![I Am Sam, Autism, Parents, Custody, Lawyers, Movies, Daughters, Fathers, Family, Love](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/08/illia-panasenko-dGoxp7ucLXw-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The film “I Am Sam” was released in 2001, and follows a mentally challenged father who has the intellectual capacity of a seven year-old due…
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As termed by the World Health Organization, video game addiction, or Gaming Disorder (GD), is defined as gaming that is difficult to control, prioritized over other…
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Honey Boy is a movie written by Shia LaBeouf while he was in therapy working through his PTSD from his rocky childhood. The movie centers…
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Does time really heal all wounds? As the parent of a child who was diagnosed with cancer, I know that some wounds never do heal…
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In 2014, Jess (name changed for anonymity) had gotten out of bed for the first time in two weeks. Later, seated across from a therapist,…
![What Can a Lizard Tell Us About Human Mental Health?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/03/lizard-470x140.jpg?x81652)
A new study on lizards has found that, when exposed to stress, their responses can be passed down genetically. Scientists now believe there may be…
![Family Secrets](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/02/Rob-feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Diana Flacks, along with producer Rosie Fernandez, investigate the long term psychological effects of keeping family secrets in their new CBC Radio podcast, featuring an…
![Feeling Like a Fraud in the Face of Success](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/11/AN3-_-Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
More common than once thought, from new fathers to high-level executives, many of us experience impostor syndrome. Defined in the Harvard Business Review, it’s: “A…
![Parkinson’s Takes its Toll on Family Caregivers](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/04/AC2-_-Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Her hands and legs trembled, she could no longer drive. Cognitively, she declined. Her balance was affected, and she often fell. My grandmother Anna (name…
![Humour for Depression?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/09/HM-_-1000-470x140.png?x81652)
The 1971 cult film Harold and Maude uses humour and empathy to address depression, suicide, and family dysfunction. Through depicting an unconventional relationship between two central…