Catalina Ferro performs "Anxiety Group"

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@toricasey7167
@toricasey7167 10 жыл бұрын
The end of this poem completely changed my life. I'm not anxious because I hate life, I'm anxious because I love it.
@miriamschwan7881
@miriamschwan7881 4 ай бұрын
RIGHT???
@MarieFlow
@MarieFlow 10 жыл бұрын
those who never experienced anxiety, will never understand how great this is.
@elizabethbennet4791
@elizabethbennet4791 5 жыл бұрын
I KNOW
@aquaearthnfirequ_pinsnsavi1721
@aquaearthnfirequ_pinsnsavi1721 Жыл бұрын
No they will not and in my own anxious way of praising this poem for giving me a relaxed breath to breathe I'd say it's too bad! MeAndMyZIATY! Current mood: I just exhaled for the first time in a non-stop 24 hours and till goin and cycle!
@JoshieMadhatt
@JoshieMadhatt 18 сағат бұрын
It's completely spot on. In a way I've never heard before or since. Been rewatching this for years
@___KIT__
@___KIT__ 9 жыл бұрын
Never thought of it as a striving to live. I guess I was too focused on how the panic attacks feel like death.
@elizabethbennet4791
@elizabethbennet4791 5 жыл бұрын
your body creates anxiety and perceives them/it as bad because another part of you WANTs to live
@DW43KK1
@DW43KK1 2 жыл бұрын
i come back to this poem every few years when my body decides it's time to panic, and every time it brings me immense comfort. i can't say thank you enough miss ferro.
@powerbottomboat
@powerbottomboat 11 жыл бұрын
I always start crying at the "because they want so badly to live" bit, because she's right, I want so badly to live, that it, along with everything else, terrifies me.
@elizabethbennet4791
@elizabethbennet4791 5 жыл бұрын
funny, im not at all afraid to live im just so tied up in "fixing things" that i have no time or energy left and it's HORRIBLE emotionally to not be free when you genuinely have no fear of it
@jhup4718
@jhup4718 4 жыл бұрын
OMG yes, I totally get it.
@LeahBartlettIsAwesome
@LeahBartlettIsAwesome 8 жыл бұрын
"It must be exhausting to want to live this much."
@elizabethbennet4791
@elizabethbennet4791 5 жыл бұрын
she TOTALLY fucking gets it
@trose5213
@trose5213 10 жыл бұрын
As someone who suffers from anxiety this spoke to me in a way that I can't properly articulate.
@Music4Ani
@Music4Ani 10 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one
@user-zf1gk3iv3u
@user-zf1gk3iv3u 10 жыл бұрын
Same here! So eloquent.
@JordanElaine8
@JordanElaine8 10 жыл бұрын
Glad I'm not alone!
@JoshieMadhatt
@JoshieMadhatt 18 сағат бұрын
saaaaaame
@aaronstorm2593
@aaronstorm2593 3 жыл бұрын
I started listening to this poem when I was in high school, the year this video was posted. All these years later I can’t help but keep coming back to it. It’s a tonic for my deeply anxious soul.
@meghan5237
@meghan5237 9 жыл бұрын
This poem made me realize that I'm so afraid to die because I want to live. I crave life and all the beauty that comes with it.
@emmadestruction
@emmadestruction 10 жыл бұрын
Having anxiety myself, this made me cry. Its true! My greatest fear is that somehow everything great my life is will just get taken away.
@janeenj84
@janeenj84 9 жыл бұрын
Damn I tear up EVERY time I watch this. This poem gives me strength and helps so much to know I'm not the only one.
@elizabethbennet4791
@elizabethbennet4791 7 жыл бұрын
Me too ((hug)))
@elizabethbennet4791
@elizabethbennet4791 7 жыл бұрын
I have bee reading poetry ever since I was a child and this is the only poem I keep coming back to.
@bleedingheart55
@bleedingheart55 10 жыл бұрын
I think tears aren't enough. This poem is the most amazing thing that I can relate to that I've EVER heard.
@BadActingWYIM
@BadActingWYIM 10 жыл бұрын
This has changed me. She has offered me a new perspective I had been looking for. My anxiety makes me want to kill myself all the time but i do whatever I can to stay strong. For my family, my friends and myself. So I try meditation and studying philosophy and that helped a lot. She made me realize that my struggle with anxiety shows just how strong I am and how much good is in my life rather than how weak I am and how crappy things are. i really needed that
@natashaprimus4235
@natashaprimus4235 6 жыл бұрын
Sims4TV same sis same
@summeralwaysxx
@summeralwaysxx 11 жыл бұрын
with suffering through anxiety myself, this hit home... it was beautiful, i couldnt have found a better way to explain anxiety.
@emrose333
@emrose333 8 жыл бұрын
I love all the positivity from the audience before the poem even starts💕
@CiaraMathias
@CiaraMathias 11 жыл бұрын
Social anxiety here! And this was beautiful. The last parts about how we anxiety-filled people are full of caring and hope really feels makes me good. It makes me like myself just a little bit more. :)
@watchwrenwander5783
@watchwrenwander5783 6 жыл бұрын
I can’t count how many times I’ve watched this since I found it last year. Definitely my favorite poem ever. I cry every time which is a little ridiculous I know, but as someone with multiple anxiety disorders and other mental/chronic illnesses, it just hits super close to home and I love it. “It must be exhausting to want to live this much”
@cindymcglaughlin309
@cindymcglaughlin309 10 жыл бұрын
As a person who suffers from anxiety, I can't love this enough. Well spoken. I've watched this more than 18 times, because its so relatable to me
@saigej.532
@saigej.532 9 жыл бұрын
I love this poem. Makes me feel better about myself. I listen to this on my bad days, thank you Catalina Ferro. Thank you so much
@Nathalie.999
@Nathalie.999 9 жыл бұрын
I watched this a couple months ago, and it helped me get over my anxiety by myself, my therapist was so surprised and said I was the strongest person she ever met. I want to get a line from this poem tattoed on my arm so I can remember it forever.
@Checkersss
@Checkersss 11 жыл бұрын
"you can't be this afraid of losing everything, if you don't love everything first" Amazing.
@isitthatdeeppodcast
@isitthatdeeppodcast 8 жыл бұрын
Why hasn't she come out with more poetry? Where'd she go? :(
@queenbeeamygee1188
@queenbeeamygee1188 3 жыл бұрын
This helped me realize that all of my anxieties are about people because I love people so much
@katiehess3919
@katiehess3919 10 жыл бұрын
That ending was a punch of reality in the face, so true. So beautiful. I don't know how many times I've replayed this.
@zohragh937
@zohragh937 4 жыл бұрын
I love this poem so much after all these years it still sends chills down my spine
@racquelilopez
@racquelilopez 7 жыл бұрын
I always come watch this video when my anxiety attacks hit. Thank you for this, you have no idea how much this helps.
@amyclayton8375
@amyclayton8375 4 жыл бұрын
I saw this poem for the first time about 3 years ago and it changed how I view anxiety. I think, though, that I want so badly to be good and to be kind to others. So I am obsessive when I do something wrong, or when I start to feel like I'm getting in someone's way or being annoying.
@205tigger7
@205tigger7 11 жыл бұрын
this is why i love poetry.
@riley9258
@riley9258 9 жыл бұрын
i have read through these comments to see if anyone else was crying from relating to this and i realized that most of the people who stated they were crying have anxiety also. this is a powerful poem and i fucking love it.
@xXChinaEyesXx
@xXChinaEyesXx 9 жыл бұрын
Even struggling with anxiety attacks for the past 3 years, I NEVER thought of it as me loving what i have (or could have or will have) so much that that is the reason for me being so anxious, so...afraid. I thought that was what it was...just fear. Catalina you are awesome.
@elizabethbennet4791
@elizabethbennet4791 9 жыл бұрын
+Chrissy Bella Bingo! "Because you can’t be this afraid of losing everything/If you don’t love everything first"
@MadCupcake38
@MadCupcake38 11 жыл бұрын
This is sheer brilliance. I couldn't have summed up anxiety better myself. That is utterly phenomanal !! xx
@penguinpoetmusic86
@penguinpoetmusic86 11 жыл бұрын
I first heard this poem about a year ago and I instantly loved it but couldn't figure out why. I thought I was a fairly laid back person. I thought it was normal to cry over a ninety two on a test. I didn't think there was anything wrong with my complete inability to have a conversation with another person. It'd just always been like that. It was weird but I loved the poem so I listened to it endlessly for about a month but forgot it. I just found it again, a few weeks after being diagnosed with anxiety disorder and holy shit is it relevant. What if I fail at life? What if they hit us again? What if it's me this time? This really hits home. I love it so much
@ToastyMcMarshmallow
@ToastyMcMarshmallow 4 жыл бұрын
This is so *real* and it astonishes me every time.
@witchkid83
@witchkid83 8 жыл бұрын
This poem really got me thinking and I love it so much evaluate instead of shaming the mental illness that is anxiety, it binds fighters together and shows us how fucking strong me are
@hiddenpunk291
@hiddenpunk291 10 жыл бұрын
I watch this so often. It's like a therapy in itself
@rhymeswithorange3
@rhymeswithorange3 11 жыл бұрын
The ending to this was so beautiful. So true. I cannot explain how freeing her words were.
@ishtar6098
@ishtar6098 10 жыл бұрын
I have never been able to name the emotion that Catalina so eloquently spoke after 2:50. Thank you for this.
@heart537
@heart537 9 жыл бұрын
This is the best thing I have ever watched
@Vero9ka93
@Vero9ka93 11 жыл бұрын
The last part hit me like a fucking boulder. The accuracy hit me straight in the face.
@abimburger
@abimburger 6 ай бұрын
I come back to this all the time. It’s so powerful ❤
@emmagreen7463
@emmagreen7463 9 жыл бұрын
I'm not just shy, I have social anxiety. I can barely get out of bed, I'm too busy planning awkward conversations in my head. I believe in the boogey man, he whispers to me each time I try to make a friend. Don't ask me to speak up in class, you're lucky I still show up. In case you haven't caught on, what I feel everyday is wrong. I have the constant worry people don't see me, the happy façade I put on, but they see the shy, antisocial, depressed, stressed, over-worried mess I've become. -j.a.b.
@qandeee
@qandeee 9 жыл бұрын
I love this..
@VirtuallyKesi
@VirtuallyKesi 8 жыл бұрын
+Emma Green i feel like i wrote this
@selenaschmidt5651
@selenaschmidt5651 8 жыл бұрын
this is amazing
@TrippyVision220
@TrippyVision220 3 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps. Every time.
@jamielovesweeping
@jamielovesweeping 11 жыл бұрын
As someone that has some serious anxiety issues as well, I, personally, could never IMAGINE doing something like this, however reading your post gives me hope. ♥
@EvenxInxDeath8
@EvenxInxDeath8 12 жыл бұрын
No matter how many times I watch this, I still get goosebumps
@21656303
@21656303 11 жыл бұрын
It's great to know that there are videos like this out there, that will help people feel better about their conditions without making them feel completely alienated.
@starries
@starries 3 жыл бұрын
dude how does this always make me cry? it's just beautiful.
@bilgisayar1984
@bilgisayar1984 11 жыл бұрын
ever since i learnt the existence of this video i can't stop watching, crying, finding the lyrics, watching again this time with lyrics, crying again. absolutely amazing! 'Because you can’t be this afraid of losing everything if you don’t love everything first, because you have to have a soul-crushing hope that things will get better to be this afraid of missing it.'
@mickeymouseterror
@mickeymouseterror 3 жыл бұрын
Quite probably the best slam poetry performance ever.
@shtrurtle
@shtrurtle 10 жыл бұрын
Amen, sista. I lived in anxiety too many years. Happy to see it shrinking away in my rear view mirror
@LyndseyLorraine
@LyndseyLorraine 11 жыл бұрын
I no longer see my own anxiety and paranoia the same way. This is beautiful.
@joelletatter4063
@joelletatter4063 2 жыл бұрын
I have the last lines of this poem tattooed on me- it changed my life that much
@Husqvarnah01
@Husqvarnah01 12 жыл бұрын
That moved me. Tears rolled down my face at the end
@xJewlz08x
@xJewlz08x 11 жыл бұрын
She's explaining that people with anxiety are so anxious because of how much they care. For example, I have an anxiety disorder and I have a debilitating fear of the people I love dying. This is a fear stemming from love. People with anxiety worry about everything because we wallow in life...and part of our fear is being so afraid that we miss out on life while worrying.
@julianne8497
@julianne8497 4 жыл бұрын
"I make insomnia look professional" This is so true for me.
@elizabethbennet4791
@elizabethbennet4791 6 жыл бұрын
really needs to be shown to every anxiety patient, mental health professional and loved one of an anxiety patient in the world.
@estelladubose6512
@estelladubose6512 9 жыл бұрын
That was great. Absolutely great! The ending perspective is so empowering. Thank you!
@asiaderrough
@asiaderrough 9 жыл бұрын
As a person who suffers from anxiety and severe ocd, this is amazing!!! I love her, she gets it. I've always said that I believe I have anxiety because I love life more than others. I fear germs and diseases so much because I don't want my life to be cut short over something ridiculous, I have too much to live for
@desireegonzalez5004
@desireegonzalez5004 11 жыл бұрын
I want to thumbs up everyone's comments bc we can all relate to this so much. This is absolute PERFECTION. INCREDIBLE.
@stylinzon
@stylinzon 10 жыл бұрын
i always sob every single time i watch this, i relate to this so much
@mygoldfisharegold
@mygoldfisharegold 11 жыл бұрын
that was brilliant and 100% accurate, anyone who doesn't understand anxiety just needs to hear what this woman has to say!
@JoshieMadhatt
@JoshieMadhatt 18 сағат бұрын
The absolute greatest poem about anxiety ever written and I will die on that hill
@ErinJudex3
@ErinJudex3 2 жыл бұрын
10 years later this is still one of my favorite poems
@samjoachim8679
@samjoachim8679 8 жыл бұрын
Wow that actually made me cry. Thank you I needed that boost of self love for myself and my anxiety
@bilgisayar1984
@bilgisayar1984 11 жыл бұрын
it's been one week and i still have goosebumps and cry... soul-crashing hope keep crushing me!
@tamikaprice7888
@tamikaprice7888 11 жыл бұрын
This is the best fucking thing I have EVER seen.
@kdede13
@kdede13 12 жыл бұрын
i have terrible anxiety and this made me feel so much better, i'm so happy this is on youtube. it's good to know i'm not alone.
@daylelynne9052
@daylelynne9052 12 жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter how many times I watch this, the end makes my breath stop for a moment and I cry.
@catsonmeth1
@catsonmeth1 11 жыл бұрын
This really makes me appreciate that I was able to, at least partially, get through my social anxiety.
@Emmah1243
@Emmah1243 9 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this. I can't articulate how much this meant to me.
@tracykiddo4563
@tracykiddo4563 9 жыл бұрын
this poem describes me more than any other poem down to my doctor weaning my off klonopin. I needed to hear this...sometimes I listen to this poem once a week because it's so mind blowing how much I relate to everything. even though I don't want to relate to it. talented woman
@BeckahLaz97
@BeckahLaz97 11 жыл бұрын
Yes, YES this is what anxiety feels like, and its awesome to hear someone state the reality of the awful disease in such a beautiful way.
@elizabethbennet4791
@elizabethbennet4791 7 жыл бұрын
no one on earth goes more quickly and directly to the soul of a mystery and gets it totally correct than Ferro
@29kumquat
@29kumquat 11 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. This is more than I've ever been able to express about how I go through life. Thanks, especially for the end.
@Megan20Marie
@Megan20Marie 10 жыл бұрын
This was something I needed so bad, I'm glad I watched it.
@EsperamePorFavor
@EsperamePorFavor 11 жыл бұрын
I've had anxiety for years. Always thought I was crazy, now I know what it is. I have huge attacks to where my heart rate is over 200 just because a teacher called on me in class (even though I knew I was 200% correct...). But when I did theater and went on stage, it was like the world stopped. I wasn't me. I was my character. I had no fear. I knew I would do well, and I loved it. I wasn't myself, and that was the best part. I totally agree with you.
@rose360x1
@rose360x1 10 жыл бұрын
I love this so much. Words can not describe how perfect this is.
@andreasstrom4016
@andreasstrom4016 11 жыл бұрын
I wish I heard this back when I was suffering from anxiety. So awesome!
@flowerboy4269
@flowerboy4269 8 жыл бұрын
4 years later. Probably still one of my favorites.
@elizabethbennet4791
@elizabethbennet4791 7 жыл бұрын
I'm obsessively drawn to this poem more than any other, and I've lived a long life full of poems. This truly uncorks my life for me.
@FoxInTheRift
@FoxInTheRift 11 жыл бұрын
With a battle with anxiety of my own... this was... conflicting to me. Because I don't think I ever realized why I get so anxious until now. Because I want to live and I cling to that because I have a strong love for many things. And it punches anxiety in the face. Because if you love and want to live, why do you let anxiety and panic attacks and nights without sleep destroy you, kill you? And while it is not so simple to get over, it is an idea. It is an idea that can spread and flourish and god bless this video because I can do it. I can get up the next morning. I can go to work. I can enroll in college. I can do these things because they WON'T kill me. NOT doing them will. Not doing them will lead me into a life of shambles and seclusion and it took this simple video for me to realize... Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Even if it's just for right now... that idea is going to kick anxiety's ass. Amen.
@mollymills8801
@mollymills8801 Жыл бұрын
i know this word for word. it was the first poem that really spoke to me, so i can't thank you enough
@lucyj5490
@lucyj5490 10 жыл бұрын
I can so relate to this! She explained what we all don't know how to put it into words.
@spiriality
@spiriality 11 жыл бұрын
Wow. Just wow. This was amazing.
@ThugMuffinification
@ThugMuffinification 11 жыл бұрын
Having ptsd and anxiety, I've never heard a poem I saw so much of myself in. And I am glad I'm not alone in it.
@LadyGreenDay69
@LadyGreenDay69 11 жыл бұрын
This really hit home for me what an inspirational writer.
@lavalives
@lavalives 10 жыл бұрын
sad, thoughtful and true. it's almost a comfort to know i'm not the only one with anxiety - seems so obvious but it's such a isolating illness. if you're reading this and you have anxiety, i'm proud of you
@ashleymay2255
@ashleymay2255 10 жыл бұрын
I'm proud of you too, it gets better.
@unicornpearlz
@unicornpearlz 8 жыл бұрын
this poem has stuck with me more than any other
@Melinator1000
@Melinator1000 11 жыл бұрын
i watched it 4 times.. and im going to watch it again and again. what she says is so true and fascinating.... she really has my respect. awesome perfomance
@septemberthornton8409
@septemberthornton8409 10 жыл бұрын
This speaks to me on a very personal level
@malissahyatt2425
@malissahyatt2425 3 жыл бұрын
Battling anxiety right this minute. I've had a hard battle for a month. This poem is my battle cry!!!!!!!!!!!
@mirtasmiddlefinger
@mirtasmiddlefinger 11 жыл бұрын
"‘What if it’s me this time?’ and I think, wow, it must be exhausting to want to live this much." no matter how many times I watch the video, this is where I begin sobbing. This is perfect.
@kelseyfunkhouser5336
@kelseyfunkhouser5336 9 жыл бұрын
This made me tear up. I've never thought of anxiety like this.
@KateryntheGrand
@KateryntheGrand 11 жыл бұрын
This is seriously the best poem about anxiety I've ever heard.
@robertsmith7667
@robertsmith7667 10 жыл бұрын
Very good, an often overlooked life affecting condition.
@elizabethbennet4791
@elizabethbennet4791 8 жыл бұрын
I love you for honoring us like this Catalina Ferro
@naturallydarling
@naturallydarling 11 жыл бұрын
This is literally perfection. I get chills every time.
@emmagreen7463
@emmagreen7463 9 жыл бұрын
'Princess of Panic' it has a ring I never thought I would love so much just because it shows my strength in fighting social anxiety, depression, and insomnia. I used to treat those disorders as labels that set me apart for all the wrong reasons until I saw this a month ago. Now, I treat them as things that simply make me stronger, not different or odd or weird.
@deidaraakun
@deidaraakun 9 жыл бұрын
The ending really struck something in me.. I don't think I'm going to be the same after that wow
@jonnya.4811
@jonnya.4811 7 жыл бұрын
deidaraakun you still the same?
@darkhorse9664
@darkhorse9664 9 жыл бұрын
You read my soul. That was absolutely phenomenal.
@Zeekatjes
@Zeekatjes 11 жыл бұрын
This is the fucking best thing I have ever heard anyone say about anxiety. He describes it perfectly. Finally. Thank you.
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