Anxiety Poems & Poems about Stress
#anxiety
Poetry about anxious feelings, stress and anxiety disorders. A glimpse into depths of fear and worry that comes with anxiety. Here you'll find poems describing apprehension about a particular event, along with poetry depicting acute anxiety about all aspects of life.
Just another day
I wake up in the morning and the sun is shining bright
It's a pity, a shame that my life is so shite
As I put on my coat I knew I should have lied
Told work I ate something dodgy last night
I used to go in and I used to care
Made the most of my time whilst I was there
But it took me a while for me to open my eyes
No one else tries as much as I try
I tried not to drink and I tried not to smoke
The only enjoyment I had left was giving my girlfriend a poke
And even then work would take that away
They took out the p from...
It's a pity, a shame that my life is so shite
As I put on my coat I knew I should have lied
Told work I ate something dodgy last night
I used to go in and I used to care
Made the most of my time whilst I was there
But it took me a while for me to open my eyes
No one else tries as much as I try
I tried not to drink and I tried not to smoke
The only enjoyment I had left was giving my girlfriend a poke
And even then work would take that away
They took out the p from...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
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No One Is Perfect
He had fires burning deep inside,
But on the outside, he just lied.
His anger simmered, hidden well,
But still, it burned, a raging hell.
He took it out on the innocent,
With a gun he aimed and bent,
His fury not for the school,
But his actions were far from cool.
He lashed out, with violent force,
His anger had taken its course.
But his rage was not for her,
Though she felt the pain for sure.
He crashed and burned, destroying all,
His mind consumed with an angry call.
But his fury was not for the car, ...
But on the outside, he just lied.
His anger simmered, hidden well,
But still, it burned, a raging hell.
He took it out on the innocent,
With a gun he aimed and bent,
His fury not for the school,
But his actions were far from cool.
He lashed out, with violent force,
His anger had taken its course.
But his rage was not for her,
Though she felt the pain for sure.
He crashed and burned, destroying all,
His mind consumed with an angry call.
But his fury was not for the car, ...
#anger
#anxiety
#frustration #hate
#frustration #hate
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rat catcher
Rat Catcher
I feel repulsed when he is near, I ought to have compassion
for this cripple, a twisted foot. an arm that does not
function as it should a beggar with scabby skin, eyes as black
as looking into the dark side of the wishing moon
this is not a man you can be kind to, the more you give him
the more he hats you and wishes you an early death.
His diversion is to follow funeral processions, but not into
the cemetery, no one wants him there
I have wondered why I dislike this cripple so much it must
be a memory of my childhood ...
I feel repulsed when he is near, I ought to have compassion
for this cripple, a twisted foot. an arm that does not
function as it should a beggar with scabby skin, eyes as black
as looking into the dark side of the wishing moon
this is not a man you can be kind to, the more you give him
the more he hats you and wishes you an early death.
His diversion is to follow funeral processions, but not into
the cemetery, no one wants him there
I have wondered why I dislike this cripple so much it must
be a memory of my childhood ...
#anger
#anxiety
#apathy
#bittersweet
#boredom
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What on earth!?
What on earth is happening
What on earth is going on
Can’t keep up with all the calamity
But everything’s going wrong
First my dad gets cancer
Then I find my own mum dead
Now they think I have HIV
And it’s fucking with my head
Just give a girl a fucking break
Let me please chill the fuck out
Need a lie down in a quiet room
It’s stirred up so much doubt
Brother in rehab the year before last
A cousin with a brain tumour too
Got debt coming out my eye balls
And yet I keep plodding on
...
What on earth is going on
Can’t keep up with all the calamity
But everything’s going wrong
First my dad gets cancer
Then I find my own mum dead
Now they think I have HIV
And it’s fucking with my head
Just give a girl a fucking break
Let me please chill the fuck out
Need a lie down in a quiet room
It’s stirred up so much doubt
Brother in rehab the year before last
A cousin with a brain tumour too
Got debt coming out my eye balls
And yet I keep plodding on
...
#anxiety
#confessional
#MentalHealth
#myself
#NaPoWriMo2024
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I feel like....
I've fell from a ledge, and survived the fall; mobile- still no pursuit at all; no one's catch- no one's ball.... everything comes at a hefty cost....
I feel like.... yelling at the godamn sky; making plans with no goodbyes.... seeing maker "eye to eye...." stressing how most of one's life, never really felt like mine....
why the "hell"-did you give me this form of "life"?? why?
I feel like.... yelling at the godamn sky; making plans with no goodbyes.... seeing maker "eye to eye...." stressing how most of one's life, never really felt like mine....
why the "hell"-did you give me this form of "life"?? why?
#MentalHealth
#anxiety
#frustration
#spiritual
#God
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The NO! machine malfunction
Eeny meenie miney moe,
my day is flying – watch it go!
The to-do list is like a rope
around my neck – there is no hope…
…that I can get out of this heap
when every task is layers deep
and messages won’t quit – BEEP BEEP!
and people keep on asking me…
…to do the things I promised them.
What was I thinking way back then??
My stupid optimistic mind
has bit me in my own behind!
There’s only one thing this could mean --
I have to fix my NO! machine.
my day is flying – watch it go!
The to-do list is like a rope
around my neck – there is no hope…
…that I can get out of this heap
when every task is layers deep
and messages won’t quit – BEEP BEEP!
and people keep on asking me…
…to do the things I promised them.
What was I thinking way back then??
My stupid optimistic mind
has bit me in my own behind!
There’s only one thing this could mean --
I have to fix my NO! machine.
#anxiety
#choices
#NaPoWriMo2024 #responsibility
#NaPoWriMo2024 #responsibility
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Lent
the absolute is not there
the inconsistencies also do not
not even the most microscopic of faults
the tremor of the earth is not felt
and the wind, where did the wind go, in silence?
the sound of the waves fell silent on the rocks
the stillness of the rocks shook the sands
and the desert turned sour under the sun
and the voice, where did the voice go, screaming?
the color of things is not there
the scars are not there either
but the scream is the sound of everything that moves
the infinitesimal of calculations was...
the inconsistencies also do not
not even the most microscopic of faults
the tremor of the earth is not felt
and the wind, where did the wind go, in silence?
the sound of the waves fell silent on the rocks
the stillness of the rocks shook the sands
and the desert turned sour under the sun
and the voice, where did the voice go, screaming?
the color of things is not there
the scars are not there either
but the scream is the sound of everything that moves
the infinitesimal of calculations was...
#anxiety
#apathy
#boredom
#depression
#desert
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The Dark Is...
The dark is, most times,
soothing to be with
late at night.
He'll deny the light of things
I don't want to talk about;
bribe the sun to come back later.
When the hurt tries to breach
he slides a key in the lock,
places a keep out sign
over the door.
He calms the waters inside
stirred by life.
Dries my drenched sadness.
And when the sun must intrude;
when it shouts to be let in,
he filibusters, delays the inevitable.
But in the meantime
he helped find missing...
soothing to be with
late at night.
He'll deny the light of things
I don't want to talk about;
bribe the sun to come back later.
When the hurt tries to breach
he slides a key in the lock,
places a keep out sign
over the door.
He calms the waters inside
stirred by life.
Dries my drenched sadness.
And when the sun must intrude;
when it shouts to be let in,
he filibusters, delays the inevitable.
But in the meantime
he helped find missing...
#anxiety
#dark
#LifeStruggles
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I’m glad this wasn’t
I love you endlessly
I wish I could have made you feel it
Instead of the loneliness I left you in
When you decided to tell me your heart had already made up it’s mind and I think you gave me a last ditch effort to make me feel better
But it didn’t make me feel better I feel worse knowing I was trying for nothing
But maybe I wasn’t trying for nothing
Maybe I wasn’t trying maybe I’m making up stories
I’m not sure what I can believe from my brain anymore I know I’m sick
And shitty
Really really shitty....
I wish I could have made you feel it
Instead of the loneliness I left you in
When you decided to tell me your heart had already made up it’s mind and I think you gave me a last ditch effort to make me feel better
But it didn’t make me feel better I feel worse knowing I was trying for nothing
But maybe I wasn’t trying for nothing
Maybe I wasn’t trying maybe I’m making up stories
I’m not sure what I can believe from my brain anymore I know I’m sick
And shitty
Really really shitty....
#anxiety
#regret
#disappointment #polyamory
#disappointment #polyamory
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Anxiety
Happening again
I am reeling
impotent to change
the way I’m feeling
racing thoughts
cannot breathe
panic envelops
no reprieve
chest heavy
fists are tight
anxious, scared
fight or flight
unable to run
wanting to hide
frozen in place
pain inside
body shaking
I close my eyes
no one there
to hear my cries
I am ill
there is no buffer
in distress
alone I suffer
I am reeling
impotent to change
the way I’m feeling
racing thoughts
cannot breathe
panic envelops
no reprieve
chest heavy
fists are tight
anxious, scared
fight or flight
unable to run
wanting to hide
frozen in place
pain inside
body shaking
I close my eyes
no one there
to hear my cries
I am ill
there is no buffer
in distress
alone I suffer
#anxiety
#NaPoWriMo2024
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A Screaming Wind
His voice hurts her ears.
Piercing.
A mouthy earring.
Dangling,
on the edge of being silenced.
Piercing.
A mouthy earring.
Dangling,
on the edge of being silenced.
#anxiety
#silence
#PowerOfWords #unicorns
#PowerOfWords #unicorns
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famous literature
Famous literature?
This Saturday, like many others, I got up late
it was almost ten, my hands trembled,
low blood sugar
I can live with diabetes while keeping the balance
watching what I eat and drink
Last night, fed up with the fake news on TV
where politicians spoke about how bad Russia was and
their undying love for Ukraine while secretly longing
for the days before the North Stream
was blown
up by the Americans, helped by the Norwegian Navy
Jens Stoltenberg, the General sec, A Norwegian
is nothing but an...
This Saturday, like many others, I got up late
it was almost ten, my hands trembled,
low blood sugar
I can live with diabetes while keeping the balance
watching what I eat and drink
Last night, fed up with the fake news on TV
where politicians spoke about how bad Russia was and
their undying love for Ukraine while secretly longing
for the days before the North Stream
was blown
up by the Americans, helped by the Norwegian Navy
Jens Stoltenberg, the General sec, A Norwegian
is nothing but an...
#anxiety
#confusion
#apathy
#boredom
#bittersweet
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