![ove, loss, time, humanity, existence, dream, poe, poetry, romantic, melancholic](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/05/aron-visuals-BXOXnQ26B7o-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Born in 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, and literary critic known for his romantic and melancholic prose. Being the first well-known…
![time, identity, art, passage of time, self portrait, self, success, purpose, anxiety, society, pressure](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/05/jon-tyson-FlHdnPO6dlw-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The passage of time is constant and this is something that can be anxiety inducing or reassuring to some. The knowledge that time will go…
![On the Shortness of Life](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/08/6D0BA655-D548-4544-A8F2-593C6FB74271-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
“On the Shortness of Life” was written by Seneca, a prominent Roman philosopher, politician and playwright who lived from 4 BC – 65 AD. In…
![room, depression, agoraphobia, home, alone, loneliness, time, music, educating](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/06/678710D3-877F-47C8-A182-DC1ABE040E30-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
The song In My Room by The Beach Boys was released in 1963 as a part of the album Surfer Girl. The writers of the…
![Saying 'No' to the Screen](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/08/David-August-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Psychologist Adam Alter talks about a common struggle in recent years: screen and device addictions. Atler’s research examines the increasing amount of time we are…