![I’m Taking my Body Back](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/05/Cemetery-In-My-Mind-SafeVer-w-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Rupi Kaur, a celebrated photographer, illustrator, author, and spoken word artist, uses a mix of poetry and narrative to explore themes of loss, trauma, and…
![Depression Made Me Laugh](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/05/Allie-Brosh-_-Feature-2-470x140.png?x81652)
Cartoonist Allie Brosh describes her fight with depression using painful and raw, yet comical, realism in her blogs. A blog titled Adventures in Depression uses…
![Stop the Stigma](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/04/Out-of-Sight-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“I didn’t know how to explain it to anyone and I didn’t understand it myself, so I just didn’t talk about it.” “Out of Sight:…
![Suicide in the Trenches](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/04/Ascension-web-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Once a patriotic and willing recruit of the British army and decorated twice for his incredible acts of bravery during the first world war, Military…
![My “Romantic” Suicide](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/03/matthew-henry-27633-470x140.jpg?x81652)
As an advocate for mental-illness awareness, spoken word artist Rage Almighty often deals with themes of depression and suicide in his poetry. In his recent…
![My Son Was a Columbine Shooter](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/03/5394019428-_-Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In this TED Talk, Sue Klebold, mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the Columbine High School shooters, attempts to make sense of the tragedy caused…
![Her Last Words](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/03/8178012239_caaaa84754_z-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The song “Her Last Words” by Courtney Parker addresses the topics of depression, self-harm, and suicide from the perspective of a girl who is experiencing…
![Online Programs Confront Suicide Rates in Indigenous Communities](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/03/FD-_-Article-1-_-Feature-1-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
In 2016, a wave of suicides occurred in Canada’s indigenous populations. Communities in northern Saskatchewan particularly witnessed several youth suicides. In October of that year,…
![The Morning After I Killed Myself](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/17068203099_59dc20876e_z-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“The Morning After I Killed Myself” is a poem by 22-year old Meggie Royer, who writes at Writings for Winter. She has two published poetry…
![Managing Psychiatric Medication: A Challenge for Pregnant Women](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
It is often portrayed as a happy and exciting time, but the experience of pregnancy can be mixed, with physical and mental complications dampening the…