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Depression Is

Depression is... Depression is... uncaringness carelessness obliviousness maybeness overwhelmedness imobileness creativitylessness unlovingness unlovableness heaviness defenselessness angryness complainingness hypochondriacalness unfocusedness unitentionalness internalness emptyness darkness endlessness Exhaustion is...

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Wayne Hill

Date: 9/17/2013 7:40:00 PM

I felt like I was sinking reading this....I like the word play.

Jack Jordan
Date: 9/17/2013 8:01:00 PM

It is somewhat like sinking. Thanks for reading it, Wayne... Jack

Painted Hunter

Date: 9/3/2013 5:39:00 PM

Howdy Jack. Wanted to stop in and say hi....been busy here. I think I've said it before but if so im gonna say it again. Your writing is like a hammer sometimes. Unapologetic and real....it just IS

Jack Jordan
Date: 9/3/2013 6:01:00 PM

Great to hear from you again, Caleb. Welcome back, and thanks for reading my poem and commenting... Jack

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/2/2013 8:55:00 AM

glad to know you are mainly in the middle. My hubbie takes meds for depression/anxiety. Many years ago he was diagnosed bi polar but I think his doctor was an idiot. My husband is not bi polar. good grief. what kind of doctors do we have in this country?

Jack Jordan
Date: 9/2/2013 10:13:00 AM

A good friend says of doctors, "Remember that 50% of all doctors graduated in the bottom half of their class." Maybe your husband's doc was one of those... Jack

Karen Anglesey

Date: 8/31/2013 8:20:00 AM

I thank you for the acknowledgement of this condition in a very well thought out pattern of words. I've been on the verge of a few of these, I'm sure. I wish there were a cure for those who struggle daily in those cycles :)

Jack Jordan
Date: 8/31/2013 9:30:00 AM

To judge from your comments, you know that there is no "cure." There is only help and love and the care of those you love. And the ministrations of a good doctor. Jack

Vinayak Pratap

Date: 8/27/2013 9:41:00 PM

I CAN RELATE TO WELL HAVE BEEN THERE... TAKE CARE ~v~

Jack Jordan
Date: 8/28/2013 7:33:00 AM

Thanks for reading, Vinayak. I know I have a lot of company... Jack

Ken Carroll

Date: 8/27/2013 10:10:00 AM

Hi Jack, Excellent write describing depression as I am a social worker.... Regards, Ken..

Jack Jordan
Date: 8/27/2013 10:31:00 AM

Thanks, Ken. I know it from the bipolar perspective... Jack

Skat A

Date: 8/26/2013 8:33:00 PM

I'm feeling a little of all of the above... SKAT

Jack Jordan
Date: 8/26/2013 10:03:00 PM

Then I know exactly how you are feeling... Jack

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 8/26/2013 5:47:00 PM

exhaustion it does bring, such a dark path it takes you on, but there is always a light that will shine it's way through, enjoyed your write, ~always, Linda

Jack Jordan
Date: 8/26/2013 6:56:00 PM

Thanks, Linda. I always hope there's light; it's almost always there... Jack

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/26/2013 3:26:00 PM

how interesting that you followed up with exhaustion. You can get exhausted from all such negativity! Good one, Jack.

Jack Jordan
Date: 8/26/2013 4:16:00 PM

Thanks, Andrea. For me at least a bout of depression is exhausting, as is the occasional burst of mania. Fortunately, I live most of my life in the middle... Jack

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/26/2013 2:37:00 PM

- And maybe even more .... - All the best to you my friend, Jack. - (Can comfort you with my romantic poem .... "Unkissed Lips" (?)) - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)

Jack Jordan
Date: 8/26/2013 3:01:00 PM

It usually is more, at least sometimes it is. Thanks for reading and telling it me about your lovely poem... Jack

Poet Tacito

Date: 8/26/2013 2:35:00 PM

Damn. Well said here, Jack.

Jack Jordan
Date: 8/26/2013 2:57:00 PM

Thanks, Drake. I always appreciate your comments... Jack