Mental-Illnesses

Those Who Are in Need Mental Health Awareness Month 2023 By J.C. Solis There are those who are suffering profound And these kinds of people are all around There are those who wish to at last have grace Who want happiness with smiles on their face There are those who suffer within their minds For their fates have been far from being kind And it is these faces filled with this woe That notes to all this suffering as so For illness rocks the mind and one’s own strength That confers weakness throughout this plight’s length For this is a feeling that We know well For it causes our lives to go through Hell These illnesses and this plights that we know Our minds cannot heal and cannot let go Psychosis, Depression, Anxiety None of these things allow us to be free So look to your fellow Suffering Man And do whatever it is that you can For We are the Dead in mind and in soul And We just want to once again be whole These poems were written to advocate To inspire

The Mind of a Mortal Chapter 1 By J.C. Solis The silence of the room was shattered as the siren blared in a roar of annoying vitriol. Slumber was impossible with this cacophony, a sound that the man in his bed loathed to hear every time the morning came. With his eyes still closed, he extended his arm out and slammed it hard on the offensive device that called for his rouse. He could easily fall back to sleep for a few more moments, hoping to catch a few more Zzzs before starting with this new day. But there was no point. The sun was shining through the window as the new day awaited. There was nothing he could do to stymie it. There was no escaping his fate and his daily morning routine. Jasper slinked out of bed, his eyes rather crusty and his mind still half asleep. In all honesty, despite the weary eyes, he looked forward to today. It would be the start of the second week of the new semester of school. He wasn’t forced to get up get up at seven o’clock in the morning; his

The Tension in the Air Mental Health Awareness Month 2023 By J.C. Solis The tension wells up inside of one’s heart From which fetid feelings begin to start The tension builds up and cannot be stopped As feelings of fear mount up to the top This is a feeling of dread and of fright Which cannot be stopped with all of our might For this is innate right down to our minds This Anxiety which is far from kind For let it be said that this tension kills As it slowly saps away at our wills It does not allow one to move along For it tears down people who’re weak and strong It is a feeling that offers no peace And it is relentless and does not cease For the body wants to move and feel right Though the mind feels frozen from this sheer fright Anxiety wells and will not go away And it can completely ruin your day And it leaves One afraid to even walk And removes One’s will to seek help and talk For this is a feeling without compare That leaves You gasping frightfully for

Borderline Personality Disorder is living in a body that is trying to fight while the mind wants to die. Borderline Personality Disorder is rushing from one relationship to the next just to fill the emptiness deep inside, but also struggling to maintain that relationship to the fullest. Borderline Personality Disorder is becoming impulsive and reckless, but it is also the main reason our life goes deeper in the hole. Borderline Personality Disorder is not being able to control your emotions no matter how hard you try, but it is also why people walk out of our lives. Borderline Personality Disorder is too much. You feel too much. You think too much. You cry too much. You get angry too much. Borderline Personality Disorder is thinking that everything is really bad or really great, but never picturing the gray areas. Borderline Personality Disorder is hating your loved ones the hardest, but also loving them with a passion. Borderline Personality Disorder is feeling everything