Last year, when 2020 started to ramp up into a category five shit storm, I began to receive poetry and fiction from my creative writing classes that made me question when people would realize this was becoming a problem. And, if we all don’t cut out all of our collective crap, these young people are going to have a mental breakdown of Hemmingway-esque proportions. In fact, in my mind, I don’t refer to them as “Gen Z”; I often refer to them as the second lost generation.
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My Grandfather is My Anchor in the Year 2021.
My grandfather was a World War II Navy veteran. I can’t even imagine being on board a ship and wondering if my death will come from above or below. Will I die from a Nazi sub or a Japanese machine gun mounted on a plane that would also have no problem slamming into the deck above my head? What’s crazy is that my grandfather was only 15. Yup, you read that right!
I’m Not Coming to Class, Sincerely Mental Illness
This brings me back to the few times I have opened my inbox and saw my problems staring right back at me. You guessed it, students admitting the reason they didn’t show up was due to their various mental health conditions or just recently being diagnosed with one and, of course, my dear old friend with absolutely no benefits, depression has graced that list.
I finished collecting articles for my black out poetry book
New Blackout Poem done in Pencil.
New medium new blackout poetry black acrylic paint.
Him and I : Mental Illness in Relationships
People often think that being in love borderlines on being a mental illness. I don’t know if that is true, but I know what it is like to be half of a couple who both struggle with it every day. And thanks to the pandemic, I have had a lot of time to reflect on not only my mental disorders but also my husbands’.
Strip club Covid-19
Mental Illness in the Time of COVID-19
I know 2020 was just one turd twister after another for the entire world. From Covid-19 to murder hornets, the year was just a relentless string of WTF moments. And I am sure that many people already living with a mental illness BC (Before Corona) found themselves in the same downward toilet spiral I found myself in mid-summer…
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