Depression

We often see ourselves through a different lens than others see us;

We’re more critical and harsh with ourselves.

We hear our parents, our peers, our teachers, and even the media telling us that we aren’t good enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not athletic enough, and not as perfect as we should be.

But our own worst enemy truly is ourself.

The thoughts and ideas we hear become embedded in our brains and ours minds embellish and create atrocities far worse than the things we hear.

Our minds bear the demons we face everyday and each passing word adds a new terrifying feature to our demon.

“She’s so ugly”: your demon’s claws sharpen like knives.

“She’ll never pass this class”: your demon’s eyes glow a fiery red.

“She’s not worth my time”: your demon’s fangs double in size.

“She’s worthless”: your demon now covers your entire scope of reality so you can see nothing but the terror looming in front of you.

And that, my friends, is how depression and self-doubt are created, they become products of our own minds and being injected there by the world.

Reviews

[Adam Adams]

quite a poetry... spoken words... some randomised thoughts u have come up with. liked the conceptualisation of ur work. yes, depression is self-doubting the calibre we have to do things better and right, but hardly our mind let us do. looking forward to your work!

[HB Rita]

Profound writing. Your writing fits me well. Simple words with a great theme. It’s true that we often listen to others as the play a role of a demon and break ourselves with lose of confident. If we avoid demons, we can listen to our heart and judge ourselve better. It is very easy to get in depression but hard to get out. Thanks for an optimistic inspirational poem.

[Ghost]

Wow this is so perspective, and each line seems to fit me as well.. I have been told far worse things as well and those things have doubled my depression and broke me down and then when I find a wonderful relationship the battle of my demons and her battle with hers has made me run away and hurt her... OMG this is spot on for the things I have heard in my life..... Thank you for sharing this honest insight with everyone...

[Mohit Gautam]

Your poem is easy to read . The way you used your logic to explain depression in simple words impressed me . Happy writing!
:)

[Tony Jordan]

I do feel that a certain amount of wanting to feel the victim is at work too (in some cases not all by any means).
An informative treatise on a rising epidemic worldwide.

[AmateurWriter01]

Very well written and very true. I am very critical of myself so I know exactly what you are saying here.

[wordman]

profound write,it will touch many