"Suck it up buttercup"
"Tears are for the weak"
"Don't be a cry baby"
"It's all in your head"
"Get over it"
"It's not a big deal"
"Ignore it"
"Deal with it"
For so long
I've lived and breathed
These very lines
They play in my head
Again and again
A never ending anthem
Of repressive thoughts
Repress the emotion
Repress the pain
Don't let yourself get
Caught up in
"Meaningless" things
Because showing emotions is weak
But is it really?
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This is an older poem I wrote. I've made minor revisions but it's mostly the same.
I was written not long after I was diagnosed with a condition that in part came from me suppressing and invalidating my feelings for a very long time.
You should always express your feelings and talk about them, because whether or not others think your over reacting doesn't matter. What and how you feel is simply what and how you feel and that is always valid.
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PoetryThis is a collection of poems. Small pieces of my own mental puzzle. You may find my pieces familiar and see pieces of your own puzzle in them or perhaps you won't. Whether you do or you don't, my hope is that you come away knowing that there ar...
