Poet Patrick Roche brilliantly articulates what it's like to suffer from depression in his creative spoken word poem "Couples Therapy". Watch the video below to hear his honest and powerful depiction of depression as a jealous and abusive lover.
"Every Thursday I go to couples therapy with my depression
he whispers in my ear to stay in bed for another day, presses his palm to my chest, afraid I'm going to escape the covers.
After i scrape myself out of the shower,
I still smell like him.
Like midnight panic attacks,
Like first name basis with the CVS pharmacist,
Like "i'm not hungry, i already had a rice crispies treat today"..."
"Every Thursday I go to couples therapy with my depression
he whispers in my ear to stay in bed for another day, presses his palm to my chest, afraid I'm going to escape the covers.
After i scrape myself out of the shower,
I still smell like him.
Like midnight panic attacks,
Like first name basis with the CVS pharmacist,
Like "i'm not hungry, i already had a rice crispies treat today"..."
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