![Climate Change Affecting Farmers’ Mental Health](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/02/AN5_Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The cutoff for irreversible climate change has long been accepted as two or more degrees in global temperature compared to pre-industrial records. Reports show that,…
![Why?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/12/4472889356_6c9a84f916_z-470x140.jpg?x81652)
For their sixth studio album, Unstoppable, Rascal Flatts wrote “Why”, a powerful, slow-tempo, country song about a friend’s suicide. The song’s narrator reflects on the…
![The Fantastic Duo](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/12/weroni.deviantart.comartMy-Reality-629048103-Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“The Fantastic Duo” is a poem by Deceptive Cheese (pseudonym). The narrative depicts a battle between the depression and anxiety that plague the author. Throughout…
![The Suicide of Dorothy Hale](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/wVlfnlTbRtK8eGvbnBZI_VolkanOlmez_005-_-Unsplash-Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘The Suicide of Dorothy Hale’ is considered one of the most controversial paintings by renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The piece depicts the suicide of…
![Worthless Pessimist](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/3711315754_afb3be5fe4_o-_-Logan-Hicks-_-flickr-_-Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Armatage Shanks” is a song written by Billy Joe Armstrong of the band Green Day when he was devastated after a break up and said…
![The Plan](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/numbness_of_1000_words_by_weroni-d6nsojd-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Illustrated by depression comix, this cartoon demonstrates the ever-present and persistent nature of chronic depression, as it comes and goes for those who are suffering…
![When a Sibling Dies by Suicide](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/10/Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“As far back as I can remember, Michael was always good at being silly. He could make me laugh harder than anyone. He was very…
![The Addict](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/09/7319234074_a9b3f15c1c_z-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In her poem “The Addict”, Anne Gray Harvey (Anne Sexton) describes her experience of addiction to sleeping pills and her nighttime ritual of taking them….