![Freak](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/08/E986DBD0-5F46-4554-A3C0-6CFFCC81B640-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Swedish pop singer Molly Sandén’s song “Freak” was written by Kevin Högdahl, Maria Smith, Molly Sandén and Victor Thell. The lyrics reflect an internal struggle…
![Song, Weird Fishes, Arpeggi, Radiohead, Depression, Turning Point, Change, Seduction, Illusion, Uplifting, Self-Doubt, Subconscious, Love, Awareness, Relationships](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/02/26382663-5ECF-42E8-84E8-6985C3088D7C-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
The song “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” from the album In Rainbows by Radiohead is a beautiful, haunting piece. In this piece the narrator stands in the depths…
![Lost Voice](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/04/jf-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
On December 6, Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, Debbie Major’s deeply-moving first-person narrative called Lost Voice: Discovering Life After…
![Cranes in the Sky](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/11/Cranes-470x140.jpg?x81652)
American singer and songwriter Solange Knowles’ song, “Cranes in the Sky” off her new album, A Seat at the Table, explores the universal themes of…
![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…
![Gasping for Calm](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/05/calm_by_weroni-d6g1mdp-470x140.jpg?x81652)
With evocative words set to a hauntingly beautiful melody, the song “Breathe Me” by international recording artist Sia reveals the internal struggle of feeling overwhelmed:…
![Self-Doubt—I Know You](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/04/Henry-Rollins-_-Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Henry Rollins’ spoken word poem “I know you” touches on feelings of loneliness, isolation, and inability to fit in. He starkly portrays the pain of…