Alphabet Soup Stigma
...Alphabet Soup Stigma
A multitude of letters bob and undulate as I stir the soup.
I gaze confused when I notice the letters haphazardly merge together…Magnetized letters repel and pull together. ...
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Categories:
mental disorders, anger, conflict, confusion, mental
Form: Prose Poetry
This Life Was Never Mine
...I’m not sure where I belong anymore, or if I’m even meant to belong. I spend my days trying to live in the moment and continue living for the ones around me despite my want to leave this place. I’m n...
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Categories:
mental disorders, body, cry, deep, depression,
Form: Free verse
Warrior of strength
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Warrior of Strength
Dealt a hand from the heavens, steeped in shadows’ embrace,
A warrior born from the ashes, a heart marked but not erased.
In the quiet corners of childhood, where innocen...
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Categories:
mental disorders, absence, abuse, bereavement, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
effects of mental disorders
...facing disorders at an early age is "your" fault
this isn't what i learned, what i was taught
thinking of the memories my disorder has brought
"this is normal", that's what we thought
i talk to s...
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Categories:
mental disorders, 11th grade, anxiety, depression,
Form: Rhyme
A Tag of Pain
...Pain squizzes life out of my paralyzed mind and it feels like a grain of sugar under attack from ants.
Induring comes with an ocean of tears
Never ending and excruciating
Sending my body into man...
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Categories:
mental disorders, mental health,
Form: Prose Poetry
- I Am Closer To Fine, Thank You Very Much -
...The power within you is unique
if you are true to yourself
Today closer to fine
Navigating your inner self
changing landscapes
shadow pages and the imprint of the past
fear fa...
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Categories:
mental disorders, confusion, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Mental Illnesses - Saint Dymphna
...Saint Dymphna, please help with mine and other people's mental disorders and challenges.
1. Generalilzed Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
2. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
3. Panic Disorder
4. Post ...
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Categories:
mental disorders, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: List
Touring the Future With the Dapper Ring Master
...GOOD AFTERNOON
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD
OF TRANSHUMANISM.
I AM YOUR HOST
THE DAPPER RING MASTER.
ANSWERING QUESTIONS
AFTER OBSERVING DISASTERS.
TODAY WE WILL TOUR
MY S...
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Categories:
mental disorders, future, halloween, humorous, image,
Form: Narrative
The Mind Or the Soul
...The Wall Street Journal recently reviewed Allan Horwitz's book, "DSM: A History of Psychiatry's Bible", which claims that 'DSM', the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is a 'socia...
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Categories:
mental disorders, depression, god, jesus, spiritual,
Form: Prose
The Silent Pandemic
...THE SILENT PANDEMIC
The silent pandemic, a global problem ignored is mental illness.
Mental disorders, like depression, substance abuse are worldwide.
Nearly one billion people around the world...
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Categories:
mental disorders, mental illness,
Form: Villanelle
And the Winners Are--Say, What
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They died protecting law and order,
But are dismissed only with the word "decent" by those with
grave, mental disorders.
No great honor at all will be paid to them.
After all they wer...
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Categories:
mental disorders, anger, death, memorial, murder,
Form: Couplet
Abash Poverty Abash
...Abash poverty abash!
Your evil ways are so detestable to mankind
How could you grind great minds?
Persisting from generation to generation intertwined
Plotting destruction to the anticipated tr...
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Categories:
mental disorders, africa, community, courage, engagement,
Form: Rhyme
Quit Or Keep Going
...They say I’m not sick
They say being molested and raped is okay
You’ll get better
But it happens everywhere
The television hides so much
I can’t stand the judge making fun of those
With m...
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Categories:
mental disorders, art,
Form: Blank verse
The Hero I Don'T Deserve
...Hey, my name is Aaron and I am kinda a modern day superhero
Now I know what you’re thinkin’
Okay, this guy? A hero? Like with powers and skills?
Nah but before you think further hear me out....
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Categories:
mental disorders, endurance, hero, inspirational, mental
Form: Free verse
My Muse
...My Muse!
My muse is not an imaginary being made up by ancient civilizations saying that inspiration
for everything comes from supernatural beings different ones assigned to different things
inst...
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Categories:
mental disorders, analogy, devotion, imagery, imagination,
Form: List
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