Ive heard it called drowning,
Like the whole world caving in.
Or falling into the depths of despair,
Deeper than you've ever been.
I don't feel like I'm falling,
I know exactly where I am.
The thoughts they just keep coming,
They don't give a damn.
After a few minutes,
The thoughts just suddenly stop.
It becomes impossible to breathe,
Like my body just, forgot.
A new level of panic is reached,
It's now I could swear I will die.
The thoughts so lost in panic breaths,
I can't even remember why.
What set it off in the beginning,
Does it matter? Why do you ask?
Just tell me it'll be over soon,
That it isn't going to last.
In the vice of this deep panic,
Nothing else seems worthwhile.
And yet minutes later I promise,
I can face the world with a smile.
Even if you knew me,
You'd probably never see,
How minutes earlier I was,
More panic than I was me.
When the panic did set in,
If you were unlikely around,
Be sure, you didn't see it all,
Years of practice, I know how to play it down.
So if the goals to hide,
Like it never did exist.
What's the point on telling you,
Something I really hoped you'd missed.
I really want you to understand,
It is as irrational to me as to you.
When the panic is alive within me.
I just don't know what to do.
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- Comment from author about the poem: A description of a panic attack, Thanks for reading :)
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Very well written. I published a panic attack poem today too. The curse that it is. I think it’s an affliction of the creative mind, I tell myself. In all the years I have suffered them, humour,for me at least,is the only coping mechanism which seems to help as terrifying an experience as they are. The really overwhelming ones I lock myself away until they pass.They get easier over time, just every now and then a big one comes along as if to let me know I haven’t won, yet. Thank you for writing this poem, I know it’s much more than that.
Thank you for reading it, I looked at your poem as well, I loved the unique perspective you took with your piece. and it just shows the different perspectives that can be taken and the different ways we each create in order to deal with our own problems. Thank you again for reading my work. 🙂
Thank you for writing this awesome poem about panic attacks. Panic attacks are quite possibly the worst thing I've ever gone through and I've yet to be able to describe it in poetic form. You did it indescribably well! The last stanza is perfect. People need to understand that its just as irrational to us as it is to everyone else! Thanks for sharing this wonderful poem!
Thank you for reading it, and although part of me is glad that you were able to relate to my work, another part is saddened that you are able to relate so well. Thanks again for reading it 🙂
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