Social Anxiety – The Afroist

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indefatigable

By: Mamello Mosiana Jun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019

Depression, existentialism, Poem, War and Politics#Prose, Depression, existentialism, Poem, Politics, Prose, Social Anxiety, Social Death, Suicide, Verse, warLeave a Comment

of memory and existentialism

reaching 100

By: Mamello Mosiana May 12, 2019May 15, 2019

Blogging, Depression, Prose, Writing#Poetry, #PoetryBlog, anxiety, Blog Birthday, Creative Writing, Depression, mental health, Mental Health Awareness Month, Social Anxiety, Writer's Block, WritingLeave a Comment

it was almost poetic that the 100th post on my site was about writer’s block. more so because in this month, two years ago, i started this blog. a blog i started because i was struggling to write academically. in february i registered for my phd. and like clock work i couldn’t write again. at…

through the fog- breathe

By: Mamello Mosiana Oct 23, 2018Oct 23, 2018

anxiety, Micro-Poetry, Poem, Social Anxiety#Poetry, #PoetryBlog, Alternative Therapy, anxiety, Depression, Meditation, Mind Body Soul, Poem, Social AnxietyLeave a Comment

a micropoem on coping with social anxiety

-the unsent letter

By: Mamello Mosiana May 21, 2018May 20, 2018

Parenting, Poem#Poetry, Creative Writing, Creativity, Depression, Healing, Mental Health Awareness Month, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Parenting, Poem, Prose, Relationships, Social Anxiety, VerseLeave a Comment

I hate when you say you love me or miss me I gave up on you after the countless times you pushed away my outstretched hands I cried away my love when you told me I was ugly when I sat in the scorching water of the bathtub hoping to burn away my skin shrink…

i was taught to never make eye contact

By: Mamello Mosiana Feb 10, 2018Feb 20, 2018

Poem, Social Anxiety#Poetry, anxiety, Creative Writing, Depression, Escapism, Poem, Social Anxiety, Trauma, Verse2 Comments

– of everyday escapism