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.
Pho3nix19xx
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:47am
Yesterday 6:47am
Into My Mind
This mind of mine drives me to madness
Sitting in class fidgeting, fidgeting eraser spinning
Trying to concentrate whilst my mind is wondering.
I am a ‘Space Cadet’ endlessly daydreaming;
Fighting and searching for mental stimulation
To capture my mind and focus my attention.
This is a battle I rage every second day and night
Invisible to you, who think my inattentiveness is caused by carelessness.
Inattentive I am, that much is true, but careless I am not.
To write this I have tried harder than you.
See, the focus that comes naturally to ...
Sitting in class fidgeting, fidgeting eraser spinning
Trying to concentrate whilst my mind is wondering.
I am a ‘Space Cadet’ endlessly daydreaming;
Fighting and searching for mental stimulation
To capture my mind and focus my attention.
This is a battle I rage every second day and night
Invisible to you, who think my inattentiveness is caused by carelessness.
Inattentive I am, that much is true, but careless I am not.
To write this I have tried harder than you.
See, the focus that comes naturally to ...
#inspirational
#confessional
#MentalHealth
#myself
#SelfWorth
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Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
14th Jul 2019 9:23pm
14th Jul 2019 9:23pm
Pococurantism
Coaxing to spur on more reading
I tossed a dart at the bulletin board
Exploring, without labels, where i
Stood in…………….
Everything!!
Misinformation
Mis-informed
Miss
Fucking miss understood
& FUCKING fear???
Why…..Why…..why?
My personal studies
I see I am not portrayed as a
Healer or See’er or Helper
Misunderstood
Even by peers and others
Who struggle within their own
Puddles.
Coherently, I get this,
This --- why, why --- I am single
& why I...
I tossed a dart at the bulletin board
Exploring, without labels, where i
Stood in…………….
Everything!!
Misinformation
Mis-informed
Miss
Fucking miss understood
& FUCKING fear???
Why…..Why…..why?
My personal studies
I see I am not portrayed as a
Healer or See’er or Helper
Misunderstood
Even by peers and others
Who struggle within their own
Puddles.
Coherently, I get this,
This --- why, why --- I am single
& why I...
#relationships
#MentalHealth
#myself
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LadyLaura
Bumped 11th Jul 2019 11:30am
6th Feb 2019 11:50am
6th Feb 2019 11:50am
Valium Obsession
Swallowing little blue pills by the milligram,
taking just enough so you don’t give a damn,
it stops the anger and it brings the calm,
life is what it is and I am what I am.
No standing in line for my prescription,
rudimentary methods to fulfil my addiction,
from India to Pakistan or straight from someone’s kitchen,
anything to rid me of this mental affliction.
When anxiety threats inside your head,
those little pills are your best friend,
they calmed the nerves when the voices said,
“don’t go out, stay in instead”....
taking just enough so you don’t give a damn,
it stops the anger and it brings the calm,
life is what it is and I am what I am.
No standing in line for my prescription,
rudimentary methods to fulfil my addiction,
from India to Pakistan or straight from someone’s kitchen,
anything to rid me of this mental affliction.
When anxiety threats inside your head,
those little pills are your best friend,
they calmed the nerves when the voices said,
“don’t go out, stay in instead”....
#drugs
#addiction
#MentalHealth
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OyateInyanNajin
Poem Published
10th Jul 2019 11:24pm
10th Jul 2019 11:24pm
MORE SOULLESS DISCONNECTION (1988, Trinidad, Northern California)
one day
lifes little
problems
suddenly stood up
like six hundred
thousand hairs
on a frightened
cats back
of course
it didnt
take long
for me
to realize
that the cat
whose back arched
under that
tense sudden chill
was me
like a
big black cat
in a state
of shock
on halloween night
with rabid dogs
running
all around
howling and snarling
as they tried
to chew down ...
lifes little
problems
suddenly stood up
like six hundred
thousand hairs
on a frightened
cats back
of course
it didnt
take long
for me
to realize
that the cat
whose back arched
under that
tense sudden chill
was me
like a
big black cat
in a state
of shock
on halloween night
with rabid dogs
running
all around
howling and snarling
as they tried
to chew down ...
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
#apathy
#cancer
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FromTheAsh
Poem Published
10th Jul 2019 1:47pm
10th Jul 2019 1:47pm
blind spot...
it never comes with a warning
that fistcrushinglungs
skip of a...
...beat
choking feeling
suddenly startled
ghosts brushing spectral fingers
across overly sensitive skin
raising pained bumps
you can't seem to rub out
unaware of danger's approach
until it has you by the throat
...did you know...?
if surface is all you're seeing
betrayal can be found in the conscious
allowing you to naively believe
you have any semblance of control
simply because you will it so
while behind the scenes ...
that fistcrushinglungs
skip of a...
...beat
choking feeling
suddenly startled
ghosts brushing spectral fingers
across overly sensitive skin
raising pained bumps
you can't seem to rub out
unaware of danger's approach
until it has you by the throat
...did you know...?
if surface is all you're seeing
betrayal can be found in the conscious
allowing you to naively believe
you have any semblance of control
simply because you will it so
while behind the scenes ...
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
#honesty
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_boybrains
Poem Published
9th Jul 2019 11:03pm
9th Jul 2019 11:03pm
I heard the rain
it echoed the
sound of my
ache.
sound of my
ache.
#rain
#confessional
#MentalHealth
#myself
#suffering
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wallyroo92
Poem Published
9th Jul 2019 5:03pm
9th Jul 2019 5:03pm
Imaginary Lovers
Of all the imaginary lovers and scenarios he ever had
No matter how good or bad, he always came back to her
She had the perfect form that wouldn’t change or age with time
But something had gone awry somewhere along the way
That day he thought he was beginning to lose his mind
When physical signs and evidence started manifesting
Although he tried to abstain from her, he couldn’t contain it
He couldn’t restrain his need and yearning for the prohibited
He exhibited quiet and normal behavior but with false pretenses
As his senses schemed more...
No matter how good or bad, he always came back to her
She had the perfect form that wouldn’t change or age with time
But something had gone awry somewhere along the way
That day he thought he was beginning to lose his mind
When physical signs and evidence started manifesting
Although he tried to abstain from her, he couldn’t contain it
He couldn’t restrain his need and yearning for the prohibited
He exhibited quiet and normal behavior but with false pretenses
As his senses schemed more...
#depression
#dark
#bipolar #MentalHealth
#bipolar #MentalHealth
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astrosleuth
Poem Published
9th Jul 2019 3:56am
9th Jul 2019 3:56am
'Patient 18'
Patient 18' was his name, or the name they gave
not much else was known about him
or where he went since, it only said 'UCLA'
with the 'year of our Lord 1961'
on the tape.
the pseudonym they gave
to protect his family and identity
when he was just trying to keep his sanity.
'UCLA - Psychiatric and Theater Department', filmed in the new wing
of the University
the year was 1961.
this was a dated video and study
could have been filmed for a bad early seventies suspense movie
but it wasn't. ...
not much else was known about him
or where he went since, it only said 'UCLA'
with the 'year of our Lord 1961'
on the tape.
the pseudonym they gave
to protect his family and identity
when he was just trying to keep his sanity.
'UCLA - Psychiatric and Theater Department', filmed in the new wing
of the University
the year was 1961.
this was a dated video and study
could have been filmed for a bad early seventies suspense movie
but it wasn't. ...
#sadness
#depression
#dark
#illness
#MentalHealth
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LivDiane
Poem Published
8th Jul 2019 8:50am
8th Jul 2019 8:50am
A Broken Cup
Today as I poured cream in my coffee
With sleepy and unfocused vision
I watched it swirl and mix in the cup
Til there was no discernible division
The coffee calmed after it stirred
A perfect blend of how it should be
But the more that I thought about it
It reminded me of my love’s energy
I would pour the pure white of it in
Til it lightened your darkest places
And it was meant to complement you
And fill you up, but that’s just the basics
It would take the bitter blackness
And it would add so...
With sleepy and unfocused vision
I watched it swirl and mix in the cup
Til there was no discernible division
The coffee calmed after it stirred
A perfect blend of how it should be
But the more that I thought about it
It reminded me of my love’s energy
I would pour the pure white of it in
Til it lightened your darkest places
And it was meant to complement you
And fill you up, but that’s just the basics
It would take the bitter blackness
And it would add so...
#MentalHealth
#TimeHeals
#MovingOn
#responsibility
#healing
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zinnzinn
ZinNNniZ
ZinNNniZ
Poem Published
7th Jul 2019 5:02am
7th Jul 2019 5:02am
STUCK LIKE CHUCK
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck's luck was sucked and fukked up and struck by upchuck?
Upchucked struck, sucked and fukked luck like a stuck up duck with a stuck dumptruck and twenty two bucks,
how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood real good where he should?
I got a fuuck for a duck, a duck for a fuckk, and a twenty dollar bill for a fukked up duck, and I don't give a fukk how much a woodchuck chucks fukk A ducK.
Upchucked struck, sucked and fukked luck like a stuck up duck with a stuck dumptruck and twenty two bucks,
how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood real good where he should?
I got a fuuck for a duck, a duck for a fuckk, and a twenty dollar bill for a fukked up duck, and I don't give a fukk how much a woodchuck chucks fukk A ducK.
#anxiety
#bipolar
#OCD #MentalHealth
#OCD #MentalHealth
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Queen_of_darkness
Poem Published
5th Jul 2019 3:09am
5th Jul 2019 3:09am
joy and happiness killer
god damn it the sky is so beautiful
the sun shining through the world
but you won't let it be in this "home"
happiness cannot stick with you
nothing you say and do can bring happiness to you
something simple works your nerves
drain the joy from my bones
no merrow just empty holes
why can't you get out of your fucked up ways
always want to take my happiness away
wtf is wrong with u
it's like you have nothing better to do
you see me smile and it eats at your brain
no happiness or joy can stay
im starting to hate...
the sun shining through the world
but you won't let it be in this "home"
happiness cannot stick with you
nothing you say and do can bring happiness to you
something simple works your nerves
drain the joy from my bones
no merrow just empty holes
why can't you get out of your fucked up ways
always want to take my happiness away
wtf is wrong with u
it's like you have nothing better to do
you see me smile and it eats at your brain
no happiness or joy can stay
im starting to hate...
#family
#abuse
#bipolar #MentalHealth
#bipolar #MentalHealth
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Westley-Nash
Poem Published
3rd Jul 2019 8:30pm
3rd Jul 2019 8:30pm
"Maelstrom" (the emotional storm awakes...)
Empty hollows echo the silence of hearts left broken. The urge to repair bleeds out from wounds cleaved deeply by the swords of an apathetic resistance massing on the field of battle, where all impetus of emotion is swiftly suppressed.
Of course, such wars they unleash daily! But by the gods great mercy always safely tucked away from the prying eyes of those who seek to render their aid.
For the stinging balms and the coarse bandages they apply serve only to further the conflict! By giving life back to the charge, but also warranty to the grievance. Rousing the resting...
Of course, such wars they unleash daily! But by the gods great mercy always safely tucked away from the prying eyes of those who seek to render their aid.
For the stinging balms and the coarse bandages they apply serve only to further the conflict! By giving life back to the charge, but also warranty to the grievance. Rousing the resting...
#anger
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
#emotional
#apathy
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