“Unmasking: extreme overwhelm” – Young Partner Poem

3 September 2024  |  News

Anonymous poem from a Young Partner

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When the world becomes too much

Please, I ask, try not to judge

The way I act is how I express

All the overwhelm and stress

 

My mind will spin and my vision blur

It’s kind of hard to form actual words

And I won’t know what to do;

I won’t know how to speak to you

 

Sometimes I might yell, even hit out

Occasionally I can be loud or shout

But other times I just shut down

Crawl into a ball and block out sound

 

When people get angry; tell me I’m a child

Or worse, that I’ve been acting spoilt

I wish that I was not like this

And sometimes, like I dont exist

 

It really makes me angry at myself

I feel frustrated; it doesn’t help

What I need is some understanding

Not to be told that I’m demanding

 

Please give me space and time instead

To cope, with everything inside my head

I need space to process, and to deal

So I can think through how I feel.

And I know – it seems a lot to ask…

But this is me, trying to unmask.