![The "Otherside" of Addiction](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/09/8228257996_3b2a0bbb72_h-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The song “Otherside” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis narrates a story about drug use and the descent into addiction. As a young man, Macklemore struggled…
!['Handling' the Mind](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/08/8299850204_6bba4815c5_z-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The song “The Handler” by the band Muse depicts the torment the mind undergoes when being forcibly controlled by an external force. The lyrics describe…
![Cut](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/07/Forever-lost-web-_-Richard-George-Davis-_-USED-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The song “Cut” by recording artist Plumb highlights a struggle with self-harm, and the accompanying feelings of numbness and loneliness. As a teenager, Plumb experienced…
![Fire and Rain](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/05/Fire-and-Rain-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The song “Fire and Rain” written by James Taylor depicts his fight with depression and drug addiction early in his music career, along with his…
![The Needle and the Damage Done](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/05/Kaushik-Naraslmhan-470x140.jpg?x81652)
This song describes Neil Young’s grief from watching his friend and bandmate Danny Whitten fall into heroin addiction and die from an overdose. Image Credit…
![In Memory of her Cousin](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/05/ktshawx-470x140.jpg?x81652)
When she was 10 years old, Sarah wrote the original song “Dream Child” in memory of her young cousin who had died within of few…
![Happy Little Pill](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/03/4355873562_71da6aa145_o-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Happy Little Pill’, performed by Troye Sivan, is a song about loneliness, antidepressants, and different ways that people cope. As Sivan explains, it was written during a…
!['Scars' by Allison Ireheta](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/11/13253572354_d52c67df1f_b-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Scars’, a song by artist Allison Iraheta, describes her personal journey through emotional abuse and depression. The lyrics depict the sense of hopelessness and confusion she…