![Suicide Prevention, Greif, Suicide Awareness, Poem, Arts and Culture, Media, family, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Grief around Suicide](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/06/emiliano-vittoriosi-o37-NDE2AHk-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The popular Youtube channel Button Poetry showcases a poem written by Nora Cooper entitled I Won’t Write You Obituary. The powerful poem discusses the topic…
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[trigger warning: talk of war and PTSD] Melissa Walker shares the powerful story of military members and the horrors they go through while in battle,…
![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)….
![Poem, Therapy, Mental Health, Sadhaka, B.W Powe, York University, Decoding Dust, Self-Discovery, Journey](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/01/face-636095_1280-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Sadhaka is a poem by Canadian poet and York University Associate Professor, B.W. Powe. It was published in his 2016 book, Decoding Dust. Through Sadhaka’s…
![Mental Health, Generational Trauma, healing, poem, reflection, trauma recovery, resilience, wounds, Wendy Thompson Taiwo, battle](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/10/melissa-askew-8n00CqwnqO8-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In this poem by Wendy Thompson Taiwo, the weight of generational trauma, carried for over three decades, is tangible. Wanting to shed this burden, not…
![Suicide Prevention, BoJack Horseman, Suicide Awareness, Poem, Arts and Culture, Media, television series, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Then View from Halfway Down](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/10/dan-meyers-hluOJZjLVXc-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The popular television show BoJack Horseman incorporates themes of mental health and suicide prevention into its characters’ lives. The View from Halfway Down was a…
![Miguel Hernández, Elegy, Poem, Poetry, Grief, Loss, Death, Generation of ’27, Generation of ’36, Sorrow, Mourning, Memories, Bereavement](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/09/gabriel-E-b_VNmtGJY-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
One of the most moving and beautiful elegies in Spanish literature is the one written by the Spanish poet Miguel Hernández on the unexpected death…
![poem, poetry, depression, anxiety, suicide, inspiring, Shane Koyczan, grief, mental health, well-being, support](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/07/Ascension-web-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Instructions for a Bad Day” is a spoken word poem by Canadian poet and writer Shane Koyczan, from his eBook of poetry Our Deathbeds Will…
![peace, mental health, brain, healthy, wisdom, control, emotions, strength, irrational thoughts, poem](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/03/agto-nugroho-wuDvhtaAYYI-unsplash-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“The owl and the chimpanzee went to sea In a beautiful boat called The Mind The owl was sensible, clever and smart The chimp was…