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.
DeathRattle89
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:04pm
Yesterday 8:04pm
Mind Rape Massacre
Heart heavy weighs in
Distortions of a mind full of an ill perception
Speaking in correlation with these thoughts that race
The harmony of chaos culminates the words I can’t erase
Cynicism breeds thoughts of hopeless form
On the inside the anxiety provokes a contemplative storm
Irrationality of self sabotage to fake some semblance of control
As if in escaping all that plagues me I can salvage what’s left of my soul
Blessings lost through a filter of the burdens a negative mindset makes them out to be
If I mishandle all I fail to...
Distortions of a mind full of an ill perception
Speaking in correlation with these thoughts that race
The harmony of chaos culminates the words I can’t erase
Cynicism breeds thoughts of hopeless form
On the inside the anxiety provokes a contemplative storm
Irrationality of self sabotage to fake some semblance of control
As if in escaping all that plagues me I can salvage what’s left of my soul
Blessings lost through a filter of the burdens a negative mindset makes them out to be
If I mishandle all I fail to...
#depression
#porn
#bipolar
#addiction
#MentalHealth
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Thetravelingfairy
Poem Published
30th Sep 2022 6:17pm
30th Sep 2022 6:17pm
Headspace
Tell me why
It never ends
This endless road
That twists, that bends
Thorny stems that pave the way
Hold my thoughts in place, where they will stay
So what’s chasing? What’s behind?
All I know is stopping
Makes me read my mind
I’d rather not, it’s a scary place
When monsters come as memories
That don’t erase
See it now? Slipping from my head?
Purple bruises, drops of red
If turning around is reality
I will be dead
So I’d rather choose to run instead
It never ends
This endless road
That twists, that bends
Thorny stems that pave the way
Hold my thoughts in place, where they will stay
So what’s chasing? What’s behind?
All I know is stopping
Makes me read my mind
I’d rather not, it’s a scary place
When monsters come as memories
That don’t erase
See it now? Slipping from my head?
Purple bruises, drops of red
If turning around is reality
I will be dead
So I’d rather choose to run instead
#depression
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
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UbiquitousVoid
Poem Published
28th Sep 2022 12:03pm
28th Sep 2022 12:03pm
DESICCATED
Heard the Siren singing
It echoes through the fen
Suddenly I'm swimming
Inside my head again
Save me, I'm helpless
Abandoned and breathless
The glaze over my eyes
It shrouds what I long to see
Are you still alive?
The years, they pass us by
I've died so many times
My past has become a dream
But the heart remains perpetual
It's the only thing that's real
And our fate remains eventual
No matter how we feel
Just come alive
Just tell a lie
Anything but nothing
Felt...
It echoes through the fen
Suddenly I'm swimming
Inside my head again
Save me, I'm helpless
Abandoned and breathless
The glaze over my eyes
It shrouds what I long to see
Are you still alive?
The years, they pass us by
I've died so many times
My past has become a dream
But the heart remains perpetual
It's the only thing that's real
And our fate remains eventual
No matter how we feel
Just come alive
Just tell a lie
Anything but nothing
Felt...
#depression
#illness
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
#despair
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DeathRattle89
Poem Published
27th Sep 2022 6:34pm
27th Sep 2022 6:34pm
Rollercoaster Mind
I got lost in transit
Making our way to another place
Trying to find my voice again
After all that we've been through
Finding the balance in all things
When to speak or retreat to silence to recuperate
Making strides
Going somewhere in some ways and nowhere in others
Locate my heart in my words
When I'm lost for saying so much and yet nothing at all
Making whispers of confessions
Till I can say I found a way to make it all mean something
...
Making our way to another place
Trying to find my voice again
After all that we've been through
Finding the balance in all things
When to speak or retreat to silence to recuperate
Making strides
Going somewhere in some ways and nowhere in others
Locate my heart in my words
When I'm lost for saying so much and yet nothing at all
Making whispers of confessions
Till I can say I found a way to make it all mean something
...
#anxiety
#depression
#LifeStruggles
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
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PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
27th Sep 2022 1:34pm
27th Sep 2022 1:34pm
escapism
sun set settings, chilling on a beach, silver screens, long list of favorite foods-fries and burger with some cheese, hostess treats & just about any flavor of store bought ice cream
one's just a walking, talking escapism machine.... if not that than one's going fast asleep.... life to me is like billboard advertisements,non stop
commercials on tv, "news", "politics" and racked up magazines of gossip on "celebrities"....
that's just not real to me.... i'm dead from most the stuff i hear and...
one's just a walking, talking escapism machine.... if not that than one's going fast asleep.... life to me is like billboard advertisements,non stop
commercials on tv, "news", "politics" and racked up magazines of gossip on "celebrities"....
that's just not real to me.... i'm dead from most the stuff i hear and...
#MentalHealth
#LifeCycle
#escape #boredom
#escape #boredom
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nervsy
nervs.
nervs.
Poem Published
27th Sep 2022 00:36am
27th Sep 2022 00:36am
Blank
What am I doing today? What am I doing with my days? It’s all a blur. When trauma responses in the form of depersonalization happen so much I don’t remember a fucking thing anymore. Even when I want and know I should be present I cannot. The concert, the feeling of your laughter and warmth it’s all a big fucking black hole now. Why even go another day of shit if I can’t even enjoy in the good stuff
#sadness
#depression
#MentalHealth
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PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
26th Sep 2022 3:53pm
26th Sep 2022 3:53pm
mental health
humans live a lie.... mental health manifests in different ways; people pretend not to understand as to reasons why-while it's right before ones' eyes....
groomed to have such pride; expectations high-like pedestals reaching towards the sky; most "worshiped" of our kind struggle with such plight....
we mourn a thousand times, then "get on with ones' lives".... something's seriously very broken with what's termed as "humankind"....
creating all...
groomed to have such pride; expectations high-like pedestals reaching towards the sky; most "worshiped" of our kind struggle with such plight....
we mourn a thousand times, then "get on with ones' lives".... something's seriously very broken with what's termed as "humankind"....
creating all...
#MentalHealth
#humankind
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Wired6
Poem Published
26th Sep 2022 3:08pm
26th Sep 2022 3:08pm
Back From Walk.
They said she was aggressive.
They said she was very loud.
Inert and regressive behaviour,
Those were the words brandished about.
She steeped into aggressive.
She stooped into loud.
That didn't appear 2 work very well,
So she decided 2,
Walk,
Walk,
Walk out.
Back from walk,
She tried,
Regress,
Regress,
Regressive,
Then she tried her hand at,
Inert,
Inert,
Inert.
Imbued with a hint of,
Ethereal,
Ethereal,
Ethereal.
Despite the name, ...
They said she was very loud.
Inert and regressive behaviour,
Those were the words brandished about.
She steeped into aggressive.
She stooped into loud.
That didn't appear 2 work very well,
So she decided 2,
Walk,
Walk,
Walk out.
Back from walk,
She tried,
Regress,
Regress,
Regressive,
Then she tried her hand at,
Inert,
Inert,
Inert.
Imbued with a hint of,
Ethereal,
Ethereal,
Ethereal.
Despite the name, ...
#MentalHealth
#vulnerability
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PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
25th Sep 2022 10:25am
25th Sep 2022 10:25am
illusions
i and those like me see the harsh reality; while others are living in a delusional dream-(even those who came way before me)where the grass is green;
those with all the tattoos, dyed hair, loud music know what I mean; like almost everyday is dead boring or silent insanity screams; they likely feel and see more than me....they feel that death.... holding on to one's every breath.... In the end, 1 of 1-that's all that's left.
love? what the fuck is love? because most people are full of shit.... living in a selfish bullshit fantasy....
...
those with all the tattoos, dyed hair, loud music know what I mean; like almost everyday is dead boring or silent insanity screams; they likely feel and see more than me....they feel that death.... holding on to one's every breath.... In the end, 1 of 1-that's all that's left.
love? what the fuck is love? because most people are full of shit.... living in a selfish bullshit fantasy....
...
#depression
#TruthOfLife
#MentalHealth
#humankind
#myself
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Opentotheskies
Poem Published
24th Sep 2022 9:08pm
24th Sep 2022 9:08pm
Psychopath's view (scene 2)
Eyes turn to face you
Blackness exposed
Death rides shotgun
An insatiable desire
To crush each breath
....but first to hold you tight
Never letting you down
Melting your weary heart
Finding a receptive host
A breeding ground of hate
Impregnation of devastation
Hands that bind you tight
Filling your mouth with such delight
Sweetest poison swelling on the tongue
No time to cry out or think of what's wrong
Soon your passing will be complete
You, the unintended, it won't be long
So kiss...
Blackness exposed
Death rides shotgun
An insatiable desire
To crush each breath
....but first to hold you tight
Never letting you down
Melting your weary heart
Finding a receptive host
A breeding ground of hate
Impregnation of devastation
Hands that bind you tight
Filling your mouth with such delight
Sweetest poison swelling on the tongue
No time to cry out or think of what's wrong
Soon your passing will be complete
You, the unintended, it won't be long
So kiss...
#hate
#dark
#death #MentalHealth
#death #MentalHealth
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ragaire
Poem Published
24th Sep 2022 2:58am
24th Sep 2022 2:58am
stack em' if you have em'
i accept
my own fate
walking into
this season
how it works
in strange ways
nobody really
has control over,
been stacking
more shelves
than picking
up words
tearing myself
apart quietly
before dying
inside my
journal,
reminding
myself to eat
no matter how
late it may be
before sleep
rewards this
bastard body
time away
from a world
that keeps
spinning.
my own fate
walking into
this season
how it works
in strange ways
nobody really
has control over,
been stacking
more shelves
than picking
up words
tearing myself
apart quietly
before dying
inside my
journal,
reminding
myself to eat
no matter how
late it may be
before sleep
rewards this
bastard body
time away
from a world
that keeps
spinning.
#LifeStruggles
#fall
#MentalHealth #StreamOfConsciousness
#MentalHealth #StreamOfConsciousness
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PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
23rd Sep 2022 6:06pm
23rd Sep 2022 6:06pm
Clones
i feel like I'm surrounded by clones....
#depression
#family
#MentalHealth #humankind
#MentalHealth #humankind
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