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April’s Second Week Prompt Of Lifeline
Greetings poets,
I am here with the second-week prompt of Lifeline.
This week’s theme is “Mental health”.
When it comes to “Health”, we all know how to take care of our physical health. To keep our physical health up to date, we eat right, exercise regularly, and get plenty of sleep.
We think that if we have good physical health, we can achieve everything. However, most of the time we only focus on one type of health. There are mainly two types of health.
- Physical health
- Mental health
We all are aware of our physical health but it is all too common to put our mental health on the backburner.
Life is too much busy with family responsibilities, work obligations, and social situations. We don’t have much time in a day to take care of our mental health.
There are many reasons why we neglect mental health issues. Here are some of the major reasons that stop us from talking about mental health illnesses.
- It’s a taboo to talk about your emotions
- You don’t have any person to whom you can open up
- Fear of judgments
- It’s too costly to treat it
On the other side, we are not aware that mental illness affects so many other aspects of life.
- If affects your regular life
- It affects your physical health
- It makes other serious mental illness
Mental health is neglected because there are much stigma and discrimination around it in society. People with mental illness do not be able to open up because of the lack of support or acceptance from society. They are afraid of judgments from others. For example, when someone is having a mental illness is called mental, dangerous, crazy, incompetent rather than unwell. It is an example of stigma. People in society believe that a person with mental illness is weak and is seeking help.
This kind of stigma affects people with mental illness. Because getting labeled by the society, make it difficult for a person to seek and get help from others.
On the other side, many people in the world are suffering from mental illness.
“The advice I’d give to somebody that’s silently struggling is: You don’t have to live that way. You don’t have to struggle in silence. You can be un-silent. You can live well with a mental health condition, as long as you open up to somebody about it, because it’s really important you share your experience with people so that you can get the help that you need.” — Demi Lovato
I know how it feels because I have been there. Depression is a feeling that kills a person every day. We are human beings wired to feel different emotions and it’s okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared, and anxious sometimes.
A person who is going through a mental illness starts to feel like a burden. I understand your pain, believe me, you are not a burden.
We all have mental health in the same way as we all have physical health. Remember, your illness is not your identity. Give yourself another chance to heal because you may be broken, it doesn’t mean you have to stay broken.
Let yourself heal from all the emotional wounds.
You are not alone in who is going through this. There are so many who have fought depression, anxiety, and disorders. Be courageous and fight against your fears.
This week’s prompt is,
Do you ever struggle with your mental health? How does that make you feel? Write down your emotions in the form of a poem. If you never had gone through this, then write a fictional poem that explains mental illness.
I would like to invite all the poets of Lifeline.
Dr. Fatima Imam Orla. K Riaz Laskar Ellie Jacobson Anastasia Soul Gypsy Josh Balerite Acol Dr. Preeti Singh Giulietta Passarelli Trista Signe Ainsworth Kimberly Hampton Nilsson Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D. Dan J Bonaventure Barry Anthi Psomiadou Colleen Millsteed Destiny S. Harris I. Trudie Palmer Kristy Westaway Shirley Jones Luke Pierce McIntyre Obinna Uruakpa Abbey Streett Imani Talim Diepak Paul Jenine Bsharah Baines Troy B. Jordan Margie Willis Venkataraman Mahalingam Winston Arbab Z. Marie-Sandra Trudelle Krystal Mossbarger Sabiqa Nasir Ali JoMae Spoelhof B Shantae Kyomi O'Connor America Zed⚡ Marilyn Glover Brown Boi Daniel T Parkins Greg Proffit Yael Shira Ilana Lydia Nicole Sponsel Vanilla Being Neera Handa Dr Nick Cuccovia Erica J Pratibha Mohanty Lola Rosario Aponte George Ochsenfeld Evergreen Eden L Burton Mher Manoekjan Sinus Kosinus Elena Cooper Rhonda Marrone Shuntay Wright David Rudder 🌈LIFE LESSON Rose Lee Jake Hilden Enne Baker Amy Christie Francis Edwards, Tunnel Books, creator and author Sharing Words Brittney A Baron Joe Merkle Kevin Jahleel Ishimwe Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) Ravyne Hawke Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar Carmen Dawn J.R. Sonder Breezy Ricardo Böck Drashti Shroff Omy K.M. Fullerton Patricia Pixie❤ Joseph Lieungh Vashni Stories Hannah LaDuke Kartika Lestari Jean Carfantan Zuri Pommerenk Connie Song Ali Al Zaak Annine Massaro Anastasia S. Manyonga Sadee Bee Roxanne Barbour Vinay Thum Deepa N Swamy Klara Jane Holloway Doa Demir RBGraham Jean Elizabeth Glass Shereen Bingham Doa Demir Kavya Janani. U Asim Nori Kristina Oberlander Elledit Sally Prag Jade Hadfield Sweedle Kitty Williams Teisha LeShea MzDiamond Jennica Rose Desarae Black Elvie Lins❤️ Elin Melaas Victoria Gregg C.R. Stacy Robin Oakman Jessica Wolf Jade Willow Ntathu Allen Sharing Randomly Margaret S. T.J. Hübner Aj Bhardwaj Annie Wang June Kirri Malyaban Bal Jamario Cantrell A.X. Bates Ira Robinson Aakash Dahal Ashley Scrawls Austin Petti Love. Jenny Lane Harry Stefanakis
I hope you liked this week’s prompt.
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The Poem of The Week
The poem of the week is written by Asim Nori
A wonderful poem that asks is there joy in your doing?
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