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Orientation! New member :)

Nae_Ryan — Tue, 09 May 2017 05:43:49 GMT

Hi all,

My name is Chanae. I'm actually here for a good reason. I've known about these types of websites but never really looked into them properly. So, I've been writing poems based on depression and other subjects. I shared two with a friend and she advised me to share it with the beyondblue community forums. So, I'm hoping this isn't offensive in any way and others can read and/or relate to what I've written. I hope you all enjoy!

It's okay to feel down
Everyone has those days
The feeling won't last forever
It eventually goes away.

All the feelings inside
Are slowly tearing apart
You want it all to go away
But this is where you start.

It all feels so slow now
Waking up knowing what to expect
You start losing interest in things
And slowly start to neglect.

You're always isolating yourself
To hide from the world
Shutting all rays of light out
Huddled in a ball, motionless, torn, and curled.

You wonder all the questions
Why this exists? Why it happens?
Small talk with everyone around
Your heart feels almost flattened.

Your happiness, hobbies and friends
Eventually becomes an old memory
Your body feels weak and drained
Sucking out all your energy.

Is this my now, future and forever?
Feeling alone, depressed, and dark?
I really try for happiness
I get nothing, not even a spark.

Orientation! New member :)

kanga_brumby — Tue, 09 May 2017 05:51:01 GMT

Chanae Welcome to BB forums a safe supportive place to be. I like your work in the poem.

Kanga

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MarkJT — Tue, 09 May 2017 05:55:14 GMT

Chanae, welcome to the forums and I encourage you to keep going with the poems and post them. The one that is above is brilliant.

So I am assuming that you are a sufferer of depression? Any other mental health conditions?

Cheers

Mark

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romantic_thi3f — Tue, 09 May 2017 23:14:44 GMT

Hi Nae_Ryan/Chanae,

Welcome to the forums!

Thank you for posting and sharing your poem; I'm not usually a big fan of poetry but yours definitely resonated with me. If you have more I encourage you to post them!

Often we encourage people to stick to the same thread so we can keep track of what's going on for them but given that yours is poetry I actually encourage you to start a new one with the title 'poetry' (or similar) so that way you can get more people likely to click on your post.

I saw in your poem you wrote at the start that nothing will last forever and then wrote at the end is this my now, future and forever? I just wanted to check in with you on that and see how you're doing and if you still agree with that it will feel this way forever.