Mitigative Speech

Mitigative Speech: a less severe, serious, or painful expression of thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds

Friday, December 6, 2019

#AnxietyFeelsLike

you're floating 
out in space. 
you look around and 
your stomach constantly 
churns. 
you feel like you're 
falling, like 
in a dream, 
except it's real. 
suddenly, 
the air is being pulled from your body. 
suddenly, you feel like you might 
die.

#DepressionFeelsLike

nothing. 
when you're in 
an episode, you feel 
absolutely nothing 
for long periods 
of time. you think it's 
normal, but 
the nothingness 
lingers, pressing 
on your chest. 
eventually, it makes 
you think that 
life itself 
is nothing. 
it is meaningless, 
pointless.