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Kelsey Benoit
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 1 เม.ย. 2014
A Slam Poem about Depression
This is a slam poem on depression that I presented at school a few months ago. I still believe that sharing my story and this message is extremely important and I really hope that I've helped at least one person feel comfortable with getting help for their mental illness, and have stopped hating on themselves for something that is out of their control. I also hope that those who don't understand or haven't been properly educated on mental illness can gain a more positive perspective on the fact that mental illness can happen to anyone, and has nothing to do with the quality of your life or the amount of friends/things you have. Thank you for those who supported me in getting enough courage to share my opinion publicly and fight for what I believe is right. All of you struggling today, it does get better. Keep fighting, heroes.
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Can some one some how write what she’s shaying for me
🙌🏽👏🏾🙌🏽👏🏾🙌🏽👏🏾 yay your vid made it to my Xbox.
I found this on a accident but this was amazing. the power of that emotion can vigorously drive you crazy
I truly want to know who the dochebags are who disliked this
It takes my all just to get out of the bedroom door and I fell like going to sleep forever instead of drenching in my tears..
I felt this way for the longest time... but recently I have found happiness and hope... typing that is extremely weird considering the place I was once in. I realize now that I'm stronger than most. I realized life has so much more to offer. nd even tho I really am okay now... I still defend people with depression and anxiety. becouse i felt that way for two whole dreadful fucking years. there is hope. I love you.
depression is the worst felling
can I use this for a school project in theatre? My email is chelseemai@gmail.com
This was so gorgeous and I loved it.
The end made me sob.
As people keep telling you to stay quiet please speak louder. This poem is amazing
~amazing~
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I FEEL THE SAME WAY UGGHHG AHHHH I CRIED SO HARD BC I UNDERSTOOD SO CLEARLY!!!!!!!!
i started crying the second i heard the first words because i can relate too like if u can relate too
yes another comment play this daily and still makes me cry thinking its not just me and more people should be like you.
I love this. I found what I couldnt explain myself all these years. Im 22 & im thankful I found what made me feel but through your words. thank you
beauty *-* And Can you send the text of the poem? It's amazing!
Amazing
I haven't heard anyone talk so well about mental illness in such a long time we'll done from a fellow suffer.
Post more videos! You're so talented!
I adore! You deserve so many more subsribers and likes!
i love this..
I can elate to this SOOOO much!!! ppl dont understand!
BamItzZanna relate*
Thank you so much
I love this.
My 4 year old son Jaden says you are pretty..
please can you check out my poems and follow me? it would mean the world! :D rbpoems.tumblr.com/
Beautiful. I've come out of minor depression just a little and I'm really thankful. That poem turned feelings into words
This is honestly beautiful. i love the ending. Stay strong <3
this was so hard for me to watch but I'm glad I did
this is a really good poem! soooo well written. :) x my slam poem: writing my life th-cam.com/video/-62yuor81kI/w-d-xo.html
This is amazing. Thank you for making this.
That last line really got to me..
I started crying. This is amazing thank you so much❤️
I just posted my first spoken poem about this and it was so lovely to be linked to yours. Great job. :)
This is perfect. Thank you! But I still seem to know only people who think you bring it on yourself, that I am too lucky to be sad, that I can just think positively and get over it. Why would they think I, or anyone would actually WANT to feel miserable, tired, defeated and like you want to disappear everyday? I wish I could have your confidence to tell them that its not me, its not my fault. You have made me feel like Im not the only one. Thank you
I was sitting in class third hour today and I was so dizzy and anxious and sad and I just collapsed into my arms and was just sitting there. No one came to ask if I was okay and I just remember laying there paralyzed. But I wasn't really paralyzed, It was like my body wasn't letting me move, I didn't want to move. I didn't want to get up. I convinced myself that I have no strength to get up and move and work on my math. I stayed there until the end of class just feeling like my whole world was spinning and I kept hearing people laugh and the bell rang. But I couldn't move, I was so sad that I couldn't move! I was breathing hard and I was anxious and I felt like I was dying, like my body was shutting down, like my pain was so real. My teacher was pushing on me saying over and over again wake up, and I wouldn't move no matter how much I wanted to I couldn't move. Then he left and I heard people from the class fourth hour laughing and saying things like "dude he's passed the fuck out", "I could probably punch him and he wouldn't move" and some kid came over and started pushing on me to see if I would wake up you know and I wouldn't I was so fucking down I could literally not get the strength to move, and finally the teacher brought the nurse and she was pushing on me to get up and I finally got the strength to get up buti didn't want to stand up so I just sat there and tears were running down my face without even moving my face muscles. And I finally got up and the nurse had to take me into the nurse office with a wheelchair because I didn't want to walk. I hate depression and I feel like the only one who has to go through this.
You're not the only one. There are so much more people like us, and we should know that we're not alone. I really wish you the best and hope you stay strong, honestly, I can't imagine going through what you did, if I did, I don't think I would've woke myself up. I would've just stayed there, alone... with no one caring, I mean, you know what they say. No one cares until its too late.
So well spoken, thank you for those words.
Beautiful words, lovely. Keep strong. Seriously, I'm glad you found a medium in which to spread your emotions. Thank you for sharing it with us!
I love this, it really spoke levels to me & for me
I love this, it really spoke levels to me & for me
i love this so much <3
Thank you so much oh gosh
true poetry....... but do not be fooled.... do not trust she moans in games.. wierd as fuck
I've suffered for for 11 years with multiple mental illnesses stay strong. Your words are so powerful. You have spoken what I want to say about mental illness. You are an amazing writer. Thank you for your brave poem it was much needed in society
This is amazing it describes exactly how I have felt for years... I just got diagnosed A couple months ago... I'm glad that I have and I realize so many things were holding me back and now that I can see more clearly i'm following my dreams
I'm sorry but this is just absolute bullshit to me and I'm sure to anyone who's REAL enough to say it. I'm not an internet "troll", I don't even know what that truly means but I'll tell you exactly what you are. You are an attention seeking young woman who probably feels infatuated with someone who doesn't share those same feelings and so you make a slam poem about how you're "depressed". Let me tell you a little something about your life and your "depression" that you clearly either aren't smart enough to have picked up, or maybe you are smart enough and you choose not to accept because it'll make this whole "boo me I'm depressed people console me" thing go out the window. I'm a 22 year old young man, I've had 2 heart surgeries when I was 10, and 13 respectively. I had to follow strict medical practices, I couldn't play contact sports, I could hardly participate in physical education class because the teachers were "worried about me". While all my friends were playing Hockey and Baseball and Basketball I was sitting watching, Knowing how badly I wanted to play but couldn't. I'll be taking pills for the rest of my life that I don't want to take. Do I wake up every single day crying about it? No. Do I cut my wrists because life didn't go my way? No. Instead I look at my first born, beautiful healthy 4 month old daughter and I forget about the childhood I had and focus on only the childhood ahead of her. You see what you have in your bedroom? Your own computer, flat screen TV? There's people in third world countries that aren't cutting themselves while they drink MUD WATER. You think it takes strength to drag a blade across your skin? You have NO idea what strength really is and it sickens me to think that a girl as young as you are thinks they are depressed. You haven't lived long enough, loved hard enough or lost enough to feel depressed. You're like 17 years old? Maybe? Here's something maybe you can wrap your head around young lady. You do NOT have a "Mental Illness" You have a twisted mind to have people feel sorry for you, I don't even know you and yet I can tell you, you're bi-polar. I can tell you, You need to GROW UP. Move on and get over whatever boy or girl it is that you're sitting there crying about. Cutting yourself doesn't make anything go away and it makes noone feel sorry for you. These are all just my opinions and I don't care if you hate it, love it or delete it (which you probably will because it points out what everyone is thinking but noone has the balls to actually say) WAKE UP.
Someone can be depressed over anything it doesn't have to necessarily be about that they can't do something because of something that physically happened to them before... It can be something that mentally happens to you.... You don't know what she has gone through maybe there's been something in her life that happened like yours.... So don't go judging somebody else just because they didn't give their whole life story
Dude, get over yourself. Depression does not depend on your situation, it is a chemical imbalance that does not know how to differentiate between those who have privileged lives and those that don't. Let me tell you something, there is nothing more beautiful then being a parent and when I look at my two year old daughter I count my blessings on my fingers and toes and none of that is enough to hold my depression at bay, it's not her fault or my fault it's just the way my brain is wired, something I can't turn on or off just like this girl can't look at her life and decide not to be depressed because of the flat screen tv in her room or her flash computer. You call her ignorant because of a feeling she has no control over and all I can see is ignorance in every line of your wall of text.
For someone who's been through a lot, you don't seem to have empathy for people. How do you know a damn thing about this girl? Just because she was dealt a different hand then you doesn't mean she can't be depressed. Depression is chemical and situational. How do you know if she has a medical condition or a rough home life? Guess what you fucking don't. You really need to stop being so hateful to people just as sure as you don't want people to be hateful about the shit you been through. So why don't you grow up. Everyone has their battles in life just like you do.
WOW Jimmy! Way to talk shit about a girl expressing hope to those that DO suffer from this disease. Why do you talk about her being selfish when you write a diatribe about yourself as a argument? Is that selfish? Are we supposed to feel sorry for you now that you bashed a girl and told your life story? Where's your video talking about surviving heart surgery and the other hardships you dealt with? Where's your video talking about hope to those going through similar situations? Where's you face on the internet? Where's that courage you talk about? Do you have enough to make your own video?
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Thank you Kelsey! You express so well the pain of mental illness. I too suffer with the other side of depression, anxiety. I hope many people will hear your powerful poem that shines the light on mental illness. I agree with you there is nothing to be ashamed about in living with mental illness.
I've watched this video more than three times. This is amazing,honestly. It's something many including myself struggle to put into words &you have done it perfectly. Congrats girl! Head up &you're going places.
You don't even know how happy this makes me, it's absolutely beautiful and it makes me feel like I'm not in this alone, thank you:)