STEPHEN
SCORER
This page is all about the stigmatized subject of mental health and all the tags it as to go along with it. Yes I have struggled and I still do, but not as bad or as much as others.
I do not go out and intentionally try to offend and if I do then I am truly sorry, I would like to think that some of these works of madness could help and even bring a smile into a dark etched face.
Some of these poems were penned at the beginning of my journey and my escape from anxiety, stress and depression. I attended a mood management group for six weeks and the guys and gals in that group helped me blossom into what you read today.
So I start off with a tribute poem that I penned for the nurse that helped me pull through it all, with her support I would not have got this far.
World Mental Health Day
When will we ever learn
when will we ever listen
could we ever return
to listen in on the lesson.
A lesson for the mind
for all of mankind
with hope we are inclined
not to leave behind
those with a broken mind.
For on this day in October
as we all grow so much older
we think for those with Bi-polar
and the others with a similar disorder.
And for those that do suffer
it's a long road ahead to recover
yet we can find comfort in this universe
with help and a smile from our,
Mental Health Nurse.
This was after written after my first visit to the mood management group were the topic was Anxiety, to my surprise it went down well.
Anxiety
For all those with anxiety
of which there's a vast variety
tough though it is on our sanity
the stress we can feel from society
our peers question our mentality
and sometimes question our insanity
when all we want is equality
from all corners of humanity
and when we seek help for our personality
we seek help in those from psychiatry.
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Another mood management poem which I tried to pull a lighter mood onto the awful topic of depression.
I Am Depressed
Am I Depressed when I stop and Cry
when others think I am the bad guy.
Maybe I should be getting high, as high as the sky,
why should I be the fall guy and act really shy?
Am I Depressed when I am feeling tired
or is it sleep that is best desired.
A desire to sleep too little, too much
Both can make you see Double Dutch.
Am I Depressed when I seem Angry
is it me or am I cranky?
I have no longing for Hanky Panky,
Angered at the lack of Fancy Candy.
Am I Depressed when I feel Achy
when others see me I can get Shaky.
I shake so much I can feel a Leaky,
just another way to come over Crazy.
Is it Worthless to be depressed?
Can it be Hurtful to be depressed?
Out of breath maybe I'm depressed.
I'm not Depressed... Just Uncertain.
I wrote this, not for my first book, but for a mental health competition, it was in a time that I was going through my Acrostic phase.
Being Schizophrenic
Seeing life different from others,
Children, mothers, fathers and brothers
Hallucinating sisters with wondrous hair colours.
In hearing voices that seem to mutter,
Zoning out when starting to stutter
On hearing others call you a nutter.
Paranoid about all this clutter,
Home alone trying hard not to blubber
Reading, Yea... I'm no bluffer.
Emotionally we all do suffer,
Now I'm feeling rather battered
I can't get a grip with all that matters.
A schizo am I, well I am flattered.