Nips my ankle and already I’m crippled
I fall down while terror drowns me
I let go of control I let go of everything
I’m at the mercy of the world’s pleasure
The stinking sun has no mercy it whips
My skin while I lie hopelessly there’s no
Shade there’s no water I close my eyes
Fight for consciousness until there’s nothing
Left.
That black dog.
He feels nothing. He simply walks away.
I’m facing my demons
The fears that encroach
Terrified of battles
That each day invokes.
Night arrives swiftly
Twisting the sword
As seconds then drop
Into pools of my blood.
On Friday I encountered two situations that would have triggered meltdowns. Not one meltdown, but I would have gone straight from one into another. Things that happened that are my trigger points for sure. Those situations – a comment from someone, a fear of missing out, of rejection, of abandonment came rushing to the fore.
But I am healed and healing. If I ever wondered if I needed to be on medication, now I can testify how much it has helped. I was able to acknowledge those situations, identify that they are trigger points for me, that they would have had power over me in the previous days, and set them aside. Continue with my day.
I have been reduced so many times in the past to tears. The trigger points that invoke a pain inside that shortcut any rational thought. I would be overcome. But on Friday I was not overcome. And it felt good. Empowering.
Every day I am growing stronger.
Six weeks on happy pills, and this is what I can say. I am laughing more. Like actually laughing. Today I said something to a colleague, and I used the wrong word, and it was really funny. I laughed! And I’m smiling more. It seems easier to smile. It seems easier to be upbeat. To have a cheerful disposition.
I have contacted a life coach, and meeting her on Monday. Small, positive steps to lead the life I want to lead. A life of fulfillment and happiness and joy and positivity. All things good!
Worms
Crawl over
Me
I
Squirm
Lights turn off Turn on Turn off
I see
Your face
Ghost eyes Ghost kisses Ghost memories
Hungry worms
Wrap around
My arms My body My legs
I’m trapped
As they devour
My flesh
And turn into
Snakes
(I)
I have no idea
How to erase the gloom
The dull ache that sits on my heart
Like a thick heavy fog
Unable to move
(II)
Beams of light force their way
Through the blanket of clouds
To reach the earth and shine
Light on life, clearing the fog
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I’ve been on medication for five weeks today. I still have anxiety and my obsessive thoughts, but I noticed something yesterday.
My nails have grown! Normally they get to a certain length, less than what they currently are, and I tear them off in a state of anxiety. Usually when I’m at work and struggling with something. I know. It’s disgusting. A bad habit. This past week I have been under time pressure and trying to learn something. But I still have my nails.
Is it because of the happy pills? I’m not sure. Maybe it is!
A gray fog hangs over me
I try to run
I try to hide
I try to escape
But the faster I go
The blacker the cloud becomes
Today I am running away from
My anxiety
The black shadow that threatens to
Eat my alive and
Eat me whole
And so I hide in the confines of my
Heart fearing my mind and its
Relentless attacks
My mind starts to
Melt like a candle burning
Under the heat of a flame
A waiting game
Until it solidifies back into
A mind I can
Use
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