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.
Vortex32167
Poem Published
Today 7:10pm
Today 7:10pm
Back to the Ward
Can we be one and the same?
Can we ever coexist in this universe?
Is it possible to end this ridiculous game,
Without making it even worse?
Stealing thoughts like moral thieves.
Mind games back and forth in rapid succession.
Degrading each other’s believes.
Distorting the line between happy and depression.
Can I only be happy without you?
Can I only be free when you’re gone?
Is there no middle ground to pursue?
Do we have to fight every night till dawn?
I’m tired of the endless confrontations,
I can no longer...
Can we ever coexist in this universe?
Is it possible to end this ridiculous game,
Without making it even worse?
Stealing thoughts like moral thieves.
Mind games back and forth in rapid succession.
Degrading each other’s believes.
Distorting the line between happy and depression.
Can I only be happy without you?
Can I only be free when you’re gone?
Is there no middle ground to pursue?
Do we have to fight every night till dawn?
I’m tired of the endless confrontations,
I can no longer...
#depression
#MentalHealth
#FeelingLost
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RiAN
Poem Published
Today 1:58pm
Today 1:58pm
Hellion is a place not a people
How to ruminate
outside traditional palettes
how to apply our pain
in perched earth
Isolated in not even a cell
but literally a cage
One is a lifer, the other on Death Row
What can solitary confinement offer?
A man says he inherited his gang title
from when he was 6 years old
With pride he looks directly into the lens
Scenes within scenes from a world
where violence is your father
and perhaps your mother too
in the last scene
a man is being held down
by 6 grown guards
his face is bleeding ...
outside traditional palettes
how to apply our pain
in perched earth
Isolated in not even a cell
but literally a cage
One is a lifer, the other on Death Row
What can solitary confinement offer?
A man says he inherited his gang title
from when he was 6 years old
With pride he looks directly into the lens
Scenes within scenes from a world
where violence is your father
and perhaps your mother too
in the last scene
a man is being held down
by 6 grown guards
his face is bleeding ...
#love
#shadows
#MentalHealth
#humankind
#HumanRights
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2 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
Yesterday 00:15am
Yesterday 00:15am
Art Speak ( Summer Angst Festival )
It was that kind of day
Edgy
Irritating
Volcanic angst
Translation
Big Fucking Cluster Fuck
Making Art defines my moods
Speaks for itself here ....
Edgy
Irritating
Volcanic angst
Translation
Big Fucking Cluster Fuck
Making Art defines my moods
Speaks for itself here ....
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth #art
#MentalHealth #art
15 reads
10 Comments
Vortex32167
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:17pm
Yesterday 10:17pm
My Asylum 2
Another day in the palace of insanity,
The warden kindly greeting me with fake smiles.
I tip my hat to you dear keeper of profanity,
Tell me, what did you find this time between the files?
I found your history my majesty,
An epic chronicle of love, death and deceit.
How pleasant is it to read another travesty,
A tale full of lies, constantly on repeat?
Speak the truth and hear the answer my lord,
Take your pills and get some rest.
Hug the straitjacket until restored.
And you will no longer be possessed.
The warden kindly greeting me with fake smiles.
I tip my hat to you dear keeper of profanity,
Tell me, what did you find this time between the files?
I found your history my majesty,
An epic chronicle of love, death and deceit.
How pleasant is it to read another travesty,
A tale full of lies, constantly on repeat?
Speak the truth and hear the answer my lord,
Take your pills and get some rest.
Hug the straitjacket until restored.
And you will no longer be possessed.
#MentalHealth
#sleep
#nightmares
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BlueBeastGirl
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:36am
Yesterday 1:36am
The only path is marriage
Oh... Gods there's no escaping this
27 days and then this is it
Don't get me wrong I'm excited
But goodness this is all so much
Constant messages about opinions
What are my thoughts on this or that
Heres what the officiant wants to say
Gotta email them and tell them its okay
There's panic growing in this ribcage
A growing clouds of doom leaking from my bones
My lungs are filling up with cement
I hate choices as much as I hate not having them
Under an oak tree in a park with a vague name
The final twists will be put...
27 days and then this is it
Don't get me wrong I'm excited
But goodness this is all so much
Constant messages about opinions
What are my thoughts on this or that
Heres what the officiant wants to say
Gotta email them and tell them its okay
There's panic growing in this ribcage
A growing clouds of doom leaking from my bones
My lungs are filling up with cement
I hate choices as much as I hate not having them
Under an oak tree in a park with a vague name
The final twists will be put...
#wife
#ILoveYou
#illness
#MentalHealth
#honesty
27 reads
6 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 20th Jul 2021 10:13pm
29th Dec 2020 00:08am
29th Dec 2020 00:08am
Obscured
Obscured and vague
Hidden in clouds
In a mist of gray
I'm lost
Strayed along the way
Lend a helping hand
Dampen this fire
That rages in my mind
Hidden in clouds
In a mist of gray
I'm lost
Strayed along the way
Lend a helping hand
Dampen this fire
That rages in my mind
#anxiety
#depression
#bipolar
#addiction
#MentalHealth
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13 Comments
Fallen_Angel_194
Angel.
Angel.
Poem Published
20th Jul 2021 6:44am
20th Jul 2021 6:44am
Breathe
I never knew how it was to feel cold inside of a warm body, but as the days stretch and depression digs himself into my skin, I begin to understand the feeling of emptiness all too well.
He is like drowning on dry land, the water filling my lungs too quickly before I can even inhale.
There is an overwhelming quiet that comes over my body at night, and it is as if he had never left me in the first place.
He welcomes himself into my bed and keeps me in an embrace so tight that I sometimes forget to breathe, and when I begin to feel the heavy feeling of nothingness, I...
He is like drowning on dry land, the water filling my lungs too quickly before I can even inhale.
There is an overwhelming quiet that comes over my body at night, and it is as if he had never left me in the first place.
He welcomes himself into my bed and keeps me in an embrace so tight that I sometimes forget to breathe, and when I begin to feel the heavy feeling of nothingness, I...
#depression
#MentalHealth
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Write-On
Em-ily
Em-ily
Poem Published
19th Jul 2021 9:47pm
19th Jul 2021 9:47pm
Equatorial Borderline, Help! (cross-border personality traits part two)
so many years of my life, and I want
to improve the quality of
my body, which I don't have, because
of what others are waiting for:
And is it something that happened to
me in my childhood, adolescence,
and adulthood?
to improve the quality of
my body, which I don't have, because
of what others are waiting for:
And is it something that happened to
me in my childhood, adolescence,
and adulthood?
#MentalHealth
12 reads
Yellow_Oracle
Poem Published
19th Jul 2021 8:29pm
19th Jul 2021 8:29pm
Extreme
I am borderline
The fear of abandonment
Drastic emotions
Constant reckless behaviors
Jeopardizing every thing
The fear of abandonment
Drastic emotions
Constant reckless behaviors
Jeopardizing every thing
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
#emotions
17 reads
3 Comments
Vortex32167
Poem Published
19th Jul 2021 4:33pm
19th Jul 2021 4:33pm
The Puppeteer
Whenever, wherever I will exist,
You can’t shut me off.
You can’t turn me down.
Forever in your mind,
Pondering on my every word,
A constant rebellion in thoughts.
Blowing away all reason,
Blocking every positive view,
My puppet of repressed desires.
For every exertion a string,
Like wax in my hands,
Now dance for me little puppet.
You will never be free.
You can’t shut me off.
You can’t turn me down.
Forever in your mind,
Pondering on my every word,
A constant rebellion in thoughts.
Blowing away all reason,
Blocking every positive view,
My puppet of repressed desires.
For every exertion a string,
Like wax in my hands,
Now dance for me little puppet.
You will never be free.
#depression
#MentalHealth
#manipulation
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PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
19th Jul 2021 5:58am
19th Jul 2021 5:58am
out of body experience
uniform; you-in-form.... "chasing" a "unicorn".... since you were born.... you've been torn....within this "human form"....
like a tailored suit, one's ego wants to turn back in; this filler within blood, bone, skin....
lusting off of carnal whims; bracing self for when it ends....if or when the "soul" "ascends"-into an uncut permanent version of an out of body experience....
nothing appears "worth while" till then; except "escape" some how within....
like a tailored suit, one's ego wants to turn back in; this filler within blood, bone, skin....
lusting off of carnal whims; bracing self for when it ends....if or when the "soul" "ascends"-into an uncut permanent version of an out of body experience....
nothing appears "worth while" till then; except "escape" some how within....
#death
#MentalHealth
#LifeCycle
#freedom
#philosophical
21 reads
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 19th Jul 2021 4:21am
28th Dec 2020 2:22pm
28th Dec 2020 2:22pm
Abhorrent affliction
Apprehensive atmosphere
Closed around him with
Hateful hostility
Menacingly mocking
As his autonomy
Fearfully faded
Abhorrent affliction
Creeps in from
Secretive shadows
Vainly claiming
It's conquered
Feeble frailty
Closed around him with
Hateful hostility
Menacingly mocking
As his autonomy
Fearfully faded
Abhorrent affliction
Creeps in from
Secretive shadows
Vainly claiming
It's conquered
Feeble frailty
#anxiety
#depression
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
#fear
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5 Comments
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