So, I think I might have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but I have never been diagnosed...I am working on that in my own way, but below is a poem I call "OCD," as it portrays the feelings and thoughts I deal with, which seem, to me, to be Obsessive Compulsive thoughts...so how is that for a confession?
My thoughts are on a twisted journey,
Weaving a web of juxtaposed images;
Forming bonds of endless frustration
That torment my mind in the day and at night.
These thoughts harass all that is pure within me,
Pointing their fingers and laughing hysterically.
I am aware these intruders are on a fierce journey;
They hasten through canyons developing in me,
To chip at my joy and increase the frustration
Caused by fears and doubt in my mind. Hysterically
I cry as the juxtaposed images
Gallop across my mind at night.
I obsess and obsess of what could be; hysterically,
I assume the physician's role to analyze the images,
Hovering, as a summer storm cloud does hover at night.
Oh how I wish I could take a long journey
From the anxiety building and taunting me;
The tumult of the cyclone incites frustration.
Peace only comes while I sleep in the night
When my dreams create clear images
That ward off the frustration.
Captains, they sail and serenade me;
Billowing waves press forward on this journey,
As flocking seagulls cacaw and cacaw hysterically.
I see these thoughts for what they are, images
Conceived by the marriage of lies and frustration
At the sound of a thump or a bump in the night.
They have taken me on an anxious journey,
To find out what sources of fear lie within me;
What has caused me to dwell on such thoughts so hysterically?
My spider-thoughts, with their venom, hysterically
Jeer and leer in my mind in the night;
They prey on my hope and spin lies within me--
I fight them with all of my might in frustration;
I long for the peace of hopeful images,
Akin to those marketing an exotic journey.
My thoughts are on a beaten journey,
Hysterically battering the frustration in me;
Constructing a pyramid of haunting images.
I'm sorry you have to deal with this... Your ability to recognize that something is wrong and that you need to work on it will surely help. I hope you'll be able to tame these thoughts soon, and that they won't chip at your joy too much or too long. Keep us posted.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rebecca. When I posted this, I was having a particularly bad day, but it has improved...I have much to be thankful for and people who love and support me through and through.
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