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Poetry Wednesday #6 – on love
Sometimesfalling out of loveis even more addictivethan falling in love I wrote this piece when I finally felt free from the love I felt for someone who wasn’t loving me back. It was a wonderful day, for that I felt a heavy weight leaving my chest.
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Feeling inadequate will sabotage your chances
If you stop and think about it, how many things you don’t do because you think you won’t be good enough? I asked the question to myself in the past, and the answer was, a lot, in fact too many. I did not think I could run a blog, study a master, and before, I…
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Falling in love again
This post is not going to be about how I am happily in love and how my story started in the most romantic of the ways. This post is about the ugly I had to go through to learn how to be in a relationship after going through the lowest point in which my depression…
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How anxiety doesn’t let you live the moment
I’ve spent years not being in the moment. I felt like I was just participating in it as a ghost, not being there for real. I found it very difficult to just stop my mind from spiralling and going somewhere else while doing something. People told me I appeared detached and far away. That was…
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Poetry Wednesday #5 – on addiction
You got me addicted to youlike addiction to Malboros RedAnd now everyone elsetastes less I wrote this piece while I liked someone who was not good for me. I realised pretty soon that addiction is not a good starting point for a relationship, so I let this person go.
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Before feeling better you will feel at your worst
There’s no easy way out from an uncomfortable situation, as, if you want to get out, you will have to face what is making you feel uncomfortable. This is not easy. Some people might spend a lifetime trying to ignore and suppress their worst feelings, only to find out they have to face them in…
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Depression is a wall
Depression is a wall which prevents you to see the beauty of the outside world. But, being it a wall, you cam go past it. It’s up to you if you want to climb the wall, dig below it or make a ladder to reach its top. The most important thing to remember that it…
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Poetry Wednesday #4 – On feelings of nostalgia
Nostalgia knocks on my heartand I am a kid againwith fresh, strawberry cheecks;It takes me back whenthe taste of mint ice creamwas the best feeling in the worldand there were no troublesin those never-ending days. I wrote this poem while I had a sudden wave of nostalgia passing through me. Depression took happiness away, so…
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How we think others see us is mostly created by ourselves
The other day I was at the pub (one of the biggest joys of living in England) and I was sat next to a guy who I met while at university. At some point he stands up to go and talk with someone else, but before going away he tells me that I should have…
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5 ways to compare yourself with others in a positive way
Everyone has compared themselves at least once to another person and thought they are better. I did it countless of times. The other people were more beautiful, cleverer, more skilled, more charming. More everything. And I just wanted to be like them. Comparing yourself to others has always had a negative reputation, and it is…
Through anxiety and beyond
Stories from a tangled mind
Through anxiety and beyond 