You may know someone with any or all of the following behaviours: someone who meticulously organizes things in their environment, repeatedly checks to see if…
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is triggered by experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event. People experience persistent flashbacks and recurring thoughts of the traumatic event; to…
“Out of Bounds” is a short animated film created by Viktoria Piechowitz in 2014 by The Animation Workshop in Denmark. The film highlights a young…
This TED-Ed lesson by psychologist Natasha M. Santos debunks three of the main myths surrounding obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The animated video aims to clear…
Neil Hilborn is an American slam poet who writes and performs poetry. Hilborn was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as a child, and bipolar disorder while he was in college, and has always used…
This short video featured on the Buzzfeed YouTube channel displays several people who come forward to express how they experience mental illness. These brave people…
The song “Everything is Alright” by Motion City Soundtrack documents frontman Justin Pierre’s experience with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Pierre recounts cleaning his…
Media portrayals of mental illness are often controversial and have been criticized for inaccurate stereotypical depiction. But more recently viewers have seen a notable shift…
In his series ‘Real Monsters. Volume 2’ artist Toby Allen depicts what mental illnesses might look like, if they took the form of monsters that…
Neil Hilborn struggled with OCD for years. Now, he has decided to speak out about the disorder through poetry. He performed during the Individual Finals…