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.
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Bradley J
Bradley J
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:22pm
Yesterday 10:22pm
All That is Mine (instrumental by Mors)
Chaotic mind it all caves into time
I came with the rhymes to contain what is mine
Came with the rhymes and lay em with the flame
Run em all off, fuck I put it on my name
Energy summoning coming out the floor
Come again hunting like a dozen men or more
Like the lore of my land like I look in my hands
Like I took the advance while the devil did his dance
-
Madness maybe major, yeah
Layin' with my flavor and
Do it again to prove that I am
Lose it again like I'm foolish and then
Get so low but...
I came with the rhymes to contain what is mine
Came with the rhymes and lay em with the flame
Run em all off, fuck I put it on my name
Energy summoning coming out the floor
Come again hunting like a dozen men or more
Like the lore of my land like I look in my hands
Like I took the advance while the devil did his dance
-
Madness maybe major, yeah
Layin' with my flavor and
Do it again to prove that I am
Lose it again like I'm foolish and then
Get so low but...
#depression
#identity
#MentalHealth
#SelfReflection
#SelfDiscovery
12 reads
1 Comment
LunaGreyhawk
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:28am
Yesterday 7:28am
All Gussied Up At The Table of The Normal
panic
had plans today
and as usual,
she didn’t bother
asking
if I had any
of my own
the engines
in my ears
roar to life;
hair-pin triggers
yet unidentified
send out
the
rescue squadron,
everyone’s geared up,
getting ready
for flight
heart thumping;
speed metal
bass beat
triple-tap
brrataatat!
with the unexpected ...
had plans today
and as usual,
she didn’t bother
asking
if I had any
of my own
the engines
in my ears
roar to life;
hair-pin triggers
yet unidentified
send out
the
rescue squadron,
everyone’s geared up,
getting ready
for flight
heart thumping;
speed metal
bass beat
triple-tap
brrataatat!
with the unexpected ...
#anxiety
#MentalHealth
#healing
38 reads
7 Comments
BabydoII
Itty Bitty
Itty Bitty
Poem Published
20th Nov 2019 7:08am
20th Nov 2019 7:08am
Welcome
It's a mixed bag, friend
... We laugh
It's why we don't indulge
Who am I talking to
He asks
But we won't divulge
A mixed bag
Yeah
A different response every time
Are you game
Yeah?
Welcome to insanity, our guide.
... We laugh
It's why we don't indulge
Who am I talking to
He asks
But we won't divulge
A mixed bag
Yeah
A different response every time
Are you game
Yeah?
Welcome to insanity, our guide.
#relationships
#identity
#bipolar #MentalHealth
#bipolar #MentalHealth
37 reads
6 Comments
Queen_of_darkness
Poem Published
19th Nov 2019 3:15pm
19th Nov 2019 3:15pm
the violence in my silence
#depression
#SelfHarm
#suicide
#MentalHealth
#hurt
54 reads
0 Comments
LunasChild8
Poem Published
19th Nov 2019 1:32am
19th Nov 2019 1:32am
Locked In
Do you remember who you were before you were told who to be?
I can’t remember the last time I was allowed to dream
Broken hearts and broken promises; I’ve lost track of each
This mocha leaves me feeling bitter when it should have been sweet.
When can I pick up the pieces of my fractured psyche?
You’ve got me fumbling in the dark like a rat in a maze
You’ve locked me in my own mind, and threw away the key
Yet everyone else brushes it off by saying “she’s going through a phase.”
Instead of being taught logic, I was told what to...
I can’t remember the last time I was allowed to dream
Broken hearts and broken promises; I’ve lost track of each
This mocha leaves me feeling bitter when it should have been sweet.
When can I pick up the pieces of my fractured psyche?
You’ve got me fumbling in the dark like a rat in a maze
You’ve locked me in my own mind, and threw away the key
Yet everyone else brushes it off by saying “she’s going through a phase.”
Instead of being taught logic, I was told what to...
#anger
#depression
#dark
#MentalHealth
#emptiness
45 reads
2 Comments
Blackwolf
Poem Published
18th Nov 2019 5:17am
18th Nov 2019 5:17am
Paleontology Of Neuropsychology
Do Not Just Surprise Me Digital Eyes Me With Your Technology
Chronology Biology For The Love Of God Doxology Neurology
Topology Of Psychology And The Primatology Of Criminology
Lexicology Of Eschatology And Sociology Of Neurobiology
Pay Me With Numismatology And Slay Me With Psychopathology
Molecular Biology Leads To Cultural Anthropology
Mythology Of Etymology Archaeology And Genealogy
Chronology Biology For The Love Of God Doxology Neurology
Topology Of Psychology And The Primatology Of Criminology
Lexicology Of Eschatology And Sociology Of Neurobiology
Pay Me With Numismatology And Slay Me With Psychopathology
Molecular Biology Leads To Cultural Anthropology
Mythology Of Etymology Archaeology And Genealogy
#universe
#MentalHealth
#evolution
#freedom
#passion
17 reads
0 Comments
butters
Poem Published
17th Nov 2019 7:45pm
17th Nov 2019 7:45pm
one rider less
Drugs are a bet with your mind.”
― Jim Morrison
there's a circlin' storm
trees toss thin boughs
steel-shod nervous horse
eyes roll 'n' nostrils flare
whip-strike white lines
here comes the rain
slantwise on the barn door
― Jim Morrison
there's a circlin' storm
trees toss thin boughs
steel-shod nervous horse
eyes roll 'n' nostrils flare
whip-strike white lines
here comes the rain
slantwise on the barn door
#drugs
#addiction
#MentalHealth #choices
#MentalHealth #choices
40 reads
10 Comments
LunaGreyhawk
Poem Published
16th Nov 2019 7:15pm
16th Nov 2019 7:15pm
And That’s Saying Something
I’ve never had
much love
for the human spin
on the accounting
of our history -
who we are and how
we came to be;
we can’t keep our own
shit straight,
how do we trust
the word of men
with selfish agendas
who weren’t so much
different
from you and I,
after all?
we do love a good drama;
lying to ourselves
in our own diaries,
reinforcing all manner
of delusions...
much love
for the human spin
on the accounting
of our history -
who we are and how
we came to be;
we can’t keep our own
shit straight,
how do we trust
the word of men
with selfish agendas
who weren’t so much
different
from you and I,
after all?
we do love a good drama;
lying to ourselves
in our own diaries,
reinforcing all manner
of delusions...
#peace
#spiritual
#MentalHealth
77 reads
20 Comments
Billy_Snagg
Snaggy
Snaggy
Poem Published
16th Nov 2019 1:22am
16th Nov 2019 1:22am
Billy Bragger
Ha, I see you're still here, Billy,
Bragging how you can't go wrong.
Don't you feel a little silly?
It's just not happening for you right now.
Whatever happened about that deal,
Those second-hand cars you hoped to steal?
You blame everyone else who let you down -
Can you see yourself really going uptown?
For many a year, I did believe,
You'd packed your bags and would leave!
Billy, what have you got to brag about?
I hear it all day long from you.
I hear you chatting with your chums,
About your ambitious dreams and schemes....
Bragging how you can't go wrong.
Don't you feel a little silly?
It's just not happening for you right now.
Whatever happened about that deal,
Those second-hand cars you hoped to steal?
You blame everyone else who let you down -
Can you see yourself really going uptown?
For many a year, I did believe,
You'd packed your bags and would leave!
Billy, what have you got to brag about?
I hear it all day long from you.
I hear you chatting with your chums,
About your ambitious dreams and schemes....
#dreams
#MentalHealth
#confusion
#escape
#SelfWorth
55 reads
4 Comments
Orc_Pirate_68
Poem Published
15th Nov 2019 9:47pm
15th Nov 2019 9:47pm
Those Colorful Puzzle Pieces
I've noticed and been told,
By my mother who truth be told,
Most days,
Feels and acts in the same ways,
But does not have the same processes
To get to the relatively same outcomes, or feelings about things as me (it's hopeless
To try and understand her thought processes),
That I might be on the autism spectrum because of my thought processes.
The way I experience the world with so much more intensity,
Every color, every color scheme, pattern, texture, artwork, art motif, long/unusal/archaic/scientific/magickal word,
Cutting through...
By my mother who truth be told,
Most days,
Feels and acts in the same ways,
But does not have the same processes
To get to the relatively same outcomes, or feelings about things as me (it's hopeless
To try and understand her thought processes),
That I might be on the autism spectrum because of my thought processes.
The way I experience the world with so much more intensity,
Every color, every color scheme, pattern, texture, artwork, art motif, long/unusal/archaic/scientific/magickal word,
Cutting through...
#happiness
#identity
#power
#MentalHealth
#Autism
34 reads
3 Comments
slipalong
Poem Published
15th Nov 2019 7:20pm
15th Nov 2019 7:20pm
Winds blow still
From the sounds and screams
And when I walked with infantry
For the wounds were hidden deep
The enemy still inside my head
Combats ghosts and I were repatriated
And conflict was contantly updated
For that prayer you came to answer
Brought some solace to that cancer
The nightmares vivid and now lesser
Comradeship to share that crutch
Reduce the depths, and curse lifes muck
Find the bridge of hope and trust
Glimmer hope like your favorite chocolate bars
Just small steps towards the...
And when I walked with infantry
For the wounds were hidden deep
The enemy still inside my head
Combats ghosts and I were repatriated
And conflict was contantly updated
For that prayer you came to answer
Brought some solace to that cancer
The nightmares vivid and now lesser
Comradeship to share that crutch
Reduce the depths, and curse lifes muck
Find the bridge of hope and trust
Glimmer hope like your favorite chocolate bars
Just small steps towards the...
#war
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
#healing
24 reads
2 Comments
NuBorn
Poem Published
15th Nov 2019 2:00pm
15th Nov 2019 2:00pm
Slashed Wrists
Pour out my blood on a golden cup and take a sip!
From cut veins, my poetry will seep!
All the voices and screams buried in the graveyard of my mind,
the noises and dreams will all be left behind!
Not a day passes by without images of dead souls flooding my thoughts
visual and auditory hallucinations of gunshots sees me inhaling some drug snorts!
Alone, exposed, abandoned and vulnerable, isn't this the best possible solution?
Isn't this my well deserved execution?
"Don't allow such thoughts to deteriorate your mental state" so...
From cut veins, my poetry will seep!
All the voices and screams buried in the graveyard of my mind,
the noises and dreams will all be left behind!
Not a day passes by without images of dead souls flooding my thoughts
visual and auditory hallucinations of gunshots sees me inhaling some drug snorts!
Alone, exposed, abandoned and vulnerable, isn't this the best possible solution?
Isn't this my well deserved execution?
"Don't allow such thoughts to deteriorate your mental state" so...
#depression
#suicide
#MentalHealth
44 reads
2 Comments
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