Maybe you feel alone? Maybe you feel worthless? Maybe you think you waste everyone’s time with your problems/feelings. Maybe just breathing fuels your feelings of despair and the only thing you can manage is sleep.
Congrats…
You probably won the depression lottery. It is estimated nearly 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression according to the WHO.
Social stigma is one of the biggest factors preventing effective care.
Do the whole world a favor and be proactive with those you love. Let them know they are NOT alone.
Depression doesn’t respect the holidays. It is the Grinch. It is the Scrooge. It is the devil in a red Santa suit come to steal all your beautifully wrapped silver linings.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Phone Number
1-800-273-8255
All the channels
Dance with static
As she sits silent
Inhaling the dark
Perspective fuzzy
And Vodka blurred
Turning memories
Of laughter into
Cries of terror
Blood drips slow
Into gelatin pools
Sticky strands of
Plush synthetic
Absorbing it all
She waits for
The show to start
The symphony
Of the dead
Bones cracking
Knick Knack
Paddy whack
As the world
Crushes her
Underneath
Everything
And pulls
The curtain
Closed
HASTYWORDS 
A powerful poem!! Love your title…telling the mind to shut the F off…yep, so true. I would like to reblog this to my blog Stop the Stigma. It IS that time of year when many are struggling with mental illness and add to that loneliness and isolation do not make good combinations.
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Feel free. Put the link here so others can find your blog.
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https://stigmahurtseveryone.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/curtain-call/
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Reblogged this on Stop the Stigma and commented:
The approaching holidays can be a difficult time for many and even moreso for anyone suffering from a mental illness. Don’t let social stigma prevent you from getting the help you deserve.
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An immensely powerful poem, Sunset, and I’m glad you’re sharing the information and letting people know it’s good to reach out and ask for help. It really is.
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The poem is perfect for the message.
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Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
Important message and a poem from Hasty
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This is powerful
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I don’t… I don’t… I don’t… it doesn’t… but I feel bad for those who feel this way.
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Also, and I feel bad about this… but I had to ignore your friend request on Facebook once again… because my wife is the jealous type… and you are a hottie with those huge, haunting eyes… but we are still friends in real life, right?
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Had I tried before? Sorry about that. And jealousy :-(. I’m nothing to be jealous of but I get it. No worries.
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Thanks, buddy.
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Oh, and good post.
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Good work… loved the poem!
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