#understands - Hello Poetry

I've heard so many people tell those who suffer depression to just 'cheer up.' I wonder if they can really believe that it’s that simple. Depression isn't just sadness. It is emptiness, it is misery. It is pain and nothingness at once. When you are truly depressed you lack the ability or will to cheer yourself up. No one just ‘has depression.’ You suffer from it. This is depression: You will wake at 5, 6, maybe 7am, feeling as though you had only just fallen asleep. It’s likely you did. If you don't have to be somewhere, you could lie in bed for another 3 hours...too tired, too miserable and pathetic to crawl out of you bed. Or maybe you will sleep until 1pm, because it’s so much easier to sleep through most of the day than actually live it, and you’re so unbelievably tired anyway. You will push through the day, knowing that every hour will be a struggle and not knowing how you will feel tomorrow. People will ask what is wrong, and you will simply smile and say 'nothing, I'm just tired.' Yes you are tired. You are so tired of drifting through every day, with no will to actually live. But you simply smile, and they'll believe you. It’s so much easier to lie anyway, and most of the time you can push away the guilt. Sometimes you might find a way out, temporary as it may be. You might write or draw or sing. Or you might cut, burn, binge, purge, drink, starve, scratch, pull, overdose...anything to take your mind away from the utter misery it seems to be so obsessed with. What you don't know is that soon these acts will take over your thoughts. You will spend your days not only lost in the haze of depression, but your mind will be so consumed with these thoughts of escaping and self destruction that you think you could explode. You will see a series of lines, and think of the lovely scars you could make, where you will make them. Your mind will be permanently spinning with thoughts of this pain, and different ways you might destroy yourself or, more precisely, this monster inside you. But of course none of this will work. You will still spend your night alone, sitting and staring at nothing, completing mindless tasks as if they have some importance, as if you are really there. Be careful where you let your mind wander. Night time is the darkest time in depression. That's when all the demons come out, when you become weaker. It is when you will hurt yourself simply to make the urges stop for 5 minutes. It is when you will spend hours crying or screaming for no reason other than the agony inside. You will shake and feel as though your whole body will cave in or explode. No one will understand. You do not have hospital beds, drips, bandages or needles to make people worry. To make them realize that this sad little girl is actually sick and needs help. Of course the depression will have destroyed any self esteem you might have had, so you'll be too scared to ask for the help you need. You just go on, hoping someone will notice your slow, meticulous self-destruction. Don’t worry, it won’t always be so bad. Some days you might even feel stable. You might walk tall for one day, feeling a glint of hope that maybe one day things will get better, that things are getting better and you have the strength to fight. Then one small thing will go wrong, and you’ll fall apart all over again. You feel stupid for even considering that things could get better. Have you ever felt as though your whole body could just crumble any minute? Just crumble and fall apart, like it’s lost anything it had holding it together. That’s what it feel like all the time to be depressed. That raw fragility. It feels as though the smallest disruption in our life, or in your head, or in the world, could send everything spiraling downwards. And it can. The tiniest mistake can cause you to hate yourself more than you could possibly imagine. The smallest crack in your world can make it all seem pointless. Depression destroys any resources you have. Any strength or courage you kept stored away for emergencies. So if the tiniest little storm hits, you are left to trying to survive the ravages of a cyclone without a life boat. It wears you down and even the smallest crack can seem like an earthquake and every minute is spent waiting for the next shake. And then one day, you will find yourself curled up on your bedroom floor, sobbing, because you can’t find anything to wear. Every little thing is just more proof of how worthless you are. Eventually, you begin to expect it. You anticipate the bad times, because you know the good times are just fooling you. And they are filled with fear and anxiety over when everything will come crashing down again. You are always waiting for the next breakdown. You’ve become so accustomed to feeling miserable, that happiness is a foreign feeling that you won’t even let yourself experience. You don’t deserve it. So you become numb, which at times, is worse than the full-blown screaming and crying depressive ‘episodes.’ You find yourself begging to hurt again, because any feeling is better than feeling nothing at all. Depression is one of the cruelest of all illnesses. You see, it’s much easier to fight when you can see an end to it all. When you know that in the end you will either win or lose. But whatever the outcome, the war will be over. The thing about depression is it blurs your perception of the future and makes it near impossible to see that end. You start to think that there’s no such thing as ‘winning’ and why bother fighting if you already know the outcome. It gradually strips you of any hope you previously had. And without hope, it’s difficult to see a future or a reason to fight. 06/27/2004

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May 22, 2020

May 22, 2020 at 6:51 AM UTC

Darkness_within_soul

Depression.

I've heard so many people tell those who suffer depression to just 'cheer up.' I wonder if they can really believe that it’s that simple. Depression isn't just sadness. It is emptiness, it is misery. It is pain and nothingness at once. When you are truly depressed you lack the ability or will to cheer yourself up. No one just ‘has depression.’ You suffer from it. This is depression: You will wake at 5, 6, maybe 7am, feeling as though you had only just fallen asleep. It’s likely you did. If you don't have to be somewhere, you could lie in bed for another 3 hours...too tired, too miserable and pathetic to crawl out of you bed. Or maybe you will sleep until 1pm, because it’s so much easier to sleep through most of the day than actually live it, and you’re so unbelievably tired anyway. You will push through the day, knowing that every hour will be a struggle and not knowing how you will feel tomorrow. People will ask what is wrong, and you will simply smile and say 'nothing, I'm just tired.' Yes you are tired. You are so tired of drifting through every day, with no will to actually live. But you simply smile, and they'll believe you. It’s so much easier to lie anyway, and most of the time you can push away the guilt. Sometimes you might find a way out, temporary as it may be. You might write or draw or sing. Or you might cut, burn, binge, purge, drink, starve, scratch, pull, overdose...anything to take your mind away from the utter misery it seems to be so obsessed with. What you don't know is that soon these acts will take over your thoughts. You will spend your days not only lost in the haze of depression, but your mind will be so consumed with these thoughts of escaping and self destruction that you think you could explode. You will see a series of lines, and think of the lovely scars you could make, where you will make them. Your mind will be permanently spinning with thoughts of this pain, and different ways you might destroy yourself or, more precisely, this monster inside you. But of course none of this will work. You will still spend your night alone, sitting and staring at nothing, completing mindless tasks as if they have some importance, as if you are really there. Be careful where you let your mind wander. Night time is the darkest time in depression. That's when all the demons come out, when you become weaker. It is when you will hurt yourself simply to make the urges stop for 5 minutes. It is when you will spend hours crying or screaming for no reason other than the agony inside. You will shake and feel as though your whole body will cave in or explode. No one will understand. You do not have hospital beds, drips, bandages or needles to make people worry. To make them realize that this sad little girl is actually sick and needs help. Of course the depression will have destroyed any self esteem you might have had, so you'll be too scared to ask for the help you need. You just go on, hoping someone will notice your slow, meticulous self-destruction. Don’t worry, it won’t always be so bad. Some days you might even feel stable. You might walk tall for one day, feeling a glint of hope that maybe one day things will get better, that things are getting better and you have the strength to fight. Then one small thing will go wrong, and you’ll fall apart all over again. You feel stupid for even considering that things could get better. Have you ever felt as though your whole body could just crumble any minute? Just crumble and fall apart, like it’s lost anything it had holding it together. That’s what it feel like all the time to be depressed. That raw fragility. It feels as though the smallest disruption in our life, or in your head, or in the world, could send everything spiraling downwards. And it can. The tiniest mistake can cause you to hate yourself more than you could possibly imagine. The smallest crack in your world can make it all seem pointless. Depression destroys any resources you have. Any strength or courage you kept stored away for emergencies. So if the tiniest little storm hits, you are left to trying to survive the ravages of a cyclone without a life boat. It wears you down and even the smallest crack can seem like an earthquake and every minute is spent waiting for the next shake. And then one day, you will find yourself curled up on your bedroom floor, sobbing, because you can’t find anything to wear. Every little thing is just more proof of how worthless you are. Eventually, you begin to expect it. You anticipate the bad times, because you know the good times are just fooling you. And they are filled with fear and anxiety over when everything will come crashing down again. You are always waiting for the next breakdown. You’ve become so accustomed to feeling miserable, that happiness is a foreign feeling that you won’t even let yourself experience. You don’t deserve it. So you become numb, which at times, is worse than the full-blown screaming and crying depressive ‘episodes.’ You find yourself begging to hurt again, because any feeling is better than feeling nothing at all. Depression is one of the cruelest of all illnesses. You see, it’s much easier to fight when you can see an end to it all. When you know that in the end you will either win or lose. But whatever the outcome, the war will be over. The thing about depression is it blurs your perception of the future and makes it near impossible to see that end. You start to think that there’s no such thing as ‘winning’ and why bother fighting if you already know the outcome. It gradually strips you of any hope you previously had. And without hope, it’s difficult to see a future or a reason to fight. 06/27/2004

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I don’t write to get called good I write to be understood Do you understand? I don’t write for petty praise That would be a waste of my days My poems are my own extended hand I just want people to see What it’s like to be me And who I really am Though my poems are called “good” I am still misunderstood When will somebody understand?

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May 10, 2020

May 10, 2020 at 12:50 AM UTC

Gemtastic

Understand?

I don’t write to get called good I write to be understood Do you understand? I don’t write for petty praise That would be a waste of my days My poems are my own extended hand I just want people to see What it’s like to be me And who I really am Though my poems are called “good” I am still misunderstood When will somebody understand?

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We are all alone In ways no one Can understand We drown under The waves of words We aren't saying Sometimes I can feel My bones straining Under the weight Of all the lives Im not living All we've got is This precious Knowledge of Our own Self destruction

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Sep 22, 2019

Sep 22, 2019 at 11:46 PM UTC

a-m-ryder

It's Hard to Say

We are all alone In ways no one Can understand We drown under The waves of words We aren't saying Sometimes I can feel My bones straining Under the weight Of all the lives Im not living All we've got is This precious Knowledge of Our own Self destruction

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can there be a sentient form that understands the all no

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Aug 20, 2019

Aug 20, 2019 at 12:49 PM UTC

mark-wanless

haiku 19/8/20a

can there be a sentient form that understands the all no

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On a day such as this, I return from my tiring work. On a day such as this, I return to this dull world. I hear it once more-- The droning, and the grayness it explores. I feel it coming-- The humming, and the slight drumming... The thinning beats are composed of children's pitter-patter, And sullen ***** dish clatter. The tuneless melody speaks of pointless meanings, And empty greetings. I hear it once more-- The droning, and the grayness it explores. I feel it coming-- The humming, and the slight drumming... I hear it one more time-- Or so I think, For the part of me that understands Has already died.

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Jan 28, 2019

Jan 28, 2019 at 12:18 AM UTC

sushii

The Humming

On a day such as this, I return from my tiring work. On a day such as this, I return to this dull world. I hear it once more-- The droning, and the grayness it explores. I feel it coming-- The humming, and the slight drumming... The thinning beats are composed of children's pitter-patter, And sullen ***** dish clatter. The tuneless melody speaks of pointless meanings, And empty greetings. I hear it once more-- The droning, and the grayness it explores. I feel it coming-- The humming, and the slight drumming... I hear it one more time-- Or so I think, For the part of me that understands Has already died.

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If you got the one you loved You will never understand the beauty of love

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Jan 16, 2019

Jan 16, 2019 at 11:53 PM UTC

Sonu_Tyro

unbaised love

If you got the one you loved You will never understand the beauty of love

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Procrastination ~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m too wide awake to sleep. I’m too dog tired to weep. I’m too grieved out n so I’ve found. I’m too tough to stand my ground. I’m too weak to tough things out. I’m too old to get involved . I’m too young to even understand . I’m too bright to dumb things down. I’m too deaf to hear your cry. I’m too lay back to procrastinate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written by Philip November 15th 2018.

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Nov 14, 2018

Nov 14, 2018 at 10:17 AM UTC

oliver-philip

Procrastination.

Procrastination ~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m too wide awake to sleep. I’m too dog tired to weep. I’m too grieved out n so I’ve found. I’m too tough to stand my ground. I’m too weak to tough things out. I’m too old to get involved . I’m too young to even understand . I’m too bright to dumb things down. I’m too deaf to hear your cry. I’m too lay back to procrastinate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written by Philip November 15th 2018.

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One thousand times I say your name One thousand minds has essence changed One thousand miles we are away One thousand leaps that my heart makes Every time we touch through the aether Each time I relate to you so much deeper Every time and time again I try Each and every time to find One hundred reasons to decline the calling One hundred voices beg choice for remorse One hundred lessons will I learn before One hundred blessings be branded yours In time this reeling feeling of what was had In time you will descend from mind to hand In time the scent of what was known In time shall rest upon life's blissful throne Ten times I behold the beauty Ten times will I be bold before Ten times this cold I shake from my crown Ten times more will your name resound Time is fickle Time is taught Time will settle Time is short One mind One heart One life One chance Nothing But time Is all we ever have To love is to know That which time Under stands

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Jun 28, 2017

Jun 28, 2017 at 3:29 PM UTC

zani

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One thousand times I say your name One thousand minds has essence changed One thousand miles we are away One thousand leaps that my heart makes Every time we touch through the aether Each time I relate to you so much deeper Every time and time again I try Each and every time to find One hundred reasons to decline the calling One hundred voices beg choice for remorse One hundred lessons will I learn before One hundred blessings be branded yours In time this reeling feeling of what was had In time you will descend from mind to hand In time the scent of what was known In time shall rest upon life's blissful throne Ten times I behold the beauty Ten times will I be bold before Ten times this cold I shake from my crown Ten times more will your name resound Time is fickle Time is taught Time will settle Time is short One mind One heart One life One chance Nothing But time Is all we ever have To love is to know That which time Under stands

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Love accepts and does not analyze Love surrenders, does not resist Love sees without eyes It hears without words It understands the silence Love communes direct and deeper

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Dec 31, 2014

Dec 31, 2014 at 1:16 PM UTC

salil-jha

LOVE SEES NOTHING

Love accepts and does not analyze Love surrenders, does not resist Love sees without eyes It hears without words It understands the silence Love communes direct and deeper

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