“If it is hard to feel, it is hard to heal.” Steve Haines is a creative story teller who explores the science of a complex…
At times, individuals might make sacrifices to please others in hopes of being liked and accepted. However, being a “people pleaser” might come with crossed…
Justin Vernon, better known by his band name Bon Iver, sought seclusion when struck by a period of loss in his life. He spent three…
Jennifer Bae is an artist from Guelph, Ontario. In her adolescence and young adulthood, the artist sought solace in macabre art that revolved around themes…
Marissa Indoe is an artist from Ontario, Canada. In her early teenage years, she unfortunately lost her father to suicide, leading her to develop major…
The song The Archer by Taylor Swift is the fifth track from her 2019 album Lover highlights a pattern of instability and interpersonal dysfunction that…
The song “Save Myself” by Ed Sheeran relays a strong message that can teach many of us a lesson. In the song Sheeran expresses that…
Richard George Davis is a South African artist, graphic designer and photographer who has his own online gallery. According to the artist, his piece “Sightless…
“Oak Fractured by Lightning” is an oil painting created by Russian landscape artist Maxim Vorobiev in 1842. Most of Vorobiev’s paintings depict peaceful sceneries including countrysides, seasides, rivers and trees. However, this…
“The Crying Game” by Nicki Minaj is s song about the unhealthy relationship she had with her former long-term boyfriend. The lyrics reflect the pain…
This VICE documentary on the Aokigahara Forest, otherwise known as the Japanese “suicide forest,” follows Azusa Hayano, a geologist, who studies the plantation at the…
Trophy by Anonymous are lyrics written about struggling with depression and loss. The author emphasizes the frustration of wanting these feelings to end, by comparing…
The song “Her Last Words” by Courtney Parker addresses the topics of depression, self-harm, and suicide from the perspective of a girl who is experiencing…
‘Whiskey Lullaby’, performed by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss, is a song about loneliness, heartbreak, and alcohol abuse.With lyrics like, “The put him out like…
You are seven years old… alone in the hospital, away from home and the support of family and friends. You can’t go to school, roughhouse…
This poem, written by Colleen Mulroney, describes the constant experience of pain overshadowing happiness. Despite the overall melancholy tone of the piece, she does end…
The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 devastated the two cities and countless lives. Some survivors coped with their grief through art,…
Valeria Golino’s 2013 Italian drama Miele (translation: Honey) follows the not-so-sweet life of Irene (Jasmine Trinca), a medical school dropout who helps euthanize terminally ill…
“I saw you doubling over and it felt like a shot right through me. I didn’t see any blood and there was nothing that scared…
