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Category: Hijacked Amygdala

Not A Mother

“You can’t say anything It’s not your problem Don’t get involved” Sometimes I want to knock on your door and … More

child abuse, childhood, family, fear, future, growing up, Hijacked Amygdala, motherhood, poetry, prosetry, writing

She, in September

In all of her dreams you are in trouble. • There is something about being in hospitals that makes her … More

CNF, Hijacked Amygdala, hospital, journal, life, mental health, mental illness, poetry, prosetry, psychosis, reality, sick, truth, writing

Strippers

1 / This whole “life” thing would’ve been a lot easier, for me and everyone else, if only my parents … More

alcohol, art, borderline, Hijacked Amygdala, humanity, life, memory, prosetry, society, truth, writers, writing

To Love X Y and Z

Most of her sentences begin with, “I used to.” She used to be / to go / to enjoy / … More

BPD, eupd, grief, Hijacked Amygdala, journal, life, loss, mental illness, notebook, personality disorder, prosetry, self, writing

Finding It

Girl is finding it hard to write. Miserable, broken, easier to just fall. To write honest work the stuff that … More

art, depression, erasure, experience, girl, Hijacked Amygdala, life, love, media, newspapers, poem, poetry, words, writer, writing

Mind Full -ness

There it goes, her life, into the fire. Pages baptised with teenaged tears, up in flames. Overdue relief induced by … More

collective, dark, family, Hijacked Amygdala, life, lit mag, memory, mental illness, metamorphosis, personality disorder, poetry, prosetry, secrets, trauma, writing

Cross Words

Across 1. You’ve got all of the clues 2. I’ve even filled in 3. Some of the answers for you … More

cognition, experimental, Hijacked Amygdala, life, madness, mental illness, notebook, personality disorder, poem, poetry, relationships, truth, writing

This Time

We’ve said it seriously a few times before we really need to stop we cannot possibly carry on like this … More

addiction, alcohol, drug abuse, drugs, experimental, life, London, love, poem, poetry, promises, prosetry, relationships, writing

One Way

Do I just need fresh air Will I be better elsewhere Or is it that My lungs are diseased That … More

change, chronic illness, chronic pain, depression, Hijacked Amygdala, journal, life, mental illness, notebook, poem, poetry, truth, writing

Heartlock

A poem for the 26th day of NaPoWriMo. Originally published on Hijacked Amygdala here.

GloPoWriMo, Hijacked Amygdala, life, love, lust, NaPoWriMo, nature, notebook, poem, poetry, relationships, rhyme, time, writing

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