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How language creates your mental health | Lisa Luxx | TEDxUniversityofYork


so today I’m going to talk to you about

so today I’m going to talk to you about how words are the creator and destroyer

how words are the creator and destroyer

how words are the creator and destroyer of our realities how the totality of

of our realities how the totality of

of our realities how the totality of everything that you know and do has been

everything that you know and do has been

everything that you know and do has been constructed by the words that have been

constructed by the words that have been

constructed by the words that have been said to you now when I was a child I had

said to you now when I was a child I had

said to you now when I was a child I had this vision that to escape this world

this vision that to escape this world

this vision that to escape this world and transcend up to heaven without ever

and transcend up to heaven without ever

and transcend up to heaven without ever happened to die was a task for a poet

happened to die was a task for a poet

happened to die was a task for a poet who could express the meaning of that I

who could express the meaning of that I

who could express the meaning of that I imagined this God waiting for me I was

imagined this God waiting for me I was

imagined this God waiting for me I was like seven years old I throw in a

like seven years old I throw in a

like seven years old I throw in a imagine this God waited me to crack his

imagine this God waited me to crack his

imagine this God waited me to crack his cold and once I could adequately explain

cold and once I could adequately explain

cold and once I could adequately explain why we are here

why we are here

why we are here I’d be beamed up to this palace superior

I’d be beamed up to this palace superior

I’d be beamed up to this palace superior it sounds like a crazy idea but if you

it sounds like a crazy idea but if you

it sounds like a crazy idea but if you haven’t noticed we’re all doing it here

haven’t noticed we’re all doing it here

haven’t noticed we’re all doing it here every idea that we try to explain to

every idea that we try to explain to

every idea that we try to explain to communicate and to share is really a

communicate and to share is really a

communicate and to share is really a claim that we that I know the truth and

claim that we that I know the truth and

claim that we that I know the truth and I finally found the words to share it

I finally found the words to share it

I finally found the words to share it with you so this became my game

with you so this became my game

with you so this became my game rearranging words to try and open up

rearranging words to try and open up

rearranging words to try and open up doorways into better worlds and so up

doorways into better worlds and so up

doorways into better worlds and so up again my life is a poet and now I write

again my life is a poet and now I write

again my life is a poet and now I write for a living and so I know it when I say

for a living and so I know it when I say

for a living and so I know it when I say works will never suffice to capture the

works will never suffice to capture the

works will never suffice to capture the inexpressible experience of life now the

inexpressible experience of life now the

inexpressible experience of life now the one thing that I’ve written about more

one thing that I’ve written about more

one thing that I’ve written about more than anything else is the hairline

than anything else is the hairline

than anything else is the hairline cracks in my mental health if I’m

cracks in my mental health if I’m

cracks in my mental health if I’m shrinking too hard and I just break open

shrinking too hard and I just break open

shrinking too hard and I just break open it’s happened once or twice and I’ve

it’s happened once or twice and I’ve

it’s happened once or twice and I’ve been dunked into psychosis and words

been dunked into psychosis and words

been dunked into psychosis and words would undermine how that feels

would undermine how that feels

would undermine how that feels what I could say of what happened would

what I could say of what happened would

what I could say of what happened would be like a like a doodle of what was real

be like a like a doodle of what was real

be like a like a doodle of what was real did anybody did anyone here used to play

did anybody did anyone here used to play

did anybody did anyone here used to play the sins right it was this computer game

the sins right it was this computer game

the sins right it was this computer game where you and built houses and bought

where you and built houses and bought

where you and built houses and bought things for these little humans who you

things for these little humans who you

things for these little humans who you might watch die and get a sadistic

might watch die and get a sadistic

might watch die and get a sadistic setting them on fire now if you scrolled

setting them on fire now if you scrolled

setting them on fire now if you scrolled past the edges of the house you wound up

past the edges of the house you wound up

past the edges of the house you wound up in this gray area where there was

in this gray area where there was

in this gray area where there was nothing about because that was the place

nothing about because that was the place

nothing about because that was the place you had not built now let’s imagine that

you had not built now let’s imagine that

you had not built now let’s imagine that gray area is the great unspoken that is

gray area is the great unspoken that is

gray area is the great unspoken that is where madness lies but I put to you the

where madness lies but I put to you the

where madness lies but I put to you the most interesting spaces are the ones we

most interesting spaces are the ones we

most interesting spaces are the ones we can’t describe the empty places are so

can’t describe the empty places are so

can’t describe the empty places are so full of possibilities that flicker

full of possibilities that flicker

full of possibilities that flicker endless through the mind that 21 I was

endless through the mind that 21 I was

endless through the mind that 21 I was put on medication told I was anxious and

put on medication told I was anxious and

put on medication told I was anxious and depressed and so I began taking that

depressed and so I began taking that

depressed and so I began taking that diagnosis with water every day

diagnosis with water every day

diagnosis with water every day go pin down the words that my doctor

go pin down the words that my doctor

go pin down the words that my doctor would say when I try to explain how it

would say when I try to explain how it

would say when I try to explain how it felt being alive shuffling words in my

felt being alive shuffling words in my

felt being alive shuffling words in my chest to communicate best how hard it

chest to communicate best how hard it

chest to communicate best how hard it felt to survive and dr. sweet doctor

felt to survive and dr. sweet doctor

felt to survive and dr. sweet doctor would reply with the one minute and 57

would reply with the one minute and 57

would reply with the one minute and 57 seconds I had left of his time here’s a

seconds I had left of his time here’s a

seconds I had left of his time here’s a prescription and this is a label you can

prescription and this is a label you can

prescription and this is a label you can wear and so others know you’re unstable

wear and so others know you’re unstable

wear and so others know you’re unstable and so I became all he spoke into being

and so I became all he spoke into being

and so I became all he spoke into being fulfilling what he had said of me

fulfilling what he had said of me

fulfilling what he had said of me because we do that we humans we we name

because we do that we humans we we name

because we do that we humans we we name things to make you act accordingly

things to make you act accordingly

things to make you act accordingly imagine all the things that you could do

imagine all the things that you could do

imagine all the things that you could do with the table if you didn’t look at it

with the table if you didn’t look at it

with the table if you didn’t look at it like oh well that’s a table yeah the

like oh well that’s a table yeah the

like oh well that’s a table yeah the reactor basically our boat you could be

reactor basically our boat you could be

reactor basically our boat you could be a fence he could be a an oak made of

a fence he could be a an oak made of

a fence he could be a an oak made of wood full of meaning that you have to

wood full of meaning that you have to

wood full of meaning that you have to decipher before it morphs into another

decipher before it morphs into another

decipher before it morphs into another being now I’ve got a niece who’s still

being now I’ve got a niece who’s still

being now I’ve got a niece who’s still younger than two and when I first met

younger than two and when I first met

younger than two and when I first met her she was just a few weeks old she was

her she was just a few weeks old she was

her she was just a few weeks old she was looking at her hands for the very first

looking at her hands for the very first

looking at her hands for the very first time because a baby’s vision grows bit

time because a baby’s vision grows bit

time because a baby’s vision grows bit by bit to ease them into coping with all

by bit to ease them into coping with all

by bit to ease them into coping with all of this and the way that she looked at

of this and the way that she looked at

of this and the way that she looked at her fingers that day has slowly started

her fingers that day has slowly started

her fingers that day has slowly started to fade away because in the last year

to fade away because in the last year

to fade away because in the last year we’ve been teaching her words but so

we’ve been teaching her words but so

we’ve been teaching her words but so instead

instead

instead look at her things we wonder she can

look at her things we wonder she can

look at her things we wonder she can just be heard saying blow doggy Cara

just be heard saying blow doggy Cara

just be heard saying blow doggy Cara granddad fighting a finger and really

granddad fighting a finger and really

granddad fighting a finger and really like mad because she knows something and

like mad because she knows something and

like mad because she knows something and she can tell you she knows it and that

she can tell you she knows it and that

she can tell you she knows it and that is what we spend the rest of our life

is what we spend the rest of our life

is what we spend the rest of our life showing so now she no longer looks at

showing so now she no longer looks at

showing so now she no longer looks at the things she knows my name is if there

the things she knows my name is if there

the things she knows my name is if there anything more than the sum of those X’s

anything more than the sum of those X’s

anything more than the sum of those X’s she’s trying to say but when I stopped

she’s trying to say but when I stopped

she’s trying to say but when I stopped repeating that I was anxious and

repeating that I was anxious and

repeating that I was anxious and depressed I realized actually I’m just

depressed I realized actually I’m just

depressed I realized actually I’m just channeling a world that’s on its head so

channeling a world that’s on its head so

channeling a world that’s on its head so much has happened on this planet no pain

much has happened on this planet no pain

much has happened on this planet no pain and loves and we can ever manage to

and loves and we can ever manage to

and loves and we can ever manage to compute and the minds of mongers there

compute and the minds of mongers there

compute and the minds of mongers there are that extra bit sensitive there are

are that extra bit sensitive there are

are that extra bit sensitive there are some knows were trying more than anyone

some knows were trying more than anyone

some knows were trying more than anyone else to really make sense of it yet the

else to really make sense of it yet the

else to really make sense of it yet the insane they’ve seen it like these a

insane they’ve seen it like these a

insane they’ve seen it like these a fairground mirrors reflecting a

fairground mirrors reflecting a

fairground mirrors reflecting a distorted view of the safe narratives we

distorted view of the safe narratives we

distorted view of the safe narratives we humans play on loop this whole talk is

humans play on loop this whole talk is

humans play on loop this whole talk is kind

kind

kind delivered in a rhyme in a rhythm yeah

delivered in a rhyme in a rhythm yeah

delivered in a rhyme in a rhythm yeah okay not to be indulgent mostly to show

okay not to be indulgent mostly to show

okay not to be indulgent mostly to show the narrowband of all these symbols me

the narrowband of all these symbols me

the narrowband of all these symbols me speak cuz though we converse on a

speak cuz though we converse on a

speak cuz though we converse on a multitude of topics they’re generally

multitude of topics they’re generally

multitude of topics they’re generally restricted to the same core beliefs that

restricted to the same core beliefs that

restricted to the same core beliefs that there is hierarchy there is some greater

there is hierarchy there is some greater

there is hierarchy there is some greater force whether you believe it to be a la

force whether you believe it to be a la

force whether you believe it to be a la goddess or gravity or money you know

goddess or gravity or money you know

goddess or gravity or money you know anything you can confirm with your

anything you can confirm with your

anything you can confirm with your senses definitely real but every word

senses definitely real but every word

senses definitely real but every word you’ve ever said was born from how you

you’ve ever said was born from how you

you’ve ever said was born from how you feel your language he’s so idiosyncratic

feel your language he’s so idiosyncratic

feel your language he’s so idiosyncratic based on meaning only you could make

based on meaning only you could make

based on meaning only you could make only you will ever know the depth of

only you will ever know the depth of

only you will ever know the depth of everything every word that you’ve ever

everything every word that you’ve ever

everything every word that you’ve ever said this hidden subtext when others

said this hidden subtext when others

said this hidden subtext when others just see the surface the word it’s like

just see the surface the word it’s like

just see the surface the word it’s like a looking at the earth and seen only the

a looking at the earth and seen only the

a looking at the earth and seen only the grass and not the the modern soil and

grass and not the the modern soil and

grass and not the the modern soil and molten lava that bring it out on mass

molten lava that bring it out on mass

molten lava that bring it out on mass and equally to understand the grass is

and equally to understand the grass is

and equally to understand the grass is to understand the air the wind and the

to understand the air the wind and the

to understand the air the wind and the oxygen which make up the emotional

oxygen which make up the emotional

oxygen which make up the emotional landscape of the person who listens you

landscape of the person who listens you

landscape of the person who listens you know now we’re starting to see how every

know now we’re starting to see how every

know now we’re starting to see how every word has mother goes and heard than that

word has mother goes and heard than that

word has mother goes and heard than that which goes spoken now we invest in the

which goes spoken now we invest in the

which goes spoken now we invest in the infrastructure of of shared reality with

infrastructure of of shared reality with

infrastructure of of shared reality with common language that is to say that we

common language that is to say that we

common language that is to say that we you know something’s real if we

you know something’s real if we

you know something’s real if we communally agree that it is real but at

communally agree that it is real but at

communally agree that it is real but at what point is our communal agreement

what point is our communal agreement

what point is our communal agreement fail we all know and use the word unsafe

fail we all know and use the word unsafe

fail we all know and use the word unsafe but we witness it on a sliding scale and

but we witness it on a sliding scale and

but we witness it on a sliding scale and if some may be afraid daily of war and

if some may be afraid daily of war and

if some may be afraid daily of war and some may be afraid of it let me draw

some may be afraid of it let me draw

some may be afraid of it let me draw I’ll come back to that now when you and

I’ll come back to that now when you and

I’ll come back to that now when you and I top a political fear it might sound

I top a political fear it might sound

I top a political fear it might sound like we’re on different sides because

like we’re on different sides because

like we’re on different sides because I’m a talk of mama earth and refugees

I’m a talk of mama earth and refugees

I’m a talk of mama earth and refugees and you may talk of trade routes in

and you may talk of trade routes in

and you may talk of trade routes in global economy but

global economy but

global economy but there is a match in our underlying drive

there is a match in our underlying drive

there is a match in our underlying drive which is I hope the dying tomorrow’s

which is I hope the dying tomorrow’s

which is I hope the dying tomorrow’s survived so if we can move past the

survived so if we can move past the

survived so if we can move past the divisive nough screed by our

divisive nough screed by our

divisive nough screed by our storytelling device maybe we can stop

storytelling device maybe we can stop

storytelling device maybe we can stop making a bus feel ostracized for

making a bus feel ostracized for

making a bus feel ostracized for interpreting existence differently just

interpreting existence differently just

interpreting existence differently just because of the linguistics they’ve

because of the linguistics they’ve

because of the linguistics they’ve absorbed while alive and there is

absorbed while alive and there is

absorbed while alive and there is something so powerful in hearing the

something so powerful in hearing the

something so powerful in hearing the words me too but you only get to hear

words me too but you only get to hear

words me too but you only get to hear when you open your heart with the

when you open your heart with the

when you open your heart with the language you use but I will us to

language you use but I will us to

language you use but I will us to recognize that statement between the

recognize that statement between the

recognize that statement between the gaps in what we say but in all these

gaps in what we say but in all these

gaps in what we say but in all these chats that we have every day there’s the

chats that we have every day there’s the

chats that we have every day there’s the spouse and things going on said what

spouse and things going on said what

spouse and things going on said what beneath every conversation is silence

beneath every conversation is silence

beneath every conversation is silence and it’s that which binds us all because

and it’s that which binds us all because

and it’s that which binds us all because it contains the underworld of unspoken

it contains the underworld of unspoken

it contains the underworld of unspoken through which no matter mangas sometimes

through which no matter mangas sometimes

through which no matter mangas sometimes fall now let’s take this back to BC in

fall now let’s take this back to BC in

fall now let’s take this back to BC in the fifth century before Christ the

the fifth century before Christ the

the fifth century before Christ the turret was written by the philosopher

turret was written by the philosopher

turret was written by the philosopher gorgeous

gorgeous

gorgeous they named on a non-existent and the

they named on a non-existent and the

they named on a non-existent and the text states four things one nothing

text states four things one nothing

text states four things one nothing exists – if something exists nothing can

exists – if something exists nothing can

exists – if something exists nothing can be known a bit three if something can be

be known a bit three if something can be

be known a bit three if something can be known a bit the knowledge could not be

known a bit the knowledge could not be

known a bit the knowledge could not be communicated and far even if it can be

communicated and far even if it can be

communicated and far even if it can be communicated it cannot be understood now

communicated it cannot be understood now

communicated it cannot be understood now without trying to go from them also I

without trying to go from them also I

without trying to go from them also I mean I focus here on three and four now

mean I focus here on three and four now

mean I focus here on three and four now what I interpreted these to mean and

what I interpreted these to mean and

what I interpreted these to mean and everyone I shared this with ready if for

everyone I shared this with ready if for

everyone I shared this with ready if for me is that wisdom is not something that

me is that wisdom is not something that

me is that wisdom is not something that we can discuss our language was a

we can discuss our language was a

we can discuss our language was a logical tool of survival or if she liked

logical tool of survival or if she liked

logical tool of survival or if she liked subscrible because there’s some

subscrible because there’s some

subscrible because there’s some historians like you’ve all know a

historians like you’ve all know a

historians like you’ve all know a Ferrari would argue

Ferrari would argue

Ferrari would argue humans capability to communicate is what

humans capability to communicate is what

humans capability to communicate is what Lecter has taken over the world no once

Lecter has taken over the world no once

Lecter has taken over the world no once language developed we could cooperate

language developed we could cooperate

language developed we could cooperate and build groups and that snowballs but

and build groups and that snowballs but

and build groups and that snowballs but logic is different wisdom it is logic is

logic is different wisdom it is logic is

logic is different wisdom it is logic is information and wisdom where our ways be

information and wisdom where our ways be

information and wisdom where our ways be lost in translation after my first ever

lost in translation after my first ever

lost in translation after my first ever romantic ceremony the shaman said to me

romantic ceremony the shaman said to me

romantic ceremony the shaman said to me don’t tell anybody else what you’ve seen

don’t tell anybody else what you’ve seen

don’t tell anybody else what you’ve seen it is not for them and it will not fit

it is not for them and it will not fit

it is not for them and it will not fit inside the bottle that we send when we

inside the bottle that we send when we

inside the bottle that we send when we speak and if you try and split the

speak and if you try and split the

speak and if you try and split the inside these bottles well you’ll make

inside these bottles well you’ll make

inside these bottles well you’ll make the message weak and the paper will

the message weak and the paper will

the message weak and the paper will disintegrate and there’ll only be an

disintegrate and there’ll only be an

disintegrate and there’ll only be an impression left to read and so my

impression left to read and so my

impression left to read and so my friends you will witness things in your

friends you will witness things in your

friends you will witness things in your life that you can’t fit into words and

life that you can’t fit into words and

life that you can’t fit into words and that’s because the lesson was never

that’s because the lesson was never

that’s because the lesson was never meant for anyone will you to have heard

meant for anyone will you to have heard

meant for anyone will you to have heard and so I believe gorgeous to be

and so I believe gorgeous to be

and so I believe gorgeous to be confirming to me that the smart person

confirming to me that the smart person

confirming to me that the smart person the smart person may be full of answers

the smart person may be full of answers

the smart person may be full of answers full of answers but the wise person has

full of answers but the wise person has

full of answers but the wise person has only questions that they accept words

only questions that they accept words

only questions that they accept words will never complete and if I explain how

will never complete and if I explain how

will never complete and if I explain how or why I’ll delete every other

or why I’ll delete every other

or why I’ll delete every other possibility and by the way the most

possibility and by the way the most

possibility and by the way the most appropriate thing happened to honor a

appropriate thing happened to honor a

appropriate thing happened to honor a non-existent the original text was

non-existent the original text was

non-existent the original text was entirely lost I love that I feel it

entirely lost I love that I feel it

entirely lost I love that I feel it somehow makes this point now the problem

somehow makes this point now the problem

somehow makes this point now the problem is that we build our perception on that

is that we build our perception on that

is that we build our perception on that singularity so we’ve coded reality on

singularity so we’ve coded reality on

singularity so we’ve coded reality on the narratives we weave think of

the narratives we weave think of

the narratives we weave think of language is the HTML of the world off

language is the HTML of the world off

language is the HTML of the world off screen you and I are contained in the

screen you and I are contained in the

screen you and I are contained in the context of stories from before his ideas

context of stories from before his ideas

context of stories from before his ideas so old

so old

so old we no longer question them anymore we

we no longer question them anymore we

we no longer question them anymore we should always be clothed everything is

should always be clothed everything is

should always be clothed everything is divided into good and evil and the

divided into good and evil and the

divided into good and evil and the masculine or the opposite the feminine

masculine or the opposite the feminine

masculine or the opposite the feminine people but upon these all

people but upon these all

people but upon these all Hales we build our value of what’s

Hales we build our value of what’s

Hales we build our value of what’s reasonable but in there in indigenous

reasonable but in there in indigenous

reasonable but in there in indigenous tribes the schizophrenic is sent to

tribes the schizophrenic is sent to

tribes the schizophrenic is sent to become the next shaman the wise person

become the next shaman the wise person

become the next shaman the wise person why because when one loses their grip on

why because when one loses their grip on

why because when one loses their grip on reason this particular perception of

reason this particular perception of

reason this particular perception of reality may start to slip away and that

reality may start to slip away and that

reality may start to slip away and that will show them something about how it

will show them something about how it

will show them something about how it was built in the first place and that

was built in the first place and that

was built in the first place and that that that is wisdom so should we take

that that is wisdom so should we take

that that is wisdom so should we take artistic license with our own eyes we

artistic license with our own eyes we

artistic license with our own eyes we can be liberated by now seeing this web

can be liberated by now seeing this web

can be liberated by now seeing this web of natural lies you know so what’s this

of natural lies you know so what’s this

of natural lies you know so what’s this – well you’re a little loose in mind

– well you’re a little loose in mind

– well you’re a little loose in mind celebrate this giving you the space you

celebrate this giving you the space you

celebrate this giving you the space you need to now design your life we create

need to now design your life we create

need to now design your life we create who will be tomorrow by how we speak of

who will be tomorrow by how we speak of

who will be tomorrow by how we speak of ourselves today me I wasn’t always this

ourselves today me I wasn’t always this

ourselves today me I wasn’t always this strong and sassy I just tried it that

strong and sassy I just tried it that

strong and sassy I just tried it that way

way

way equally we can we can alter our memory

equally we can we can alter our memory

equally we can we can alter our memory by the by the way the phrases that we

by the by the way the phrases that we

by the by the way the phrases that we used to relive them so all the time we

used to relive them so all the time we

used to relive them so all the time we invest more in the version that we’ve

invest more in the version that we’ve

invest more in the version that we’ve told then the moment as it was when the

told then the moment as it was when the

told then the moment as it was when the truth would first unfold around us you

truth would first unfold around us you

truth would first unfold around us you know and that’s to the present moment

know and that’s to the present moment

know and that’s to the present moment well if I say oh I am having a bad day

well if I say oh I am having a bad day

well if I say oh I am having a bad day I’m more inclined to continue having a

I’m more inclined to continue having a

I’m more inclined to continue having a bad day if I say Who the growing pains

bad day if I say Who the growing pains

bad day if I say Who the growing pains are real today I’m more inclined to

are real today I’m more inclined to

are real today I’m more inclined to learn from that state of discomfort now

learn from that state of discomfort now

learn from that state of discomfort now last year when I came off my medication

last year when I came off my medication

last year when I came off my medication my mum said something to me and I always

my mum said something to me and I always

my mum said something to me and I always thought she wasn’t really tuned in to

thought she wasn’t really tuned in to

thought she wasn’t really tuned in to how overwhelmed I was feeling but she

how overwhelmed I was feeling but she

how overwhelmed I was feeling but she was she confirmed that when she looked

was she confirmed that when she looked

was she confirmed that when she looked in my eyes and explained I never wanted

in my eyes and explained I never wanted

in my eyes and explained I never wanted you to be diagnosed because I knew that

you to be diagnosed because I knew that

you to be diagnosed because I knew that you would believe what they were saying

you would believe what they were saying

you would believe what they were saying I’m so it’s time for me to have a chat

I’m so it’s time for me to have a chat

I’m so it’s time for me to have a chat with my seven-year-old self because she

with my seven-year-old self because she

with my seven-year-old self because she she

she

she and claim to write or even know a shared

and claim to write or even know a shared

and claim to write or even know a shared reality even if there was one universal

reality even if there was one universal

reality even if there was one universal one entity the could universally agree

one entity the could universally agree

one entity the could universally agree or the humans emotional bodies would

or the humans emotional bodies would

or the humans emotional bodies would manipulate what she means and then she’d

manipulate what she means and then she’d

manipulate what she means and then she’d just be like that doctor and the only

just be like that doctor and the only

just be like that doctor and the only thing I was to prescribe to everybody is

thing I was to prescribe to everybody is

thing I was to prescribe to everybody is a history and silence so then we could

a history and silence so then we could

a history and silence so then we could build a fresh inclusive symbiosis you

build a fresh inclusive symbiosis you

build a fresh inclusive symbiosis you know that doctor that doctor wholly

know that doctor that doctor wholly

know that doctor that doctor wholly agrees what tells me is me who has seen

agrees what tells me is me who has seen

agrees what tells me is me who has seen people I love and body their diagnosis

people I love and body their diagnosis

people I love and body their diagnosis because the word gave them something to

because the word gave them something to

because the word gave them something to pin all that felt uncertain so I invite

pin all that felt uncertain so I invite

pin all that felt uncertain so I invite you to see when words are being

you to see when words are being

you to see when words are being destructive now when when a an unwonted

destructive now when when a an unwonted

destructive now when when a an unwonted narrative starts playing out in my head

narrative starts playing out in my head

narrative starts playing out in my head which is often one of paranoia and

which is often one of paranoia and

which is often one of paranoia and deeply unreasonable dread

deeply unreasonable dread

deeply unreasonable dread well I swap it was sound that gives me

well I swap it was sound that gives me

well I swap it was sound that gives me surge of energy rather than perpetuate

surge of energy rather than perpetuate

surge of energy rather than perpetuate this story how it’s normal for me to be

this story how it’s normal for me to be

this story how it’s normal for me to be feeble so I’ll open my cutlery drawer

feeble so I’ll open my cutlery drawer

feeble so I’ll open my cutlery drawer where I’m always convinced I’m gonna

where I’m always convinced I’m gonna

where I’m always convinced I’m gonna meet thousands of beetles and either out

meet thousands of beetles and either out

meet thousands of beetles and either out loud or between my ears I’m going right

loud or between my ears I’m going right

loud or between my ears I’m going right and I’m liberated that sound you see so

and I’m liberated that sound you see so

and I’m liberated that sound you see so I wait from within that I just ride all

I wait from within that I just ride all

I wait from within that I just ride all the way out and I imagine that when I

the way out and I imagine that when I

the way out and I imagine that when I tell myself the story of The Beatles I’m

tell myself the story of The Beatles I’m

tell myself the story of The Beatles I’m like pushing something inside of my head

like pushing something inside of my head

like pushing something inside of my head and that is how we become full of dread

and that is how we become full of dread

and that is how we become full of dread whereas when I make the noise the

whereas when I make the noise the

whereas when I make the noise the vocalization I’m letting some pronounce

vocalization I’m letting some pronounce

vocalization I’m letting some pronounce and stay and so we ain’t gonna stop

and stay and so we ain’t gonna stop

and stay and so we ain’t gonna stop using words we ain’t gonna stop playing

using words we ain’t gonna stop playing

using words we ain’t gonna stop playing with words I definitely ain’t but

with words I definitely ain’t but

with words I definitely ain’t but consider this a bid that we use them

consider this a bid that we use them

consider this a bid that we use them with my integrity

with my integrity

with my integrity you know you I’ve lost my game basically

you know you I’ve lost my game basically

you know you I’ve lost my game basically I’ve lost my game but it set me free

my mental state can never be contained

my mental state can never be contained in one explanation is constantly

in one explanation is constantly

in one explanation is constantly evolving and will lead redefining and in

evolving and will lead redefining and in

evolving and will lead redefining and in this hyper communicative age know that

this hyper communicative age know that

this hyper communicative age know that you are more than the song of the words

you are more than the song of the words

you are more than the song of the words that describe you

that describe you

that describe you you could never be contained in a

you could never be contained in a

you could never be contained in a Twitter bio and all the rules about how

Twitter bio and all the rules about how

Twitter bio and all the rules about how to conduct our life it’s made up your

to conduct our life it’s made up your

to conduct our life it’s made up your story your human experience

story your human experience

story your human experience that’s only your’s – right

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