"It's Not That Simple" - A Mental Health Awareness Spoken Word Poem 

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+A.S Minor can I use this as a sample for a song?

I love this. I literally just had a mental breakdown that my 87 year old grandma had to climb up the stairs to bring me back to reality. I'm typically a very "normal", "high functioning" person, but when things start getting bad again. They they really bad. And them I realized I haven't taken my meds for 3 days. Sorry I'm rambling. My tears are still trying from my breakdown. But I feel like you took my thoughts exactly and turned them into real words. I can't write, but im trying to learn. Just know you, and people like you that speak these poems with such honesty and vulnerability, are saviors in my eyes. You guys make sense of the jumble in my head. I love this poem so much that I don't have the right words. I was wondering if maybe I could try performing it, at least on video (with full credit to you of course). Butbi don't want to unless I have permission. Either way, thank you so much for this poem. Poets save lives 🖤

You, yes you are changing lives with your words and your voice. The love and compassion I hear in every word...you are rare soul! Much Love, ❤

Elizabeth, thank you so much! I can't tell you how much that means to me. 💚💚💚

Thank you so much! I can't tell you how much that means to me. It's always good to remember that #YouAreNotAlone. 💜❤ Welcome to our little community. 💜

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I'm both happy and sad to hear that you were able to connect with it haha. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment! ❤️💕

Thanks so much. I'm glad you were able to get something out of it. And welcome to our little community. ❤💙

+Summer Montgomery I'm so glad you were able to get something out of it. Thanks for watching. 💓

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Thank you so much! ❤️💕

Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment, and I'm glad you were able to get something out of it. I'd really appreciate it if you could click that red subscribe button above and join our little community. I'd you're unfamiliar with what that means, it's just a free RU-vid service to let you keep up-to-date with my #mentalhealth awareness videos. 💚

Thank YOU for taking the time to check it out and comment. YOU'RE beautiful! 💜❤

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Thank you so much. I can't express how much that means to me 💓

+A.S. Minor your welcome I love ur poetry

Thank you so much for your kind words and support! I can't tell you how much it means to me. 💚❤

@@ASMinor you are welcome and being honest , you put in the hard work and effort to creating your contents. Alot of time and also you are being a positive light forward which is more healing because through your words you can hear your emotional mind working and feeling you through your skills and talents in your videos. Not everyone that has survived real dark bottom/s choose to share their story, let alone living in denial because that perspective I don't think you can ever experience or fabricate a mental health disorder and choose to live with it forever and knowing what is like either being that person's life partner that did not choose to walk away or give up. Dont need my validation, you will look back one day and realize wow... there is no justified resentments in life. We are all dealth different hands for a reason. Keep doing you! @A.S Minor. We all learning;) Ps- thank you very much for sharing with us. As we understand ourselves and start a family, it's never been more important for me to think of strategies to help myself unpack my emotions and feelings so I may guide my son as he grows up. I think we are missing that in alot of households.

Your words warm my heart. Thank you so much. If we're honest, this is equally to help myself as it is to help others. Yes, I want people to know they're not alone. That there are others who feel the same way, and there IS hope, even in our darkest hours. But this is also a release for me. It allows me to truly express myself, so I'm getting it out in a healthy and productive way. It also allows those close to me to truly understand me, so there's less confusion as to why I behave or think in certain ways. This eliminates a lot of stress in my personal life. I completely understand about the family part. I have two boys, and when they were younger I found myself having difficulty sometimes trying to be everything that I thought they needed me to be. As they got older, I realized that they were often dealing with similar issues, not because they shared the same diagnoses as me, but rather because they were teenagers flooded with hormonal irregularities. It made me more sympathetic, and better able to communicate with them about those feelings of anxiety, depression, and mood swings. So the thing that I THOUGHT was a hindrance when they were younger turned out to be my greatest gift in connecting with them as they got older. It also helped me to understand myself more, which allowed me to help all of us grow as people. So, even though my mental health issues made things difficult sometimes, and made me feel like a bad parent, they actually made me a better, more aware parent when they needed me most emotionally. 💚

@@ASMinor you have no idea what your limits are to your creative talents man , especially through just online comments through how you write to the way you make others feel is all above average and it's truly humbling how modest you are with any thought as thorough and understanding in ways of trying to cover every basis incase we don't get a chance to again. Truly enjoy your work and please continue to channel your energy as open you like and please share it with us,The world needs more people like you and I believe you have put so much time and attention into raising your children and guiding them every stage of life. It is so brutally honest how you worded it they did unlock my own mind to understanding other people better whether or not with any challenges in their life. A.S. Minor I salute you sir! The world is changing very fast for the better I feel with more like minded people together. Nobody is born perfect or into a perfect life , it's how we look at life that kinda makes it our perfect? Do much ups and downs faced I feel but for you to CHOOSE to not give up and stay victim and instead you made this video which has helped me be able to share some understanding to how I function or how much in denial I was in the beginning. After accepting it as part of my life and putting in the work to manage my health , I'm currently studying towards being a mental health nurse lol... didn't see that part coming at the start. Personal experiences with people that have touched my life in ways like yourself is what makes the difference.thank you for taking the time to reply to my random message man I really appreciate the conversation.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you were able to get something out of it, and welcome to our little community. 💚💚

+Diana Devlin Thank YOU for listening and hearing. 💙

+Sean McCoy thanks so much!

A.S. Minor Thanks for like A.S.,, yeah I like how the medications don't just disappear and your "life-boat" doesn't whisk your character away into prosperity in the promised land.

+Laura Pallotta I'm so glad that you were able to get something out of it! Thanks! 💓

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+Aaron That was very beautifully and artistically said, and I believe that you are spot on. Thanks so much for watching, and I'd really appreciate it if would subscribe to my channel. 💓💙

Thank you so much! 💙❤

Thank you! I have a hard time with explaining or putting my “struggles/issues” into words. This is just simply perfect! Thank you so much for being brave and sharing something so personal. People like you really help to make a difference in lives of people like me.❤️

I can't tell you how much that means to me. Thank you so much! And I'm glad to have you as part of this community we're building. Remember: You are not alone. 💙

I am glad to be here! New subbie(: keep up the great work

+Heather C I'd love to hear what bothered you. That's how we grow! 💓

Thank you so much! ❤💙

+Allen Kelley This piece is copyrighted, but I don't mind as long as you give credit. Thanks for asking. And I'd love to hear your finished product: minor.allen@rocketmail.com

Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment! I actually plan on releasing an actual album soon. ❤️💕