Poems and Creative Writing(ish)

Sick

For English we have to write a persuasive speech and mine is "why mental health should be taught in schools" and I thought this poem would be a good opener and it made my mom cry so.....(also this is meant to be read like a slam poem)

Sick
That's what they say
Something chemically out of balance in me
In science we learn how to balance chemical equations but that will never chemically balance what's in my mind
Am I just Different?
Apparently
Even though 20% of teens ages 13-18 suffer every day
"Just get therapy" they say
Even though therapy won't change the fact that I have an anxiety attack before every test
"It's just stress" they say
Stress that is so painful my brain screams at every overthought, unsolved problem I try to solve
Sick
They teach me about different kinds of sick in school
Cancer cells, fungi, viral infections
But for some reason my sick isn't good enough
Not painful enough
Not scary or disturbing enough
Sick
That's what they say I am
Yet they won't teach me how to cope with it or deal with it or live with it or fight it in class
"Too taboo" they say
Sick
That's what I am but no one is willing to help me or the thousands of others like me
My sick is like a broken leg with no one willing to be my crutch
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Just to put it out there I haven't experienced any of this to this extreme but I took information from my friends and youtubers to make this so yeah
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Written-1/31/17