophrenia,-Words,-Delusions,-Homelessness,-Thought-Broadcasting,-Hallucinations,-Symptomology,-Mental-Illness,-Trauma,-Dan-Hoeweler,-poem,-poetry](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/Paranoia-Schizophrenia-Words-Delusions-Homelessness-Thought-Broadcasting-Hallucinations-Symptomology-Mental-Illness-Trauma-Dan-Hoeweler-poem-poetry-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Parallel Universes” is a poignant poem written by a man with schizophrenia. Dan Hoeweler had this poem and two other equally beautiful pieces published in…
![Vision of a Ghost](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/12/Roselyn-Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
William Blake, an English poet and artist of the Romantic era, experienced visions throughout his life. Blake’s visions often contained religious themes and imagery and…