HAS MENTAL ILLNEES AFFECTED YOU AND YOUR LIFE? THE MENTAL ILLNESS THAT MOSTLY AFFECTED ME HAS BEEN DEPRESSION.
GROWING UP I ALWAYS HAD AN AMAZING FAMILY
MY MOTHER WAS ALWAYS THERE, US FOUR LIVED HAPPILY
NOT ONLY DID SHE PLAY ROLE AS MOTHER AND FATHER BUT ALSO AS MY BESTFRIEND
I REMEMBER GOING TO BEACHES, PARKS, LAKES WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS
MY MOTHER THE ONE I WOULD RUN TO WHEN I NEEDED TO TALK TO ABOUT ANYTHING
TO ME HER AND MY BROTHERS ARE MY WORLD MY EVERYTHING
I HEAR HARD KNOCKS ON OUR DOOR FROM A CLOSE FRIEND "MOM IS IN JAIL"
I REMEMBER THAT NIGHT TRYING TO MAKE HER STAY THAT WAS A FAIL
THIS FEELING INSIDE TOLD ME NOT TO LET HER GO BUT SHE WHIPED AWAY MY TEARS AND SAID IT WOULD BE ALRIGHT
SAID SHE WOULD BE RIGHT NEXT TO ME WHEN I WOKE UP BUT IT STILL DIDNT FEEL RIGHT
FINDING OUT SHE WAS IN JAIL WAS KINDA NORMAL AT THE TIME SO I EXPECTED IT
BUT IT STILL HURT ME AND I CRIED OVER IT
WE WERE CHECKED UP BY MY MOMS CLOSE FRIEND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE FINE AND FED
DCF CAME AND WE FELL IN THE HANDS OF MY BROTHERS EXS GIRLFRIENDS MOM INSTEAD
FALLING INTO CARE WASNT WHAT I EVER EXPECTED
EVERYTHING FELL APART AND WITH WORDS I FELT NEGLECTED
IT WASNT A CHOICE BUT SLOWLY I WAS FORCED TO GROW UP
IT WAS HARD NOT BEING OR SEEING MY MOTHER UNTILL VISITS WERE APPROVED
I CRIED WHEN HOLIDAYS APPROCHED AND I WAS WITHOUT MY FAMILY
I WAS HUMBLE AFTER DISRESPECTED BUT SPOKE UP AFTER IT CONTINUED
I WAS TOSSED INTO FOSTER HOMES, SHELTER HOMES, GROUP HOMES IT WAS ALL STRESSFUL
I STILL REMAIN IN CARE AND WILL BE ATTENDIN COLLEGE AND INDEPENDING LIVINING
AWAY FORM THE EXPECTATIONS, RULES, SET BACKS BECAUSE I HAVNT REALLY BEEN LIVING
THIS IS ALL FROM ONE CHOICE MY MOTHER MADE, BUT NO ONE IS PERFECT
FOM BEING IN CARE IVE LEARNED AND GROWN SO MUCH THAT I GUEES IT WAS ALL WORTH IT...
