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Hi everyone, I wanted to introduce myself. I have been contending with an array of mental health difficulties for several years, such as Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression and Binge Eating Disorder. I want to spread awareness and reduce the stigma that is associated with mental disorders. I have read and found this platform to be extremely welcoming, understanding, and supportive, hence I am extremely humbled and honoured to be a part of this community. I have finally cultivated the courage to post and introduce myself : ). #MentalHealth #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BingeEatingDisorder #Depression #spreadawareness

I am sure those who have experienced anxiety will agree that anxiety can come in all different forms of shapes and sizes.

Anxiety is not stagnant. It continues to move, it continues it's path of destruction whether that be rocking back and forth, palms sweating, screaming, shaking, crying, hyperventilating, some form of a physical change in your body or a form of emotional change in your body.
But whatever it is for you.....

IT IS THE WORST THING IN THAT VERY MOMENT AND YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING TO STOP IT!

Anxiety is one of the most complex disorders (in my opinion) to experience, and to describe to someone else. Not just how it feels, but why it happens. Sometimes it happens for no reason at all. There does not have to be a trigger. Circumstances in your life don't always cause anxiety. Sometimes it just happens, and in those moments.... you hope you aren't in public because most will think you are crazy or think "what the heck are they doing?".

Maybe some of you have it mastered and you have an escape route?
**I know I don't! I just sit right where I'm at, don't care where that is, and cover my head, and cry and move back and forth.....**

Maybe on one of those dreadful days, someone would see me, help me through an attack and tell me it will be OK.

The day that I see that happen, is the day I will believe we finally have a chance to change the stigma on mental health!!

#spreadawareness #beopenminded #dontjudge

I struggle with what is called BPD,
Also known as “a living hell”;
Not only because of how it's defined,
But the stigma heaped on it as well.

We’re not all violent or downright mean,
Yet extremes represent how we feel;
Hard to fathom what others call their “in between”,
And self-harm’s how the masses still deal.

It's a push, pull back we constantly fight,
Seeking our place to “fit” in this life;
Battling each day to keep one's self afloat,
While thoughts taunt us to die through the night.

Our need to cling’s between panic and fright,
Distressed you'll abandon us too;
Highs and lows are endured, but not many stay,
Blame and guilt then sets in us anew.

On the flip side we love with all of our might,
Shedding doubt for who really does care;
Wishing no other to feel what it is we go through,
Giving instead till our hearts are stripped bare.

There are days loneliness still seeps into our soul,
“Good Enough”, such a phrase is unknown;
Isolation sinks in, reality fades,
Fear of abandonment welcomes us home.

But “saving” is not what this poem here is for,
Cause “support” is our greatest need;
Accept that for which has detoured our path,
Stand by us till the day we succeed.

Also please refrain from “Get Over It”,
Cause our minds are flipped upside down;
Yet persistence, hard work and our own discipline,
CAN shift the outcome around!

So instead don't turn a blind eye today,
But stay put and offer your time;
For together we wield enough power,
To stomp out these stigmas regarding our minds.
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By: Debra Brent
04/29/2019

#BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BPD #EUPD #Awareness #StopTheStigma #spreadawareness #mentaillness #MentalHealth #Support #Recovery #Poetry #poet