Poems about Mental Illness

• The Monster Within

  I told them I didnt want-
  I told them I couldnt do-

  by LesbianOfLove 19 lines, on Oct 8 5:30 PM. In Mental Illness, Control, Chaos, Depression, Crazy, Dark, Thoughts, Monster, Pain
• Free Me!

  Im in the darkness,
  

  by LesbianOfLove 24 lines, on Oct 8 3:33 PM. In Depression, Self-Help, Freedom, Mental Illness, Love, Living, Progress, Surivor
• Schizoid

  Schizoid, Schizoid turning away
  Give me a sign, give me anything

  by BrozacNation 33 lines, on Oct 5 3:28 PM. In unrequited love, schizoid personality disorder, mental illness, pain
• Suspended

  There was frailty of thought
  for his conflicted mind

  by janeofdreams 32 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 3 11:46 PM. In Contest, Mental illness
• Hospital Boy

  by azurastar 22 lines, on Sep 29 6:42 PM. In personal, mental illness
• Chromatic Pain

  Suffering is just a state of mind
  So I've been told

  by BrozacNation 42 lines, on Sep 20 10:58 PM. In Pain, Sad, mental illness
• Mixed Nuts at the Adolescent Treatment Center

  by Freed by Mercy 14 lines, 10 comments, on Sep 18 7:31 PM. In Noguest, Teen issues, Black Humor, Mental Illness
• Anxieties

  All of them hate me
  Violent self-esteem

  by BrozacNation 37 lines, on Sep 17 9:56 PM. In mental illness
• Dramatization

  Accuse me of being
  Naughty, angry, downright bad

  by BrozacNation 45 lines, on Sep 17 9:36 PM. In mental illness
• Eccentricities

  Partly because of the eyes
  Always darting

  by BrozacNation 29 lines, on Sep 17 9:09 PM. In mental illness
• Porcelain Doll

  I am the thought you scrawled on the page
  Vague and hurried because the ink ran dry

  by BrozacNation 53 lines, on Sep 17 8:22 PM. In Mental Illness, Borderline Personality Disorder
• Ballade de l'Introversion

  "There are people here," he said,
  "Everywhere you turn, a face"

  by BrozacNation 30 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 10 5:02 PM. In mental illness, social phobia, depression
• Walking Raspberry

  I wonder sometimes what she used to be like.
  

  by pumpykin 27 lines, 15 comments, on Sep 6 3:32 PM. In society, psycology, mental illness, neighbours
• Thinsane

  115 is such a large number
  I shy away from its implications

  by BrozacNation 36 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 4 10:12 PM. In anorexia, mental illness, eating disorder
• Deny Past Delusion

  I am haunted by my reality dreams

  by Manic Reverie 13 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 17 2:00 AM. In mental illness, strange, contest, weird, thoughts, mental
• Borderline

  by Midnite-Rae 73 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 16 10:27 PM. In Personal, Sad, Society, Thoughts, Mental Illness, Other, Noguest
• In my mind

  by Midnite-Rae 13 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 12 1:38 PM. In Thoughts, Other, Sad, mental illness, Noguest
• I Don't Understand

  Here it is, it's coming back,
  unbenounced to me.

  by Vickie Rosa 22 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 11 9:40 PM. In Mental illness
• Apartment Bedlam

  Through the cracks in the wall, a soldier stares me down
  Eyes of sadness greiving trampled flowers, in an olden looking town

  by JackJumper 16 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 3 3:37 PM. In mental illness, disillusian, confusion.
• Lost Mother, Lost Daughter

  You look at me through the thick glass
  of the door to the padded room I'm in

  by frostany 53 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 2 12:49 PM. In schizophrenia, mother daughter relationships, mental illness, angst, pain
• Bipolar

  by Daniela Violin 17 lines, on May 27 6:27 PM. In Anger, Mental Illness, Personal, Pain
• She Didn't Answer

  She felt she was a modern Virgin Mary
  Impregnated by the distance between

  by Daniela Violin 14 lines, on May 27 2:29 PM. In Dark, Personal, Mental Illness
• I Know This Place

  by Idle Mind Wondering 62 lines, 4 comments, on May 19 2:23 PM. In Mental Illness
• Her anger.

  Her anger was powerful.
  It builds up day by day;

  by rachelrampagetmx 20 lines, 4 comments, on May 17 4:35 AM. In Abuse, Anger, mental illness, depression
• Paranoia

  Step into my darkness
  It feels like the walls are closing in

  by Daniela Violin 19 lines, 1 comment, on May 12 10:05 PM. In Pain, Dark, Suicidal, Mental Illness
• The Mind of a Normal, But Different Girl

  by DarkDesireAndi 21 lines, 12 comments, on May 7 8:24 PM. In Mental Illness
• Selfless

  I helped you bandage your wounds
  As the mountains slowly crumbled

  by Daniela Violin 28 lines, on May 1 8:30 AM. In Depression, Mental Illness, Dark, Suicidal, Rhyme
• Dark Winds

  Before I knew what Schizophrenia really was, I had an online aquaintance in Calgary who was afflicted with it and unmedicated...

  by Daniela Violin 64 lines, on Apr 22 9:35 PM. In Fantasy, Dark, Mental Illness, Strange Online Encounters, Rhyme
• Depression's Grip

  Twisting, tightening, knoting my insides.
  Squeeching, wailing, gnawing my ears.

  by Jade- 31 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 5 9:42 AM. In Contest, Dark, Life, Pain, Personal, Feelings, Depression, Mental Illness
• Mr. Nobody

  This morning I found Mr. Nobody
  I saw him push open the door

  by Venetia 13 lines, on Apr 5 3:48 AM. In Mental Illness
• Don't forget i'm Dying

  She sits in the blue light of morning,
  Under the desk

  by xKnifemareXSuicidex 34 lines, on Mar 31 4:52 PM. In My life, Emo, Lost love, Self, mental illness.
• Manic

  Heart is pounding.
  Thoughts are racing.

  by MichelleBelle 37 lines, on Feb 17 2:15 PM. In Pain, Life, Mental Illness
• Cease & Desist (The Mental Nightmares Exist)

  by Glasyalabolas 55 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 13 8:11 AM. In Dark, Adult, Anger, Fear, Nightmares, Mental Illness, Insanity, Lyrics
• Help

  I sit in the darkened room
  Crying silent tears

  by mzunderstood 27 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 6 6:30 AM. In Angst, Pain, Personal, mental illness, suicide, reaching out
• Learning To Adjust (bipolar disorder)

  Anger without restrain
  A cacophony of pain
  A dark and morbid thought

  by Illiterate Bastard 37 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 19 5:21 AM. In Life, Pain, Mental Illness
• When The Light Fades

  When the black clouds descend over my head
  I wonder if this time its for good.

  by melbatoast30 32 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 14 3:17 PM 2008. In mental illness, pain, personal, sad, thoughts, life
• Effluent

  Away from the sadness and pain
  That has marked her short life on Earth.

  by Wandering Woodchuck 5 lines, 18 comments, on Dec 12 6:26 PM 2008. In Dark, Mental Illness
• Formerly Known As Myself

  If you knew me before
  Before the Marine Corps

  by cliffburton62 23 lines, on Dec 9 6:10 PM 2008. In Thoughts, Schizophrenia, Crazy, Life, Schizo, Mental, Illness, Mental Illness
• Lupus: An Innocent Victim Looking For Any Cure

  I feel trapped in my own mind,
  And now in my body, too.

  by ImmortalChains 10 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 9 8:33 AM 2008. In lupus, death, torture, mental illness
• Physical And Mental Torture: A Painful Past And An Even Worse Future

  The future can't cure me,
  It can't take away any of this pain.

  by ImmortalChains 13 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 9 8:30 AM 2008. In lupus, death, memories, torture, mental illness, fatal, disease
• Fatal Blue

  At the heart of it all I am
  Blinded by a pale shade of blue.

  by ImmortalChains 8 lines, on Dec 9 7:53 AM 2008. In emotions, depression, anger, mental illness
• Bandaids for the Heartbroken

  We sit in a circle in a small white room
  as we try to ignore the motivation posters

  by frostany 34 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 7 8:17 AM 2008. In mental illness, mental hospitals, pain
• Small Price To Pay

  So it is said
  These Voices are in my head

  by cliffburton62 21 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 6 12:52 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Schizophrenia, Crazy, Voices, Mental illness, Life
• Beyond Reasonable Doubt

  I got a feeling deep down
  They say my head was being drown

  by cliffburton62 33 lines, on Nov 30 11:18 PM 2008. In Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic, Schizo, Crazy, Dark, Thoughts, Mental Illness
• Drifting

  My mind drifts through
  worlds I only feel

  by celadia 18 lines, 12 comments, on Nov 26 4:12 AM 2008. In Angst, Life, Pain, Personal, Thoughts, Mental Illness
• The Watchfull Eye

  He stares out his house
  He stares out the tree

  by cliffburton62 34 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 26 2:19 AM 2008. In Schizophrenia, Schizo, Dark, Mentally Ill, Mental illness, Thoughts
• The Lighter Side of Dread

  It all started with so much fear
  My head so unclear

  by cliffburton62 39 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 24 12:59 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Schizophrenia, Crazy, Mental Illness
• little green pill

  Just give him a pill to make him right
  No more staying up all night

  by cliffburton62 13 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 24 12:34 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Schizophrenia, Mental illness, Hard times, Life, Crazy
• Broken Verses To The Mental Mosaic

  by Glasyalabolas 28 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 19 10:05 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Depressed, Mental Illness, Insanity, Paranoia, Freewrite
• Constriction

  by Glasyalabolas 9 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 23 5:57 AM 2008. In Freewrite, Depression, Agoraphobia, Mental Illness

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