Depression Epidemic (Guest writer)

       I believe mental illness is becoming a serious problem for younger adults in America more so than ever experienced. There's so many diagnosis and self-diagnosis for things such as ADD, ADHD, Depression, and bipolar disorder. With these diagnosis's comes medicine that seemingly everyone's on now. Most of my colleagues I know take some sort of medication for a mental disorder to help them out with school and life. A friend of mine had recently admitted themselves into the care of a mental disorder hospital that helps rehabilitate and take care of patients. They had been feeling very depressed and have bipolar disorder with taking any medication, so their mood was all over the place. They wrote this poem right before they drove to the clinic.

Curled up in bed 

in a room so picturesque we ought to drown in the light. 

the room’s 3 white walls were purposeful in their choosing of tone. 

one green wall to scare off thoughts of visitors questioning the “nut house vibe” of monochromed creams.

They'd be right. 

everyone is usually right they just lack the courage to face a lion 

never fonded a leo, they’re too loud for me 

irony.

In bed trying to breathe. the blue pill taking any glimmer of light from my corpse 

feeling dead. 

a living version of dead i suppose

this just got morbid fast didn’t it..?

funny how you don’t consider death until 

death is sitting next to your soul on public transit trying to see up your skirt 

Death is everywhere and he doesn’t fit the stereotypes 

my thoughts seem scattered today.

 it’s only fitting

apologies for those following along.

 we won’t be long 

just jotting down more nonsense on a page 

because this page is my life and my life feels 

nonsensical

curled up in bed so shivered it's a triumph just to write down letters

forming words 

forming some sort of proof that I was here

scared and alone but typing nonetheless

 here.

Curled up in bed.