In an article in a Canadian daily, The Globe and Mail, Oliver Moore reported that during 2016, 21 suicide attempts occurred on Toronto’s subway system….
“Anti-D” by The Wombats is a song about the struggles of lead singer Matthew Murphy the weeks after he stopped taking anti-depressants. Murphy suffered from anxiety…
“Uninvited Guest” is a short poem by Vicky from Family Friend Poems that captures the depths of depression and the helplessness one may feel when…
They had known each other well enough in the early days of medical school, when they were students studying well into the night. After graduation,…
We know that death is inevitable, yet most imagine it in the distant future. But those with a terminal illness face the harsh reality of…
On November 7, 2016, the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario reached a settlement with a juror diagnosed with vicarious post-traumatic stress disorder. The…
When Shane Seyer was 12, he was sexually exploited by his 16-year-old babysitter Colleen Hermesmann. She became pregnant with Seyer’s child in 1989 and was…
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…
When an order of execution is issued by the courts in the United States, the prison warden or superintendent is responsible for the sentence being…
Penned by Instagram artist thoughtbuckets, An Ode to My Anxiety is a conversation between a young person and their anxiety. It is a portrait of somebody…
