Poems about Mental Health and Mental Illness
#MentalHealth
Poems written by those experiencing mental illness, mental disorders and other mental health problems. You'll also find poetry written by loved ones of sufferers. A bold and honest glimpse into the reality of mental illness.
Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
Yesterday 00:42am
Yesterday 00:42am
A Disturbed Mind
WHO really knows what goes on inside some people's mind, thoughts of them fighting and killing at well against imagines, that only they see in the dark deepness of insanity. For it's true as hell has finally broken wide open, by the actions of some people's, bringing death and destruction, that is seen in todays society. For sure society has really grown cold as ice, with some people's filled with rage and anger that you take a chance, to even go outside, 🤨 to catch a bus or ride on a train or going for a quiet walk, just to breathe and feel the sun upon your s of skin and face....
#anxiety
#bipolar
#depression
#MentalHealth
#nightmares
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Nizana
Lauryn
Lauryn
Poem Published
29th Apr 2025 9:04pm
29th Apr 2025 9:04pm
The Past Haunts the Present
April 26
I’ve never been gripped by such fear while making love.This last weekend was long and filled with rough sex in my apartment.. Mike's touch is harsh, demanding. The one time I said, "I love you," Mike must have sensed the fear in my voice. He only smiled slightly at the words and then said, “Well prove it,” leading my hand to his crotch. My heart raced…with desires, but also terror. I’ve been with many men but never one who seems so harsh at his core.
His past haunts our present. When I touch him, I sense the ghosts of those he's left behind. Am I...
I’ve never been gripped by such fear while making love.This last weekend was long and filled with rough sex in my apartment.. Mike's touch is harsh, demanding. The one time I said, "I love you," Mike must have sensed the fear in my voice. He only smiled slightly at the words and then said, “Well prove it,” leading my hand to his crotch. My heart raced…with desires, but also terror. I’ve been with many men but never one who seems so harsh at his core.
His past haunts our present. When I touch him, I sense the ghosts of those he's left behind. Am I...
#betrayal
#MentalHealth
#sex #violence
#sex #violence
106 reads
2 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
29th Apr 2025 8:59pm
29th Apr 2025 8:59pm
Saints And Sinners Week (Black Cat)
Black Candle and Blue Candle
Black Obsidian Stone
Dragon’s Blood Incense
Mirrors Draped
As the blade of my sword to the paleness of rotten skin it drips
A hawk to evil presence and then in your face seems to allow the universal to spit
I can respect a woman who can take a stand in life and love, not found begging daily on her knees
No matter the wants, or the degree
Is it not a sin to covet another when one has a real husband at home
To bring comfort to an...
Black Obsidian Stone
Dragon’s Blood Incense
Mirrors Draped
As the blade of my sword to the paleness of rotten skin it drips
A hawk to evil presence and then in your face seems to allow the universal to spit
I can respect a woman who can take a stand in life and love, not found begging daily on her knees
No matter the wants, or the degree
Is it not a sin to covet another when one has a real husband at home
To bring comfort to an...
#cats
#MentalHealth
#moon
#sun
#water
119 reads
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
28th Apr 2025 00:04am
28th Apr 2025 00:04am
grey moodiness
It's grey today outside
It matches my somber mood
With feelings of melancholy, I feel weighed down
You would think the rain would signify cleansing to me
And the raindrops by themselves would
It's the grey depression I can't take
weeks that drag on under a haze
It's dreary, and my emotions grow dark
No one seems to visit on days like today
People similar to me are in a funk
depression is like big fluffy clouds
that cause a fog in my mind
oppressed, I struggle on
pushing myself to accomplish...
It matches my somber mood
With feelings of melancholy, I feel weighed down
You would think the rain would signify cleansing to me
And the raindrops by themselves would
It's the grey depression I can't take
weeks that drag on under a haze
It's dreary, and my emotions grow dark
No one seems to visit on days like today
People similar to me are in a funk
depression is like big fluffy clouds
that cause a fog in my mind
oppressed, I struggle on
pushing myself to accomplish...
#dark
#MentalHealth
#rain
71 reads
6 Comments
Mrd
Poem Published
27th Apr 2025 10:56pm
27th Apr 2025 10:56pm
Cognitive Test Connecting Dots
poet
ledge
deer
headlights
6 o'clock news
ledge
deer
headlights
6 o'clock news
#disability
#illness
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
#weakness
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Mrd
Poem Published
26th Apr 2025 3:30am
26th Apr 2025 3:30am
dreaming of mother
it did not happen that way
or I would have remembered it so
you were always so fond of the lie
which put toe into truth, cold truth,
and fashioned straw snowmen
which didn't exist
can you not rip that memory
from that cardboard covered thing
you recorded all those shall we say
delusions? No one wished to kill
you as you slept so why the mawkish dummies that you made
of clothing beneath the spread--they
would have fooled no one
as you sought trembling sleep ...
or I would have remembered it so
you were always so fond of the lie
which put toe into truth, cold truth,
and fashioned straw snowmen
which didn't exist
can you not rip that memory
from that cardboard covered thing
you recorded all those shall we say
delusions? No one wished to kill
you as you slept so why the mawkish dummies that you made
of clothing beneath the spread--they
would have fooled no one
as you sought trembling sleep ...
#addiction
#anxiety
#disability
#illness
#MentalHealth
29 reads
3 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
26th Apr 2025 1:03am
26th Apr 2025 1:03am
limbo makes its own symphony
Coins drop
birds squawk
rain falls
a poisoned cockroach
limps across the cold tiled floor
before finding death underneath
a hard sole
Crumbs collect in kitchen corners
dirty dishes pile precariously
in a constant state of waiting
food goes uneaten
the fridge starts to smell
There's three bags of rubbish
waiting to go outside
and unrecycled cardboard
strewn across the floor
accidental death rugs
pressed down with foot shaped indents
Dust collects everywhere
and...
birds squawk
rain falls
a poisoned cockroach
limps across the cold tiled floor
before finding death underneath
a hard sole
Crumbs collect in kitchen corners
dirty dishes pile precariously
in a constant state of waiting
food goes uneaten
the fridge starts to smell
There's three bags of rubbish
waiting to go outside
and unrecycled cardboard
strewn across the floor
accidental death rugs
pressed down with foot shaped indents
Dust collects everywhere
and...
#LifeCycle
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
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Mrd
Poem Published
26th Apr 2025 00:47am
26th Apr 2025 00:47am
Lost in Translation
Mr Yang on the other side
of the curtain speaks no English
but the nurses and aides still try
Do you know where you are, one asks, to which Mr Yang replies,
"$%#4&^^!" The nurse doubles down, slowly and loudly enough to drown out CNN (which I count as a blessing)
DOOO YOOOOUUUU KNOOOOW
WHERRRRE YOUUUU ARRREE???
to which I add beneath my breath, "In the grand scheme of things..."
@@@##@#$#$##$%<=, he says equally slowly, as loudly as his...
of the curtain speaks no English
but the nurses and aides still try
Do you know where you are, one asks, to which Mr Yang replies,
"$%#4&^^!" The nurse doubles down, slowly and loudly enough to drown out CNN (which I count as a blessing)
DOOO YOOOOUUUU KNOOOOW
WHERRRRE YOUUUU ARRREE???
to which I add beneath my breath, "In the grand scheme of things..."
@@@##@#$#$##$%<=, he says equally slowly, as loudly as his...
#disability
#illness
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
#vulnerability
29 reads
3 Comments
InDreamz
Poem Published
22nd Apr 2025 7:08pm
22nd Apr 2025 7:08pm
inner demons
my inner demons incarcerated
in the prison of my mind;
i let them out on a parole
for they seemed tranquliized.
the only rule to follow
that they would roam in solitude
without in the company
of their other inmates-
be just mute
i thought i had tamed them
and a little freedom
was served them as a treat,
but the moment they were released
they ran like wild hogs
stamping and trampling
those...
in the prison of my mind;
i let them out on a parole
for they seemed tranquliized.
the only rule to follow
that they would roam in solitude
without in the company
of their other inmates-
be just mute
i thought i had tamed them
and a little freedom
was served them as a treat,
but the moment they were released
they ran like wild hogs
stamping and trampling
those...
#LifeChangingMoment
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth #SelfReflection
#MentalHealth #SelfReflection
96 reads
14 Comments
Xaphan
Poem Published
22nd Apr 2025 6:52pm
22nd Apr 2025 6:52pm
Our Flat Earth
Old gods of yore, a sky wizard, and the serfs of flerf
Unicorns, dragons, and the centaurs of our flat Earth
Reside as one, but not united, as the doubters probe
Fabricating, their absurd reality, based upon a globe
Let them not fool us all, with ancient pseudoscience
As they lead us, like sheep, let us show our defiance
They'll drip feed, the insanity, of an alternative home
Even though, that the truth is, we exist under a dome
Albeit, we're as sane as Dionysus and talking snakes
Remember there're malicious agents, if god forsakes
They're...
Unicorns, dragons, and the centaurs of our flat Earth
Reside as one, but not united, as the doubters probe
Fabricating, their absurd reality, based upon a globe
Let them not fool us all, with ancient pseudoscience
As they lead us, like sheep, let us show our defiance
They'll drip feed, the insanity, of an alternative home
Even though, that the truth is, we exist under a dome
Albeit, we're as sane as Dionysus and talking snakes
Remember there're malicious agents, if god forsakes
They're...
#dark
#dreams
#humankind
#MentalHealth
#nightmares
43 reads
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
22nd Apr 2025 00:51am
22nd Apr 2025 00:51am
Disappearing memories
They're the enemies of the mind
Trapped in the memory spectrum
No escape can I find
I'm always returning from the same old journeys
Every time they manage to break me
They steal my every heartbeat
Pain, anger, fear, a medley
Memory of them so bitter, so sweet
Every night the pictures I see
A painful tear never meant to be
Is only a memory of loss to me
I feel no remorse for leaving them behind
This downfall was their own fault
Bygone and existent, and imminent are now entwined
Forgetting them became my...
Trapped in the memory spectrum
No escape can I find
I'm always returning from the same old journeys
Every time they manage to break me
They steal my every heartbeat
Pain, anger, fear, a medley
Memory of them so bitter, so sweet
Every night the pictures I see
A painful tear never meant to be
Is only a memory of loss to me
I feel no remorse for leaving them behind
This downfall was their own fault
Bygone and existent, and imminent are now entwined
Forgetting them became my...
#memories
#MentalHealth
#sadness
79 reads
10 Comments
smackdownraven
Poem Published
19th Apr 2025 2:49am
19th Apr 2025 2:49am
a harp upon my madness
The bedlam on me, I weep notes of despair
They were broken pieces of my sacredness
thrumming the harp upon my soul of madness
My heart strings out of tune with the other beings
sang a melody of melancholy and insanity
visions blur, and I ache with regret
building my delusions one by one
climbing the music into the heavens
refusing to descend
A choir of angels joins me
And my heart they did defend
my weathered sadness their hearts rend
with tearful maladies and much chagrin
My thoughts found their way home...
They were broken pieces of my sacredness
thrumming the harp upon my soul of madness
My heart strings out of tune with the other beings
sang a melody of melancholy and insanity
visions blur, and I ache with regret
building my delusions one by one
climbing the music into the heavens
refusing to descend
A choir of angels joins me
And my heart they did defend
my weathered sadness their hearts rend
with tearful maladies and much chagrin
My thoughts found their way home...
#love
#MentalHealth
90 reads
2 Comments
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