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Anyone else having a hard week
Been rough this week, feeling anxious and angry and sad a lot more and I don't know why... I actually started crying at work today cos I was so stressed. Been on the 9-5 shift instead of the get up super early one, but I still don't really feel like I'm getting enough sleep. Also I'm coming off some medication soon - I felt like it was the right time. But I'm still scared about stopping (it's been about 2 years) so maybe that's affecting me too?
Anyway, that's my week. It's sucked. Sending virtual hugs to anyone else feeling crap right now x
Anyway, that's my week. It's sucked. Sending virtual hugs to anyone else feeling crap right now x
Re: The poem spot
TW (hospital/police experiences etc)
Bed 8
"A young girl, admitted in
with mental health concerns
Scars on her skin"
The pain inside it burns
"Called the crisis team, the police had came
They found her nearby a park
She tried to leave, we had to detain"
My mind had never been this dark
"Refusing to go back to home
We put her on a 1-2-1
Make sure you don't leave her on her own"
I feel like I'm already gone
"We moved her over to bed 8
She had a breakdown late last night
She has been talking about escape"
I don't want to win this fight
"Social services are looking for a place for her to stay
She keeps telling our staff she wants to run away
Lock the main doors at night so she can't find a way"
I cannot speak, I cannot say
"We took her off the 1-2-1, hopefully she can be discharged
They found her a placement, well that's what they said"
I keep looking for peace within the stars
I want to be dead. I WANT TO BE DEAD
"Bed 8 ran away last night,
Attempted to take her life
We don't think this placement is right"
Half alive, dead inside
"Bed 8 ran away from her 1-2-1 while going for a walk
We dressed her wounds, and our doctors had a talk
We decided to section her, make sure security is always there"
All I wanted was for somebody to care
"Bed 8 can now be discharged, we found her another place
Mental health deemed her fine so they closed the case
Social services are getting ready to pick her up"
I just feel so helpless, a burden, not enough
It's never been so dark inside
May 19th, I should've died
Hospitalized, I became bed 8
Multiple attempts, but still awake
Note: This is kind of my story when I was in hospital for a month a few month ago, I've left parts out because some parts i feel like i cant talk about yet, like police and stuff. I'm okay and safe now, this was a past experience. i wanted to put it into words because ive never been able to explain why i think about that month so much.
Bed 8
"A young girl, admitted in
with mental health concerns
Scars on her skin"
The pain inside it burns
"Called the crisis team, the police had came
They found her nearby a park
She tried to leave, we had to detain"
My mind had never been this dark
"Refusing to go back to home
We put her on a 1-2-1
Make sure you don't leave her on her own"
I feel like I'm already gone
"We moved her over to bed 8
She had a breakdown late last night
She has been talking about escape"
I don't want to win this fight
"Social services are looking for a place for her to stay
She keeps telling our staff she wants to run away
Lock the main doors at night so she can't find a way"
I cannot speak, I cannot say
"We took her off the 1-2-1, hopefully she can be discharged
They found her a placement, well that's what they said"
I keep looking for peace within the stars
I want to be dead. I WANT TO BE DEAD
"Bed 8 ran away last night,
Attempted to take her life
We don't think this placement is right"
Half alive, dead inside
"Bed 8 ran away from her 1-2-1 while going for a walk
We dressed her wounds, and our doctors had a talk
We decided to section her, make sure security is always there"
All I wanted was for somebody to care
"Bed 8 can now be discharged, we found her another place
Mental health deemed her fine so they closed the case
Social services are getting ready to pick her up"
I just feel so helpless, a burden, not enough
It's never been so dark inside
May 19th, I should've died
Hospitalized, I became bed 8
Multiple attempts, but still awake
Note: This is kind of my story when I was in hospital for a month a few month ago, I've left parts out because some parts i feel like i cant talk about yet, like police and stuff. I'm okay and safe now, this was a past experience. i wanted to put it into words because ive never been able to explain why i think about that month so much.
Loz
5
Re: The poem spot
What would the last line of my story be?
If I were to write a book,
What would my last line be?
Would it end, how it started?
Or be filled with peace?
Would screams echo from the pages?
Or would laughter exceed?
Would I have made my life worth living,
Or would the shadows swallow me?
If I were to write a book,
What would my last line be?
Would it end, how it started?
Or be filled with peace?
Would screams echo from the pages?
Or would laughter exceed?
Would I have made my life worth living,
Or would the shadows swallow me?
