Poets: Depression's Victims

This isn't a poem, it's just a deep text I wrote someone. Because most poets tend to be depressed most of the time, whether they show it or not.

We always write hoping to get these words out of our mind so we can try to rationally explain our feelings, but it tends to only make our feelings explode and become stronger than they were. And we relive every event we write about. We feel each and every word we write. It's like putting your heart and soul onto the paper and having to take the scars of your past and reopen them to be able to convey them. How could we not be depressed?

Reviews

[Aimee Mahathy]

Interesting thought!
You know, I actually think about this all the time. Not only about poets, also about just artists in general. It seems, to me, that artists (ie: poets) tend to live very tragic lives. And it is then that I wonder if we live tragically because we are artists, or we are artists because we live tragically. Kind of like the nature vs. nurture debate. It could go either way, really.
We feel and we see things so differently than anyone else. We feel things deeper. So the things that hurt or the things that bring joy are that much stronger for us.
I read something on Poe once. He was talking about how the ultimate form of beauty is melancholy. And if we, as artists, are constantly seeking beauty, then wouldn't we be seeking the melancholy? Which would thus lead us to a tragic kind of life?

Anyway, pardon my rambling~
Thanks for the read!

[Sarah]

saaaadddddddd stop it this is making me depressed lol

[Latsyrk llorrac]

I agree. I am very much like this, and I relate to it 100%. Depression, whatever the form is forever evident in many writers. Sometimes, when he express how we feel or write how we feel, we keep reading it over and over again, almost as if, to check it's validity. Is it true? did it really happen? do I really feel that way? I write a lot, all the time and sometimes, I read my stuff.. and I think wow.. do I really feel that way? it's almost sad to talk about it. Sadness is something, that is almost captivating in as in, we can almost..paint sad. I don't know if that makes any sense at all, but.. I've always had a thing, that.. you can paint real emotion. Depression and sadness to me, go hand in hand and Sadness can be painted.

Anyways.. this is very nice. It's good to feel not so alone

[Ama May Cooper]

Thast beautiful in kinda of sick morbid way. Your brain is something i admire. nicely put

[R J Askew]

I don't think this is right, at least not in my experience. Writing, esp poetry, can often be a highly positive experience. I have often felt joyful during and after writing, not all the time, but often. Sometimes the words seem to tumble into place in some divine way that makes us wonder in awe, 'where the hell did that come from?' The process brings us closer to ourselves, expands us, and if we are very lucky, brings us closer to Nature and expands our understanding and emotional range. I sometimes deliberately set out to write positively as this tends to make me feel positive. I aim to make others feel the same. Not all the time, but sometimes. It doesn't always work, but sometimes it does. So not all poets are depressives. I certainly am not. I can write dark, but we should all be able to write in different ways. Perhaps if a depressed person sets out to write positively they will feel less depressed.

[Sarah]

whoa heff you sent me this last night lol! lol and i thought it was prety deep(followed by thats what she said jokes) anywho. very true maybe thast why im/ not a good poet

[Tina Kline]

Very interesting write here.
Over all, I believe what you wrote is true.

[bluessadmood]

I will tell you something I know most will not agree..
I started reading at a very young age..with the years I came to know so well..
when I pick a book I look at the bio of the author..
If he lived a very miserable life ,hardly could earn his living,always wondering and traveling between cities and countries
cause living in one place will almost choke him..he hardly has a family in the real sense of the word..
and if so mostly its a very disturbed one..all his living is very strange so you could see this guy has really suffered
most die in very peculiar circumstances..most will not even get known to be of any literary importance only after their death..here you know this guy is a great writer..
In short this job of creativity in never alluring for lots ..its only inherent in those who have it in their blood
and they will go through it because they feel they are destined to live like that ..through all the pains and aches
strangely if you look into their works..you could see a wide spectrum..it could be some very funny writings
or it could be some tragedies,but will give you lots of words you have never heard before..these people are special breed
lovely write..

[A]

A very interesting thought.

Hmm...

This makes me think a lot.

By the by, the writing and the way your words flowed, superb. xD

[Shelby Baker]

That is so true!! Well half true :)