Hey bros,
A little over two months ago I lost the love of my life in a breakup. I haven't been doing well since. He was my everything. I didn't imagine I'd ever have to see another day without him. As someone who's lost multiple very close family members, there's something especially hard about grieving someone who's still around. I've spent 6+ weeks in partial hospitalization programs, been sent to the emergency room multiple times both to protect me from myself and for reactions to different antidepressant medications. It's really hard for me to see a future for myself right now.
One of the few things that has given me some catharsis recently has been writing. I've always been terrible at sticking to a Journaling habit, but I've learned to take my perfectionism off the table and allow myself to just "word vomit" my feelings into the page. It's been helpful, though it still doesn't do much to change how I'm feeling.
Rereading few of my entries, I felt a few thoughts I wrote down had some kind of creative potential, and I've developed them into poems.
I've never written poetry before, but like I said, it's been a good outlet and a way for me to make my feelings make sense. I've only shared my writing with a few people, but I'm very proud of it and have received pretty positive feedback. I'm wondering if this could be a new outlet for me, and I'd like to find a way to share myself with more people. Maybe as a way to feel more heard, maybe as a way to let other people know they're not alone in how they feel, maybe just because I'm at an all time low and am looking to feel better about myself.
Does anyone have any experience in this world on how to get started or ways to get myself or my work in front of others? If nothing else, it's something for me to focus on other than my heartbreak. At best, maybe this becomes my new "thing."
Any advice is much appreciated
I'm in metro Detroit if anyone local has specific suggestions.
Thank you!