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Written the 26th May 2021
I’m not sure what’s got over me?
A change
A shift
of sorts I see.
Conscious of my breath
(almost all of the time)
Using it more to calm myself down
More able to stand up
and say I disagree
You can have your own opinion
but this is what I see
More mindful of my reactions
and the thoughts behind them
More able to halt the landslides
(before they begin)
Kinder to myself
when I dysregulate
Conscious it’s not my regular state
It’s like having a calming voice
to constantly remind
“You won’t be like this
for the rest of all time!”
Able to listen more to comments
or feedback about me
not constantly bombarded
by anxiety
A clear distinction between perception
(and the truth)
Oh how I wish I’d had this
growing up as a youth
It’s only just beginning
I’m in the infant stage
but it feels like anxiety
might be turning its page
It’s pretty amazing to witness
these changes as they begin
it feels like I’m growing my first layer
of skin
