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“Explaining the confusion of my emotional disorder to my future husband : A conversation”
To my future husband, I do not know what is wrong
It may be depression, my heart and mind dried up like a flower with no water
It may be anxiety, sweaty palms and shivers
It may be my insecurities popping up all over again
It is all like a water cycle, it never stops
My tears transform into sadness
Later on into anger
And furthermore anxiety
And then it starts all over again
My future husband says, “Well have you looked for help?”
That’s the thing— I can not look for help when I don’t even know what is wrong
I am lost
All of this that I am feeling is like a baby crying at 3 am
Not knowing what it wants
And i am the parent with bags under my eyes, making bottles of milk, swaying side to side, going crazy because I cannot figure out what is wrong
My future husband says, “ Have you gone to see a therapist?”
I can’t go see a therapist when the first thing they ask is
“ How are you feeling?”
I don’t know how i am feeling
All i know is that i want it to stop now
Everything that i am feeling is like i am on a rollercoaster
And as soon as i get off
My emotions are at a stop
Like if I am waiting in line in the hot sun waiting for the next ride
Waiting to do it all over again
My future husband says,” it is okay we will get through it”
Will we really get through it?
When I am crying in the tub about everything that is wrong
When i am insecure about how i look
And i do not believe a single word you say
Complementing me and reassuring me that i am beautiful
Won’t you get annoyed?
My future husband says “I love you”
And here i go with my insecurity and my anxiety thinking
That he is only saying those three stupid words out of pity
That he knows i am right and only says i love you to give me that little spark inside me
Like a lighter when it’s running out of gas
The look i am giving him, letting him know what i am thinking
My future husband says, “ i really do love you and we will get through this”
But you see the thing is that i do not know if we will
I am an emotional wreck that will push you away
And get mad when you go
Just like a heroin addict trying to go clean
I will stop using and go crazy when I do
I will cry and cry and never tell you why
But i really do hope that this all works out
And that we stay together forever until the day we die.
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This is a piece that has come out of experience and me having to explain my struggles to other people.