Tag: depression

Depression Burger Recipe

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Arsenio Franklin

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Category: poetryTags: anger, anxiety, cooking, depression, featured, food, happiness, mental health, numbness, recipe, sadness, tears

Why I’m Medicated

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Arsenio Franklin

I don’t think about why I’m taking my medicine anymore. In the beginning, I knew each pill was a step in the right direction, perfectly calibrated to make life more bearable and help me work through my depression. Turn my baseline anxiety from an… Continue Reading “Why I’m Medicated”

Category: mental healthTags: anxiety, depression, featured, Lexapro, life, medication, OCD

Leaky Roof

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Arsenio Franklin

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I never thought it could rain inside Until I was so sad my tears wet the carpet Tornadoes destroy homes from the outside So I thought Until my anger had me spinning through the house Demolishing everything I touched Thunder is just a distant noise Until pain is booming in your chest There is no time between the thunder and the lightning Boom flash boom flash Flash boom flash boom

What’s the weather like in your home?

Category: mental health, poetryTags: anger, boom, depression, featured, flash, leaky roof, lightning, rain, tears, thunder, tornadoes

I Used to Run

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Arsenio Franklin

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Category: mental health, poetry, runningTags: changes, depression, dreams, future, happiness, nightmares, past, poems, poetry, running, thoughts

Denial

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Arsenio Franklin

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Denying help in the depths of a bottomless well.

Category: mental health, poetry, WritingTags: denial, depression, life, mental health, poem, poetry

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