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.
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped Yesterday 10:49am
4th Jul 2020 12:37pm
4th Jul 2020 12:37pm
Medicate
I used to run through golden fields
And taste the air so sweet
Barefoot I'd trod thru leafy wood
And thru the sparkling stream
No thoughts, no cares of things to come
I lived my life so free
Unconscious of the serpent
Who lie in wait for me
And without warning he struck
His venomous fangs sank deep
And cursed me with a horrid need
To be in love with my disease
So now I have to medicate
To stave off my desire
Medicate
I'm building my own pyre
Medicate
I'm lonesome, not alone
Medicate ...
And taste the air so sweet
Barefoot I'd trod thru leafy wood
And thru the sparkling stream
No thoughts, no cares of things to come
I lived my life so free
Unconscious of the serpent
Who lie in wait for me
And without warning he struck
His venomous fangs sank deep
And cursed me with a horrid need
To be in love with my disease
So now I have to medicate
To stave off my desire
Medicate
I'm building my own pyre
Medicate
I'm lonesome, not alone
Medicate ...
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
226 reads
6 Comments
Lili
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:46am
Yesterday 1:46am
Little green rocks
I was prescribed candy today,
And I couldn’t tell you why.
I was prescribed candy today,
And it made me want to cry.
I was prescribed candy today,
They came in a large box
with 30 little candy’s inside
They looked like little green rocks.
They looked nice enough to eat as candy’s do
I was told to take one but I might take two.
If I take enough I might fall asleep?
The irony of it all is just a bit too deep.
And I couldn’t tell you why.
I was prescribed candy today,
And it made me want to cry.
I was prescribed candy today,
They came in a large box
with 30 little candy’s inside
They looked like little green rocks.
They looked nice enough to eat as candy’s do
I was told to take one but I might take two.
If I take enough I might fall asleep?
The irony of it all is just a bit too deep.
#anxiety
#depression
#drugs #MentalHealth
#drugs #MentalHealth
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PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
13th May 2021 8:41pm
13th May 2021 8:41pm
no such place as home
i wish i was never born.
waking up like why the "hell" did i have to pop out into a place full of pit falls and institutions that program the mind....
I don't want to "fit in", but I don't want to be the "bad, or crazy guy".... if suicide could guarantee a "peaceful" place with an existing conscious on the other side....
it'd make it much easier to cross one's self over to the other side....
waking up like why the "hell" did i have to pop out into a place full of pit falls and institutions that program the mind....
I don't want to "fit in", but I don't want to be the "bad, or crazy guy".... if suicide could guarantee a "peaceful" place with an existing conscious on the other side....
it'd make it much easier to cross one's self over to the other side....
#depression
#suicide
#MentalHealth
#humankind
#FeelingTrapped
25 reads
EphemeralRose
Poem Published
13th May 2021 6:59am
13th May 2021 6:59am
Journey
My path is barren. Don't know where I'm headed. Seems like my only company are my inner demons and they whisper in the dark, saying things I'll never be. I just want to find my place, somewhere I'm happy. If I scream, nobody will hear my words. They'll just think, "What's wrong with her?" I don't want to run in circles but I've been down this road before and it gets lonelier before it gets better. I don't want to do this anymore. I'm tired of waiting, my patience is running thin. What's wrong with hoping for a place where I never have to pretend? If we're the same, maybe I'll find you and...
#depression
#loneliness
#dark
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
26 reads
5 Comments
TrueLover
Meganne
Meganne
Poem Published
13th May 2021 3:13am
13th May 2021 3:13am
Camouflaged lonliness
I used my “happy face” as camouflage, like a chameleon becoming an invisible prey.
I’m starving for love like an abandoned dog unwillingly becoming a stray.
I’m starving for love like an abandoned dog unwillingly becoming a stray.
#anxiety
#depression
#MentalHealth
27 reads
2 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 13th May 2021 2:41am
4th Jul 2020 12:23pm
4th Jul 2020 12:23pm
Help
I'm lonely but not alone
I'm lost without a home
Grasping at straws
Gasping for breath
Breathe in that rare air
Chase away death
Life is a candle
A flickering wick
Gone in a flash
All together too quick
Death is but a breath away
But once it's here
It's here to stay
HELP!
Help me long to see another day
I'm lost without a home
Grasping at straws
Gasping for breath
Breathe in that rare air
Chase away death
Life is a candle
A flickering wick
Gone in a flash
All together too quick
Death is but a breath away
But once it's here
It's here to stay
HELP!
Help me long to see another day
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
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4 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 12th May 2021 2:09am
3rd Jul 2020 11:19pm
3rd Jul 2020 11:19pm
Seductress
I can't stop
This seductress is a part of me
A companion who's always there
Never failing to lift my spirits
And when she leaves...
The sadness returns
Constant longing
Forever craving
The company of my old friend
Who understands me like no other
My soul mate
My nemesis
Slowly dissolving me
Into her destructive fantasy
This seductress is a part of me
A companion who's always there
Never failing to lift my spirits
And when she leaves...
The sadness returns
Constant longing
Forever craving
The company of my old friend
Who understands me like no other
My soul mate
My nemesis
Slowly dissolving me
Into her destructive fantasy
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
201 reads
2 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 10th May 2021 10:24pm
3rd Jul 2020 11:10pm
3rd Jul 2020 11:10pm
Plastic
Plastic smile
On a plastic face
No one can tell
But you know it's fake
Enveloped by covers
No one will see
This waste of space
I have come to be
No more fun
No more games
No more lies
No more pain
I'll just close my eyes
And make you all go away
On a plastic face
No one can tell
But you know it's fake
Enveloped by covers
No one will see
This waste of space
I have come to be
No more fun
No more games
No more lies
No more pain
I'll just close my eyes
And make you all go away
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
311 reads
8 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
10th May 2021 12:26pm
10th May 2021 12:26pm
Centrifuge
Life's centrifuge is spinning out of control
Blood being spilled and I feel it in my soul
How do you console an old depressed mind
When there's only heartache on time lines
Bullets flying, people dying and it's daily news
Steel stealing free will & folks' right to choose
Some choose to booze or to take tokes to cope
While others stay woke but choke on lost hope
Blood being spilled and I feel it in my soul
How do you console an old depressed mind
When there's only heartache on time lines
Bullets flying, people dying and it's daily news
Steel stealing free will & folks' right to choose
Some choose to booze or to take tokes to cope
While others stay woke but choke on lost hope
#murder
#violence
#LifeStruggles #MentalHealth
#LifeStruggles #MentalHealth
25 reads
2 Comments
TrueLover
Meganne
Meganne
Poem Published
9th May 2021 9:25pm
9th May 2021 9:25pm
Artificial love
Their love is artificial.
They only care when its beneficial.
They only care when its beneficial.
#anxiety
#depression
#loneliness
#betrayal
#MentalHealth
35 reads
5 Comments
HellBellsPixie
Luna Belle
Luna Belle
Poem Published
9th May 2021 11:08am
9th May 2021 11:08am
Terrible Twenties
It's as if I am paralyzed and mute—
Caught between twisted realities
That weave themselves in and out
Of the visions in other's eyes.
My heart tightens like clenched fists
Leaving ever present sharpness
Like a blade pressed against me
Digging a deeper wound
Like a delirious adventurer seeking treasure,
I hurl myself almost passionately toward my demise.
Manic and lost, I dismantle every beacon of light in my soul,
Only to be left with this heaviness when all else is gone.
Caught between twisted realities
That weave themselves in and out
Of the visions in other's eyes.
My heart tightens like clenched fists
Leaving ever present sharpness
Like a blade pressed against me
Digging a deeper wound
Like a delirious adventurer seeking treasure,
I hurl myself almost passionately toward my demise.
Manic and lost, I dismantle every beacon of light in my soul,
Only to be left with this heaviness when all else is gone.
#anxiety
#depression
#drugs
#addiction
#MentalHealth
28 reads
1 Comment
MineKampf
Minart
Minart
Poem Published
8th May 2021 5:56pm
8th May 2021 5:56pm
Daytime bad Diary 1.02
To the, Turf of term, they summoned my name. I Phantomed i walked into a place where there was fair gain. But they didst not know the reality of the name. And walked all over the place ransoming the good for there own sin. They felt the deep the harvest the sound of my name. And took the par of there ransom of the gain of my chain. In which i hope no other human will do it again, but. I have been through this pain once singly dual once again. For Phantom the sound they speak of your name. Its ill since they harvest the gain in there own sin, not knowing all will be payed back once again. i...
#kindness
#hope
#courage
#inspirational
#MentalHealth
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