Trapped in my own head

By WildImaginations16

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She is an outcast. She finds it easier to express what she feels in the form of writing. Whether it is poems... More

Survival Mode: ON
choices we make
who are you?
Note to readers
two hours in the psych dept.
when he visits
true feelings?
feeling like a failure
things you make me do
a letter to Cyrus
elefthería
you're falling again
lonely again
mysterious forest
suffering
soul
just listen
please, just let me be
mom
opening up
hfa
a glimmer of hope
silver lining
younger self
darkness
rooftop
birthday
courage
i got this?
are you proud of me?
safe space
proud of you
flower
trickle
leave
pieces
listen
touch
she
you
zoning out
dream or...nightmare?
i can't be selfish
why do i feel this way?
I've been hurt enough
rest
i am different (a fault, maybe)
naked truth
i wished
hurt
happy
happy new year
show up
i'm fine
calm or a storm
escape
when?
empath
cause
reminder
failed attempts
words cut deeper than any blade
when will life begin?
happy once again
burden
height
fault
abandon myself
a choice
aflame
holding on
hide
a fortress against the storm
the ways we express
emotions: the ink in our water
the silent pleaser
hidden battles
alone in the silence
fragile bonds
silent tears
silent spirals

repressed memories

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By WildImaginations16

She remembers incidents
the way she knows the back of her hand.
But on some of the memories,
there's a gap.
No matter how hard she tries to recollect them,
she fails.

"Are there ways to remember the gaps?"
"Yeah, but it's risky to do it by yourself."
"What are the risks? If I do end up doing it wrong."
"More trauma."
She was lost it thought.

She just doesn't know how to describe
the feeling of not being able to remember an incident
in which she was there,
she knows who all were there,
but she can't seem to recall what happened.

"What's wrong with me?" she thought.
Oh, it's called repressed memories,
she figured.

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