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Mental Injury Is Not Mental Illness Essential To Know

14 years confused on a pitch without the goals 
never knowing how I fell through so many holes 
as each I fell through another would unfold 
the brain just couldn't process storing in the vault
to later analyse and process the result 
but storage overflowed and the circuit cut short 
a breakdown stopped their process postponing the report 
the brain was overwhelmed from continuous assault 
it's called a mental breakdown retreat from the revolt
rebooting only vital zones and limiting your thoughts 
thanks to overwhelming stress continuous and cold 
flight or fight for too long sees hormones flood the skull 
changing how the mind works and the person on the whole 
misdiagnosed depression through symptoms it unrolls 
but rain floods are not a sea these hormones will dissolve 
psychiatric injury doesn't stay until you're old 
it's not a mental illness that doctor can't solve 
injuries repair themselves, a bruise a scar a hole 
people caused your pain, don't let them be involved

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Nick Trim

Date: 2/19/2021 3:11:00 PM

A lot of people diagnosed with a mental illness are actually a victim of psychiatric injury, the difference is mental illness is believed to be encoded in DNA, there to come to life regardless. Psychiatric injury is the result of a persons environment, often a long lasting stress of any kind, helpless and unable to cope. Often misdiagnosed as an illness when it is really an injury that will, in the right circumstance completely repair, and life will return to normal