Day: April 10, 2019

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Today was busy. I covered the local volunteer appreciation lunch for my community paper, I met my "new" therapist, and I did some shopping in Red Deer before meeting a buddy for supper in Sylvan Lake. I was nervous about todays meeting with the therapist at Stettler Mental Health. I have had bad experiences with … Continue reading 250

Trigger Warning: very dark place in my mind. (Untitled)

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This is the last, and darkest piece of poetry I wrote during my latest admission. It does not reflect my current state of mind. The urge to harm myself hit me today,wave after wave, I fend off the assault by my mind.I did not sleep well,shat should be 8, took 11My brain lies to me,it tells … Continue reading Trigger Warning: very dark place in my mind. (Untitled)