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My Therapist Encouraged This Song

Regret Of The Anxious Empath...(The Holidays Exacerbate it)

By Kelli Sheckler-AmsdenPublished 10 months ago 1 min read
My Therapist Encouraged This Song
Photo by Meghan Hessler on Unsplash

I spend my days, a basket case, and anxious

When there's a million other things I'd rather do

Being an empath, pleaser, couldn't be more thankless

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I get myself caught up in life's distractions

A clown without her makeup, playing fool

I spend my days, a basket case, and anxious

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I wish that I could blurt out all my "frankness"

To scream out how I'm feeling, would be cool

Being an empath, pleaser, couldn't be more thankless

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Maybe It's because our mother spanked us

Not letting me be me, is kinda cruel

I spend my days, a basket case, and anxious

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Maybe I could get better, if I practiced

I'm sure I could become, who you need me to

Being an empath, pleaser, couldn't be more thankless

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I feel like Dorothy, no longer in Kansas

A little like the lion and scarecrow too

I spend my days, a basket case, and anxious

Being an empath, pleaser, couldn't be more thankless

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    Written by Kelli Sheckler-Amsden