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.
Jadedembers
Poem Published
Today 4:04am
Today 4:04am
Dark Lover
You despise me, don't you? You can't understand my shame, and loathing, and disgust.
-Daphne Du Maurier
We showed each other our scars
Told of our wounds
Pulled our skeletons out of their shady hideaways
To connect on an intimate level
Or so I believed
It was a game he held close to the chest
A secret from his target
Playing by a hidden custom set if deplorable rules
Rules too outrages it twists the mind into knots
Evading common understanding
His motives dressed up as benevolent
Cold blooded and...
-Daphne Du Maurier
We showed each other our scars
Told of our wounds
Pulled our skeletons out of their shady hideaways
To connect on an intimate level
Or so I believed
It was a game he held close to the chest
A secret from his target
Playing by a hidden custom set if deplorable rules
Rules too outrages it twists the mind into knots
Evading common understanding
His motives dressed up as benevolent
Cold blooded and...
#MentalHealth
#vanity
#DomesticViolence #manipulation
#DomesticViolence #manipulation
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PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:24pm
Yesterday 6:24pm
toxic juice
you want to understand, what's going on in this dome? it's something I'd call sewer syndrome;
as if bound to the confines of this toxic head space; it's never safe; something always eating away at the mind....
over powering the facilities that reside....
as if bound to the confines of this toxic head space; it's never safe; something always eating away at the mind....
over powering the facilities that reside....
#MentalHealth
#myself
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PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:03pm
Yesterday 6:03pm
Pulled
like a prolonged heart and mind surgery; desensitized to urgency; sudden death in the balance; questioning what's and what not meant to be....
hooked up to "machines" to breathe the very thing that's killing you/me; I believe that "love" at full compacity indeed's a rarity;
sitting on the ledge, holding one's head.... contemplating on "falling asleep"....in these "streets".... overkill....no boundaries....
what is one holding on to/for? forever pulled in different directions....
...
hooked up to "machines" to breathe the very thing that's killing you/me; I believe that "love" at full compacity indeed's a rarity;
sitting on the ledge, holding one's head.... contemplating on "falling asleep"....in these "streets".... overkill....no boundaries....
what is one holding on to/for? forever pulled in different directions....
...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
#myself
#choices
11 reads
Blackwolf
Poem Published
28th Sep 2020 8:49pm
28th Sep 2020 8:49pm
Metaphoric Alcoholic
Like Grindhouse On Planet Terror ,
Minds That Think Alike In Sync ,
Like Kind Hobos With Shotguns
Defending Without Blind Blink
I Am A Total Receptive Perceptive
Before I Have My First Last Drink
Glass Raised So Eunoiaistic
With A Clink I Made A Link
Minds That Think Alike In Sync ,
Like Kind Hobos With Shotguns
Defending Without Blind Blink
I Am A Total Receptive Perceptive
Before I Have My First Last Drink
Glass Raised So Eunoiaistic
With A Clink I Made A Link
#identity
#mirror
#MentalHealth
#MovingOn
#wisdom
22 reads
3 Comments
ravibabygirl
Poem Published
27th Sep 2020 7:12pm
27th Sep 2020 7:12pm
trouble focusing
this medication I'm taking has some pro and cons
I like that I can get some sleep finally at night
the con is i space out more than normal is that wrong
the pro is i feel calmer
i was trying to make a point in an argument then i went blank
i just couldn't remember what i was saying
its good that i can't fight or get real angry
at night when i take the medicines i see images
i see the dark shadow monsters
i see like spiders webs there black in front of me
at the same time when i go through them they disappear
then i fall fast...
I like that I can get some sleep finally at night
the con is i space out more than normal is that wrong
the pro is i feel calmer
i was trying to make a point in an argument then i went blank
i just couldn't remember what i was saying
its good that i can't fight or get real angry
at night when i take the medicines i see images
i see the dark shadow monsters
i see like spiders webs there black in front of me
at the same time when i go through them they disappear
then i fall fast...
#anxiety
#depression
#LifeStruggles #MentalHealth
#LifeStruggles #MentalHealth
20 reads
1 Comment
Blackwolf
Poem Published
26th Sep 2020 2:40am
26th Sep 2020 2:40am
Ice Dream Cream
Dog Sled Dead Across Dread Red Ice Will Suffice
Have You Been Naughty Or Have You Been Nice
Does Your Word When Heard Repel Or Entice ?
I Got The Answer Will You Pay The Fair Price ?
Have You Been Naughty Or Have You Been Nice
Does Your Word When Heard Repel Or Entice ?
I Got The Answer Will You Pay The Fair Price ?
#identity
#death
#mirror
#MentalHealth
#nightmares
31 reads
3 Comments
BeginningPoet
Poem Published
24th Sep 2020 10:45pm
24th Sep 2020 10:45pm
Like Dreams -
I am walking back
from a place I have never been,
scooping up angel wings
and placing them into piles,
now I watch the night glow
a strange mixture of colors,
I'm becoming fixated.
Even the moon and stars
race out of rhythm,
so meticulously burnt,
drawn out and wasted.
I finally meet someone
they never speak, only nodding,
not always in my direction
but it doesn't matter,
I cannot understand their language.
Some hide and weep,
some lay down
dreaming about fruit, ...
from a place I have never been,
scooping up angel wings
and placing them into piles,
now I watch the night glow
a strange mixture of colors,
I'm becoming fixated.
Even the moon and stars
race out of rhythm,
so meticulously burnt,
drawn out and wasted.
I finally meet someone
they never speak, only nodding,
not always in my direction
but it doesn't matter,
I cannot understand their language.
Some hide and weep,
some lay down
dreaming about fruit, ...
#insomnia
#illness
#MentalHealth
#nightmares
#disability
29 reads
2 Comments
ELIAS11
Poem Published
24th Sep 2020 10:00pm
24th Sep 2020 10:00pm
Explososmosis..!
My thoughts are crazy
And they've never been clearer
I'm not even sure who I see in this mirror
I wait and I watch
For something familiar to appear
I've never felt more uncomfortable
With who I have become
I paint myself
In hope's to understand the artist
An army of one
In the light of the darkest
These hands manipulated by a foreign mind
I find that I still don't fully know myself
I find I still have things to show myself
Does anyone really know me
I seem to be playing my...
And they've never been clearer
I'm not even sure who I see in this mirror
I wait and I watch
For something familiar to appear
I've never felt more uncomfortable
With who I have become
I paint myself
In hope's to understand the artist
An army of one
In the light of the darkest
These hands manipulated by a foreign mind
I find that I still don't fully know myself
I find I still have things to show myself
Does anyone really know me
I seem to be playing my...
#identity
#fire
#MentalHealth
#WritingPoetry
#SelfDiscovery
41 reads
2 Comments
LunaGreyhawk
Poem Published
23rd Sep 2020 4:42pm
23rd Sep 2020 4:42pm
Synesthetica, Part VI (Sentio)
vi. sentio (I feel)
(the color of rain)
pensive perusal,
my mind plays tricks
on both of us;
thoughts racing
towards home
in chaotic rivulets
dodging the ebb and flow
of windshield wipers
carrying frantic passengers
hanging onto the edges
for dear life;
a thousand tiny cracks
in the glass
means I’ll never know
where they’ll cross
the finish line
sometimes
this is a good thing
muted shades -
the perfect stage
for signs of life
to...
(the color of rain)
pensive perusal,
my mind plays tricks
on both of us;
thoughts racing
towards home
in chaotic rivulets
dodging the ebb and flow
of windshield wipers
carrying frantic passengers
hanging onto the edges
for dear life;
a thousand tiny cracks
in the glass
means I’ll never know
where they’ll cross
the finish line
sometimes
this is a good thing
muted shades -
the perfect stage
for signs of life
to...
#mother
#MentalHealth
#SelfReflection #SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection #SelfDiscovery
44 reads
10 Comments
BlueBeastGirl
Poem Published
22nd Sep 2020 9:44am
22nd Sep 2020 9:44am
dreams are the minds manipulation of the heart
Laying here, staring at my phone
My eyes sore from screentime
Knowing... Knowing that I'll dream
If I just let go and let my mind slip
But knowing they will be there either way
Keeps me staring at this magic device,
Scrolling, scrolling, and scrolling
My anxiety flying higher and higher
Swirling up with ever upwards motion of my thumb
Need to tell the doctor to please give me a pill
To stop my dreams and clean my soul
My mind and my heart are equal parts liars
And I know the truth deep down inside me
But I know, gods I know,...
My eyes sore from screentime
Knowing... Knowing that I'll dream
If I just let go and let my mind slip
But knowing they will be there either way
Keeps me staring at this magic device,
Scrolling, scrolling, and scrolling
My anxiety flying higher and higher
Swirling up with ever upwards motion of my thumb
Need to tell the doctor to please give me a pill
To stop my dreams and clean my soul
My mind and my heart are equal parts liars
And I know the truth deep down inside me
But I know, gods I know,...
#addiction
#MentalHealth
#honesty #apocalypse
#honesty #apocalypse
53 reads
3 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 21st Sep 2020 9:37pm
21st Jul 2020 00:31am
21st Jul 2020 00:31am
My mind is gone
Mind is going, going, gone...
Looked real hard but no one's home
Think I'll just sit and stare in space
Or find my mind in some other place
Doctor says I need some meds
Something is broken in my head
Gives me all these little pills
Specially made for the mentally ill
But I don't feel right feeling normal
Like a church service
That's a little too formal
My brain may be strange
But it is mine
So not being normal
Suits me just fine
Looked real hard but no one's home
Think I'll just sit and stare in space
Or find my mind in some other place
Doctor says I need some meds
Something is broken in my head
Gives me all these little pills
Specially made for the mentally ill
But I don't feel right feeling normal
Like a church service
That's a little too formal
My brain may be strange
But it is mine
So not being normal
Suits me just fine
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
133 reads
8 Comments
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
21st Sep 2020 7:10pm
21st Sep 2020 7:10pm
Lunacy
She once lit up the quiet sky,
Ever shining in her brilliance;
I, enamored by her mystic beauty
And her incredible resilience.
With a supernovae smile—
A vibrant glow upon her face,
She was the brightest of all the stars,
Kissed softly by the lips of grace.
I watched her come and go,
Like the ebb and flow of the ocean tide;
As the growing undercurrent,
Eroded at her sands of time.
Piece by piece she drifted away,
To a place I could no longer reach;
Until she faded from that misty bay,
Someplace beyond...
Ever shining in her brilliance;
I, enamored by her mystic beauty
And her incredible resilience.
With a supernovae smile—
A vibrant glow upon her face,
She was the brightest of all the stars,
Kissed softly by the lips of grace.
I watched her come and go,
Like the ebb and flow of the ocean tide;
As the growing undercurrent,
Eroded at her sands of time.
Piece by piece she drifted away,
To a place I could no longer reach;
Until she faded from that misty bay,
Someplace beyond...
#sadness
#love
#grief
#memories
#MentalHealth
154 reads
25 Comments
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