The Breaking

She cuts all alone just to quiet the demons that try bending her mind till it breaks

She's wearing long sleeves in the middle of summer so no one will notice her pain

And with every drop the pain almost stops and she almost feels normal again.

But she knows it won't last, it always comes back. She knows it will never end.

He's socially awkward with nothing in common with anyone he's ever known

His own private hell is the world that he lives in that he has to walk through alone

Every day he considers the ways that he could make it all end.

It's a matter of time before he makes up his mind, to never wake up again.

Chorus:

They're broken and they're waiting for someone to silence the pain.

And they live their lives, one beat at a time, wrapped in a blanket of shame.

viewing the world through a lens that's distorted so nothing can ever make sense.

the truth becomes lies and their lies are what saves them from ending it all.

At 16 years old he came out to his parents and that's when the breaking began

His father called him a fag and a queer; his mother could not understand.

They got in his head with the things that they said and they tried to pray it away

They broke him that night, oh what a price..their only son had to pay

Listen to the song I wrote for mental illness awareness 


My passion in life is to bring more awareness to mental illness; especially among children and adolescents.  I want people/society to stop considering it as deviance and start realizing how mental illness should not be treated any differently than other medical conditions.

One of the major stumbling blocks we find as clinicians is removing the shame from mental illness.  Patients tend to want to hide their illnesses and don't seek help because they are ashamed of it.  This has to end.  We, in society, need to make sure every person seeks and receives the help they need.

You can help that process by sharing this blog to highlight the struggles so many go through.  Thank you.