(Warning: This is a poem, not written as any medical advice, but for entertainment, awareness and general informational purposes, and intended for matured readers only, reader and parental discretion is strongly advised)

Stress

Really creates a big mess

Inside our brain

Apart from the pain

That we sustain

From its effects

It directs

Our mental resources

Sometimes to wasteful

And unwanted courses,

As if some unbeatable force

Is controlling the terrain.

Which may leave us

Unable to focus

To where we need to concentrate

As it can break

Our train of thoughts

Or may lead to unreasonable

Or irrational

Mental plots

That we would not

Otherwise create or resort

To in normal circumstances.

It may create some mental dances

To which we may mistakenly

Continue to tune

And we may find ourselves

Consumed

With its beats and sounds

Which may keep us bound

To unhealthy physical and mental

Rounds.

 

Breaking out of these cycles

Requires coping skills

To tackle

This kind of mental tortures.

Dealing with the underlying causes

May give us the breaks and the pauses

And may be some new overtures

That may reduce the intensity

Making the overall situation appear

To have much less pressure and gravity.

Thus desperation may lessen or disappear

And some hope may have a chance

To reappear.

 

Stress

Depresses

Our happiness,

Represses our joys

And replaces

Them with sadness.

 

It may sometimes be needed

To change the perspectives

And not remain captive

To only one specific

Way of looking at things

Which may then bring

Other kinds of lights

That may have the potential

To make things bright

That appeared dark

Previously.

And then we may be able to park

Our mind and our brain

In a more comfortable place,

So we should give this a try

Seriously.

 

Thus avoiding

Any habit of catastrophizing

Is a known strategy of minimizing

The amount of stress

That any situation or circumstances

May be causing.

 

Many other strategies are available

If we find ourselves

Sinking in an ocean of stress

And feeling not so stable.

Expert help may be required

If we lack the capacity

To address

Or have fired

Our own capabilities

Or just don’t know how to do it.

As stress really can overwhelm

And create more severe

And additional problems

On top of what we initially

Started with.

 

A downward spiral

May happen

As our disruptive mental analysis

May go viral

Inside our brain

Leading to some operational paralysis.

And many different symptoms

Physical and psychological

May show up

Sometimes at random

And interfere with

Our daily activities

And our emotions.

And if stress becomes chronic

It may require some much potent tonics

And much stronger tools

To deal with this condition.

Resorting to tobacco, drugs or alcohols

Will bring many other serious tolls

And will only be ironic

As things usually will get worse

And may even get

Out of control.

 

So before acting like a fool

Can we try to follow

This one simple rule

That trying to hide any problem

Usually gives it an environment

To incubate

And gives it the required moments

To enlarge and multiply.

So addressing rather than hiding

Is the strategy that may be we should

Always try.

 

Some stress

Will always remain

As part of being human,

We just would like to make it less

And manageable

So that we can keep our lives

A little more enjoyable!

By –

Kris Mojag

In a quiet but somewhat stressful night in November of 2021 somewhere in California.