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.
James_A_Knight
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:35pm
Yesterday 10:35pm
THE LINE BETWEEN MADNESS AND GENIUS
I have searched for the unattainable and I have gone mad. Three times mad, two of the times I needed to be brought back to earth with strong medication. Alas, I never achieved the levels of genius I was searching for. I just went mad. The experience of madness is enough to turn a man to solitude. It is a strange thing manhood, a man can be the most convivial company of an evening, and turn his back on the world when he wakes.
My experience of women is: they never get the chance to feel their solitude. There are always ten thousand things they need to do, people always...
My experience of women is: they never get the chance to feel their solitude. There are always ten thousand things they need to do, people always...
#bipolar
#alcohol
#MentalHealth
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IntoTheRain
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:46pm
Yesterday 9:46pm
Down Cast
Into the car this morning,
Alone.
It’s a quarter to ten, my small window of peace.
I feel like Gilbert Grape,
walking around with a hidden shame for this is my newest secret.
She hasn’t always been this bad, my mother.
Her new plateau.
Answering my own question,
“Oh, August of last year since I have seen it clean.”
Since a guest has been over,
Or a table prepared for dinner.
She hasn’t always been this sick, my mother.
For me
A smile and pressed clothes.
At work – I look so put together.
My station so...
Alone.
It’s a quarter to ten, my small window of peace.
I feel like Gilbert Grape,
walking around with a hidden shame for this is my newest secret.
She hasn’t always been this bad, my mother.
Her new plateau.
Answering my own question,
“Oh, August of last year since I have seen it clean.”
Since a guest has been over,
Or a table prepared for dinner.
She hasn’t always been this sick, my mother.
For me
A smile and pressed clothes.
At work – I look so put together.
My station so...
#depression
#family
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
#aging
25 reads
1 Comment
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:40pm
Yesterday 2:40pm
life
visions of suicide, occupy my mind; most folks look to the future-i'm thinking about tonight;
discouraged by what i see, going on in life; i want to believe in peace, but people like me die....
looking for some kind of high to get by; im feeling hopeless like tupac said in his rhymes
if you're not a busy body working a 9 to 5; then you're not counted amongst those whom are alive....
treated as such, when you're not wanting for much; everything...
discouraged by what i see, going on in life; i want to believe in peace, but people like me die....
looking for some kind of high to get by; im feeling hopeless like tupac said in his rhymes
if you're not a busy body working a 9 to 5; then you're not counted amongst those whom are alive....
treated as such, when you're not wanting for much; everything...
#depression
#FreeVerse
#MentalHealth
#escape
#FeelingTrapped
28 reads
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
15th May 2022 6:02pm
15th May 2022 6:02pm
internal
in touch, yet out of touch; attached, yet dettached.... it's as if the only thing that seems to make sense is getting wasted within one's solidarity....
and being taken for a ride.... spiraling within one's mind....
i feel like Nicolas cage from Leaving Las Vegas.... wasting away in alcohol.... in tears.... like why the hell must I be here....
and being taken for a ride.... spiraling within one's mind....
i feel like Nicolas cage from Leaving Las Vegas.... wasting away in alcohol.... in tears.... like why the hell must I be here....
#loneliness
#MentalHealth
#SelfReflection #escape
#SelfReflection #escape
38 reads
Cb2806
Christy
Christy
Poem Published
15th May 2022 6:46am
15th May 2022 6:46am
Depression
Darkness like the ocean deep,
Has come to claim my soul.
Once more it drags me under,
It swallows me completely whole.
Its tentacles of fear sweep ore me,
Blinding sight and stealing breath.
Until the only thoughts inside
Are of fear sadness pain and death.
Cocooned in blackness
I lay asleep.
Prayers are short feeble attempts
To reach God from the deep.
I go unheard,
I go unseen,
I lay lost in my world,
Of a lonely in-between.
Can anybody hear me?
I am screaming loud and clear.
I...
Has come to claim my soul.
Once more it drags me under,
It swallows me completely whole.
Its tentacles of fear sweep ore me,
Blinding sight and stealing breath.
Until the only thoughts inside
Are of fear sadness pain and death.
Cocooned in blackness
I lay asleep.
Prayers are short feeble attempts
To reach God from the deep.
I go unheard,
I go unseen,
I lay lost in my world,
Of a lonely in-between.
Can anybody hear me?
I am screaming loud and clear.
I...
#anxiety
#depression
#MentalHealth
43 reads
2 Comments
u53l355
Poem Published
14th May 2022 7:39am
14th May 2022 7:39am
Mental Breakdown poem
I feel my mind slipping away like a melting icecube on on a slab of polished concrete in the sun .
A night out of self abuse an mental disfunctions brings the worst out in a person.
The drink , the girls , the pointless hookups trying to fill the void that my heart once used to reside before she tore it from my chest ,
Playing catchup on lost time , time that I know true and well I can't get back, I don't want it back , I cherished every moment with her ,
The thought of biting down on the cold barrel of a shotgun brings me solice , knowing that that it all ends , one...
A night out of self abuse an mental disfunctions brings the worst out in a person.
The drink , the girls , the pointless hookups trying to fill the void that my heart once used to reside before she tore it from my chest ,
Playing catchup on lost time , time that I know true and well I can't get back, I don't want it back , I cherished every moment with her ,
The thought of biting down on the cold barrel of a shotgun brings me solice , knowing that that it all ends , one...
#depression
#breakup
#suicide
#MentalHealth
#SelfReflection
93 reads
2 Comments
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
13th May 2022 2:21pm
13th May 2022 2:21pm
decorated wasteland
as one breathes debris-one feels and sees the grief for what it is, as it proceeds; me; one just lives to cherish each little treat recieved in the land of temporary....
much dis-ease one's heart recieves; i'm disensitized beyond belief....swaying scales between torment & peace in this decorated wasteland....
i cope....
much dis-ease one's heart recieves; i'm disensitized beyond belief....swaying scales between torment & peace in this decorated wasteland....
i cope....
#MentalHealth
#apocalypse
#myself
48 reads
Rianne
Poem Published
11th May 2022 6:57pm
11th May 2022 6:57pm
The amoeba effect
he is
a calm kaleidoscope
becoming brighter
after carousel storm
wading ankle deep
I tried to hold the masts
sometimes the water
is skin deep
for a moment
he sighs
uttering
"I am bereaved
all the gushing anguish
torture spews a comforting
wildfire through my soul "
dark vultures arise
from his throat
as birds of prey
hunt me with scratching beaks
I hide my ears though not
my eyes
I know he is finding
stalagmites
under water
...
a calm kaleidoscope
becoming brighter
after carousel storm
wading ankle deep
I tried to hold the masts
sometimes the water
is skin deep
for a moment
he sighs
uttering
"I am bereaved
all the gushing anguish
torture spews a comforting
wildfire through my soul "
dark vultures arise
from his throat
as birds of prey
hunt me with scratching beaks
I hide my ears though not
my eyes
I know he is finding
stalagmites
under water
...
#dark
#motherhood
#MentalHealth #son
#MentalHealth #son
50 reads
6 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
11th May 2022 1:09pm
11th May 2022 1:09pm
Dear Brain,
Fuck off.
Now is not the time
for this self-absorbed whining
this face in the pillow languishing
these screams into the void.
There are cats to be herded
expectations to be met
rocks to be pushed up mountains
chess pieces to be moved
people to not let down
And none of that can be accomplished
from this sticky puddle of tears
and self loathing
So kindly, fuck off
with your ruminations
and sobbing bullshit
I don't want to hear
about your chemistry
your fogginess
your existential...
Now is not the time
for this self-absorbed whining
this face in the pillow languishing
these screams into the void.
There are cats to be herded
expectations to be met
rocks to be pushed up mountains
chess pieces to be moved
people to not let down
And none of that can be accomplished
from this sticky puddle of tears
and self loathing
So kindly, fuck off
with your ruminations
and sobbing bullshit
I don't want to hear
about your chemistry
your fogginess
your existential...
#sadness
#anger
#MentalHealth #frustration
#MentalHealth #frustration
79 reads
12 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
11th May 2022 1:53am
11th May 2022 1:53am
You Mad Bro?
(A Walter’s Alter Ego…
Wally shut the fuck up
I need to get this off my chest
He’s the kind of guy to hurl insults at anyone who disagrees with him
But gets butt hurt when he can’t nut a good squirt of verse in a whim
He calls other dudes pussies acting all tough tryin’ to start beef
And yet when he recites a rhyme it just sounds like a queef
Then he’s gon’ talk about his glock saying he’ll spray fools who step on his block
But when shit gets real, this tool pulls up his pants and begins to briskly walk
It hits different when...
Wally shut the fuck up
I need to get this off my chest
He’s the kind of guy to hurl insults at anyone who disagrees with him
But gets butt hurt when he can’t nut a good squirt of verse in a whim
He calls other dudes pussies acting all tough tryin’ to start beef
And yet when he recites a rhyme it just sounds like a queef
Then he’s gon’ talk about his glock saying he’ll spray fools who step on his block
But when shit gets real, this tool pulls up his pants and begins to briskly walk
It hits different when...
#funny
#MentalHealth
#WritingPoetry
63 reads
1 Comment
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
10th May 2022 12:35pm
10th May 2022 12:35pm
social misfit
i don't want to stand out; i don't care for large crowds; there's not much to talk about; therefore who would stick around?
i don't really get out; when i go to get out; im just filled with many doubts; like, i should go and lay back down
i would like to vibe out; maybe even "hideout"; i prefer a low profile; otherwise I'm tired out; doesn't mean I'm not aroused
i don't want to die down; wanting to be felt sound; i don't want-to feel tied down....
wish...
i don't really get out; when i go to get out; im just filled with many doubts; like, i should go and lay back down
i would like to vibe out; maybe even "hideout"; i prefer a low profile; otherwise I'm tired out; doesn't mean I'm not aroused
i don't want to die down; wanting to be felt sound; i don't want-to feel tied down....
wish...
#loneliness
#rejection
#relationships #MentalHealth
#relationships #MentalHealth
85 reads
jessica_orr
Jessica Orr
Jessica Orr
Poem Published
10th May 2022 4:49am
10th May 2022 4:49am
Dragons
I don't understand why life is
going slowly in flares and
I burn across and cry nothing;
maybe mother was right,
all is basic,
all is from a sickness stirred;
all is an inside I cause to tear.
nothing grew, there was grey and
big wheels- around, and around
what joy in such a small act;
nothing grew, all feelings shrink
and knowing you are ending up
the pawn of culture and ending up
like your parents is the lopsided joke
forever more.
I never gave up that slumber is only
for dragons and the...
going slowly in flares and
I burn across and cry nothing;
maybe mother was right,
all is basic,
all is from a sickness stirred;
all is an inside I cause to tear.
nothing grew, there was grey and
big wheels- around, and around
what joy in such a small act;
nothing grew, all feelings shrink
and knowing you are ending up
the pawn of culture and ending up
like your parents is the lopsided joke
forever more.
I never gave up that slumber is only
for dragons and the...
#depression
#memories
#MentalHealth #morality
#MentalHealth #morality
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