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To Anxiety

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Axiety,
The bully who compresses my chest until I can't breath
The one who attacks me at random,
turning an Almost good day
into a fight to not break down.
You are the gateway into Depression,
that monster from the depths
Always trying to claw its way out,
to engulf me and surround me in darkness.
The place where I can't feel anything,
when I try Anxiety squeezes my heart until
I obediently return to my place.
You are the voice in my head that scares me.
You tell me I am nothing, I will get hurt again, I will be cheated on, left, abandoned, ALONE. You tell me I deserve it,
that if I didn't want it I should have said something,
put up more of a fight.
You tell me to kill myself.

But that I will not do, not ever!
I'm not that selfish, not matter how much death calls.
This time you can't have me.
I've found things worth fighting for
and I will not back down.
I've been fighting anxiety and depression a lot recently, but I won't give in and be submerged like I used to be.
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TalesFromMyCell's avatar
I can't critique this.  I don't really know how, I do not have the knowledge.

I just wanted to say that you described that bitch [language] anxiety well.  A few weeks back I had a gripping pain in my back and chest.  I had to go into the ER.  They brought ne right in and hooked me up to every heart monitor there is.  Then for 19 hours they gave be every test known to man.  They filled me with dye and did stress tests.  19 hours later they tell me it was a panic attack.  I've had a few that sent me to the ER but not this scary.  You did a great job on this!