Getting There

I'm getting better

I'm learning how to deal

with myself... and everything else

I'm not having as many anxiety attacks

and the panic is slowly

going away

I'm coping

I'm healing

I'm living

I have entire days now

where I don't feel the overwhelming urge

to cry, or puke, or hide.

I didn't know if I was going to make it

667 days

where I wasn't sure

if this was the new normal 

or if there was ever going to be a "other side"

But finally

I think 

we're getting there

Author's Note

feedback?

Reviews

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Such a positive write, dear Green! You have obviously been through some troubled times, yet the positivity in the culmination of your poem tells us you are beating back the demons and forging into the light. I am a psychology PHD, so I am well aware of the effects of anxiety, so it's brilliant to see you are managing so well. A wonderful write, here.

[alanwgraham]

Great G. It takes courage to expose yourself like this but people respond because our human condition is fragile even when we construct a mask for self preservation. I have bipolar myself and I've just been edging my way through an episode. Good luck to you - life is beautiful!
All the best,
Alan

[emmajoy]

You've laid your words so smoothly and emotionally yet with care.. thoughts in neat order, nothing haphazard and - that shows raw heroic skill. As to how you are after such a wretched time.. you've proved that you have amazing courage and determination and i that is a reward you truly deserve, Green.

i''m getting better = I'm learning how to deal - with myself... and everything else .. ' Loud applause.

[Derek]

They say time heals all things, great news!!

[Levi Levin]

Great piece of poetry in kind of a story form. Great job!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

especially uplifting to hear this bit of good news, when we are dealing with this awful pandemic.
The speaker in this poem (be it you or someone else) is staying very strong with the added dilemma and fear added to everything else. I think 13th line is missing "I"---But a strong poem to which many may relate.
j.