Therapy

We all use it. Some have different methods than others; but we all have it. For one person it might be shopping. For another, it might be playing Call of Duty . Whatever it is, we all have a form of therapy-- a way to deal with negative emotions. I have many forms of therapy; the ones I use the most are drawing and playing piano. ( as an aside, have you ever tried pounding your heart out on a set of ivories while your nose is running and you're wailing like an infant? It's very difficult.)  I would have to say art is my first choice for letting out bad feelings-- it's a directly emotion-influenced outlet that is a lasting record of your mindset. Here's an example:

It's not perfect. It's not supposed to be. It's simply a visualization of my feelings; a channel for all the anxiety and frustration I keep inside sometimes. 


Another recent pick of mine would be poetry.

Let me just say this flat out: I don't like writing poems.  It's not that I hate writing, or that I have a lack of subject matter, I just think it's kind of a pathetic way of dealing with hardship. However, just this once, I broke my own rule ( insert gasps of shock here) and wrote a couplet. 
It wasn't supposed to be a couplet. It was originally going to be a quatrain. But whatever. A couplet works just as well. 

                 STRENGTH

There are some days when I may look as though I do not care
But don't let this deceive you; the tears and smiles are there 

I know this mask of nonchalant indifference is cheap
But sometimes I don't want to let the others see me weep

By pushing all the pain away, what really am I solving?
I can't get up, I can't move on if I just keep on crawling

You can't put out the fire if you don't accept the burns
For some pathetic reason though, I just can't seem to learn.

"Weakness is a sign of fear, a sign of base defect."
If this be true, then let me be apart from all the rest

True strength is not the loss of every feeling, joy, and pain
It's the skill to keep on smiling when you're stranded in the rain.



Therapy-- what's yours?

Ad Astra Per Aspera.
~Caroline