![OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Mental Health, Poem, Arts and Culture, Media, SLAM Poem, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Neil Hilborn](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/02/annie-spratt-4BwcmbExs5c-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Featured on the popular poetry Youtube channel Button Poetry, is a popular poem written by Neil Hilborn describing his struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)….
![Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, trauma, comorbidity, diagnosis, treatment,](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/10/Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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, video, anxiety, trauma, mental health, Aspergers, agoraphobia, OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, friend, fear, loss](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/03/D0999F0C-F9C1-4541-B561-E0919182FAA2-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
“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…
![mental health, video, mental illness, OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder, stigma, myths, debunking, misconceptions, Natasha M. Santos, psychology, TED-Ed](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/07/B045C991-7B55-4039-8E37-E0D3202C1B07-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
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,-Mental-Health,-obsessive-compulsive-disorder,-poem,-Poetry,-bipolar-disorder,-words,-mental-illness,-Relationships,-slam-poem](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/Neil-Hilborn-Mental-Health-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-poem-Poetry-bipolar-disorder-words-mental-illness-Relationships-slam-poem-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Living with a Mental Disorder](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/12/alexander-possingham-282185-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Everything Is Alright](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/09/John-Donges-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Lena Dunham Generates Accurate Media Representations of Mental Illness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/04/Feature-1-3-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…
![Real Monsters: Volume 2](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/03/tumblr_ns03v0WjTc1rvfh0po5_1280-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
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…