Thu.Jun 20, 2024

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F.O.M.H. by illexotic

Mad in America

Listen to “F.O.M.H.”: [link] I wrote this poem when I was struggling with my mental health in college on the back of a quiz I didn’t take because my voices were too loud to focus, but my English teacher was trying to be supportive and encourage me to attend class even if I did not feel well enough to participate. Another time when my mental health was suffering, I started to write the beat, then a few months later I found the old quiz in some stuff and they came together after

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It’s You, It’s Not Me: Treatment Resistant Depression and the Psychiatric Breakup

Mad in America

“Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.” —Ray Bradbury The Break-Up J ustine 1 was in her mid-twenties, queer, a good dresser, and a little insecure about her pandemic weight-gain. She recently quit her security job. Justine’s security duties included kicking people out of the doorways and stairwells where they slept or got high.