Depression is NOT an emotion or mood. It might be described as a mood disorder and definitely moods/emotions are part of what is exhibited with depression but I think the description is deceptive. Sure depressed people FEEL sad, anxious, helpless, and/or worthless; but depression is a physical disease. Sadness (also called heavy-heartedness) is emotional pain…
This morning my friend Adam Hampton with Outsiders Productions shared this on his facebook. I can’t stop listening to it. The lyrics have my heart tied up in knots. “Don’t listen to this in a really good mood (it might ruin it) or a really bad mood (it might bury you beneath) ~Adam Hampton Well,…
I was flying Supported by strings Like a kite Made of newspaper With happy headlines And the next moment I was falling, descending Towards a cardboard stage My life, a flat character Chaotic and muddled Skewed by the reality Of a developed depression It crept quietly into my head In the darkest part of night…
It wasn’t the first time Her heart had been broken But it was the first time Her heart felt like junk So… She told the boy to keep it Because she knew, never again Would it ever beat the same
I sit listening to my tears Like rainfall adding to a flood I sit visiting them Wading through them Listening to each one of them Stories of heartache and truth Some brought to life by despair Some cry of loneliness Betrayal, bitterness, and anger Still others jealousy Love found then lost They gather unashamed In pools of wistfulness Each…
<a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/7069313/?claim=2z6burtxg7y”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> Written by Simon and Hastywords Falling inside raindrops made of glass Wordless laments land and shatter On silent sidewalks paying no mind To the broken edges that they scatter Unheard cries and oft ignored entreaties Silence is all that is returned Screaming out into the heartless void…
If you meant the words you spoke Wouldn’t I feel them somehow? So far gone I couldn’t hear you anyhow Mouth moving, hands jumping My fingers touched your lips…stop Eyes begged you to find someone else I strip off all that the world offers The earrings you bought To match our wedding ring The necklace…
Bodies dangling from the sky Like swings on a summer day The rapture left us all to cry Captured in the sun lights ray Spirits fly in circles, like bats Rushing for a dwelling place A dirty place full of restless rats Like sparrows darting, keeping pace They dance around hopelessly Out of place, out…
I am often saddened when a celebrity takes their life but when I heard Robin Williams may have committed suicide I cried. If this famously funny man, who made millions of people laugh, couldn’t fight depression then what chance do any of us have? Robin Williams was pretending to be an alien when I was…
One of my favorite bloggers and a piece I relate all to well with. Love you TwinDaddy
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