Sabrina Benaim - "Explaining My Depression to My Mother"
I can't remember the exact day when I discovered this video. I just remember it being a lonely period of my life when i first started university far from my secondary school friends all alone. I remember being into poetry during that period. I watched alot of poetry slam videos on Youtube when i stumbled upon this treasure of a poem. It spoke to me because she said everything I have ever wanted to say. She said everything I wished I ever had the courage to say to somebody, even my family. The two years has been like the hardest years of my life. I moved so far away from home alone to a new and different continent where I knew no one. When I made the decision to move to Australia, I had thought it would be a great opportunity to discover myself but all ive discovered was human beings are not built to function alone. This move has been the loneliest i've ever been, somedays I find myself crying without realising it. Somedays, i just want to stay in bed all day and sleep. Someda...