Performing for Toronto during the semi-finals at the 2014 National Poetry Slam, Sabrina Benaim shares her raw experience with depression, disclosing what she has endured…
At one time or another, we may realize that something a friend or family member has said is ‘off’. Neuroscientist Mariano Sigman has taken this…
The song “The Handler” by the band Muse depicts the torment the mind undergoes when being forcibly controlled by an external force. The lyrics describe…
After two tours of duty in Iraq, Sergeant Eric James of the United States Army returned home to Colorado where he began experiencing symptoms of…
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 song “Cut” by recording artist Plumb highlights a struggle with self-harm, and the accompanying feelings of numbness and loneliness. As a teenager, Plumb experienced…
In March 2016, North Carolina passed a law that bars transgender individuals from using public restrooms that match their gender identity, and prohibits cities from…
‘The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters’ is an etching by painter Francisco Goya in 1799 of the artist sleeping while nightmarish creatures fly above him….
‘Skinny Girls Bleed Flowers’ is a slam poem by Savannah Brown documenting her experience with anorexia and bulimia. Brown personifies the eating disorders as monsters…
“My aunt woke me to say that my mom sent a text to the family priest in the middle of the night, asking for prayers…
