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Anxiety is a Girl’s Best Friend
amidst the wreckage
she found me,
pulled me free
and just like that,
we were friends;
bound together
by circumstance,
bonded by our
twin reaction
to trauma, which was
to keep it all in,
and display no reaction at all;
the more dysfunction
we found inside each other
(and within ourselves),
the deeper we fell in
until every wrong turn
deserved another
in a destructive cycle;
a carousel of
codependent connection
before finally, one of us
had to end things badly
in a matter of survival;
just like that,
I let go of her
(sometimes)
a hundred times a day
she found me,
pulled me free
and just like that,
we were friends;
bound together
by circumstance,
bonded by our
twin reaction
to trauma, which was
to keep it all in,
and display no reaction at all;
the more dysfunction
we found inside each other
(and within ourselves),
the deeper we fell in
until every wrong turn
deserved another
in a destructive cycle;
a carousel of
codependent connection
before finally, one of us
had to end things badly
in a matter of survival;
just like that,
I let go of her
(sometimes)
a hundred times a day
Published 12th Apr 2022
Author's Note
NaPo 12/30
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12th Apr 2022 3:27pm
Dear L,
If I could triple RL this I would! No word in this write went missed in meaning and experience. Outstanding description of this annoying “friend” who turns up always uninvited. Amazing write.
H🌷
If I could triple RL this I would! No word in this write went missed in meaning and experience. Outstanding description of this annoying “friend” who turns up always uninvited. Amazing write.
H🌷
12th Apr 2022 6:58pm
12th Apr 2022 6:37pm
12th Apr 2022 6:58pm
Anonymous
15th May 2022 6:32am
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this. I am so greatful to see an eloquent reminder that anxiety and depression are not a lone struggle. I love your writing style.
15th May 2022 2:00pm
22nd May 2022 1:00pm
This is amazing, and can be read in different ways, with the friend being a real person or the anxiety. I have my own companion that I write about sometimes, called The Visitor. He's very annoying and destructive, along similar lines to your 'friend'.
22nd May 2022 5:10pm
13th Jun 2022 3:33pm
Loved the way you personified this, the relationship, the struggle and then the realization of how much this takes a toll on mental heatlh.
Thank you for sharing Luna.
Thank you for sharing Luna.
15th Jun 2022 6:32pm
Anonymous
20th Jul 2022 3:37am
Excellent Write Would Love Too Read More :)
20th Jul 2022 4:33am
Anonymous
20th Jul 2022 4:35am
Your Very Welcome :)
