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PSTD

the real nightmares that don't stop

By Anastasia Renea Published 5 years ago 1 min read
PSTD
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My heart races

My mind can’t focus

I am no longer in control

I can respond but my responds

Are scripted no thought

They are just what I am supposed to say

I here but I am there

My thought are not of my own

But the are of my past

I try my best to be here

But the second something reminds me

My body is there

The pounding of my heart.

The pressure in my chest

It not real in time

But is real in feeling

No matter how much I do not want to go back

No matter how much I tell myself it is over

Not matter how much I say this will not happen again

It does not necessarily on the outside

But psychically, mental I can not help but go back.

Avoid the triggers only work when you know all the triggers

A smell, a sound, a color my body will respond

The intensity of the initial time creeps back

Over and over again to constantly relive the nightmares that were not dreams.

surreal poetry

About the Creator

Anastasia Renea

I am an author that goes by Anastasia Renea. I even had the name classified as an LLC. I want to change the world, and thought writing stories would a great way to try. Sometimes I just like to have fun.

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