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I wrote this steeped in the pain of experiencing sharing the same space and children with someone who suffered from severe BPD. For anyone reading this who may not know, it can be indistinguishable from narcissism. The connection born from this daily burden was that I realized through the personal… Read More

Tags: love, america, mental-illness, bpd, jung

This is my story of life with bipolar disorder. Detailing my struggles with the disorder before being treated, and what life has been like since proper treatment. Touches on substance abuse, self-harm, suicide, and trauma. Read More

Tags: trauma, self-harm, mental-illness, substance-abuse, bipolar-disorder

A mentally ill woman decides to take a day off from work and party. Read More

Tags: drugs, alcohol, mental-illness, partying, hookie

Tags: anorexia, mental-illness

Death. It's something we've all encountered in our lives. A relative's or friend's passing, the withering of a historical leader from some distant country... it's a topic we're all so familiar yet so unacquainted with; something that seems so far away, yet so immediate, for we all know our death… Read More

Tags: suicide, mental-illness, mental-health, teen-struggles

This short story is about a man who is a serial killer during the night, and he goes by 'The Laughing Man'. Read More

Tags: horror, sad, disorder, mental-illness

After a rather interesting evening, Jane reaches out to Charlie for help. Read More

Tags: cynicism, introversion, mental-illness, physical-illness

jane makes vic a salad. explosions ensue. Read More

Tags: cynicism, introversion, mental-illness, physical-illness

Jane tries to make Vic take the doctor's advice. It doesn't go well. Read More

Tags: cynicism, introversion, mental-illness, physical-illness

Jane, Alex, and Vic wait to see a doctor. Read More

Tags: cynicism, introversion, mental-illness, physical-illness

Jane and Alex finally call their father out on his BS. Read More

Tags: cynicism, introversion, mental-illness, physical-illness

Jane opens up to her coworker, who she maybe has a crush on. Read More

Tags: cynicism, introversion, mental-illness, physical-illness

Essay / Other

January 16, 2021

Reads: 70

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

What one woman's first hand experience was of the Buffalo psychiatric hospital in 1987, her observations and thoughts about the whole ordeal. Read More

Tags: insane, hospital, crazy, mental-illness, psychiatric-hospital

My poor brother suffers from severe schizophrenia. Occasionally he blurts out poems that are FAR better than mine. I love the heck out of him. On Wattpad his poems got many more reads than mine did! Wayne, this is for you. Read More

Tags: fantasy, mental-illness, creative-work

Short Story / Other

November 30, 2020

Reads: 78

Comments: 2

The Review Chain House

There's not always one answer to a problem, and sometimes all you need is to not be alone. Read More

Tags: depression, dogs, anxiety, mental-illness, mental-health

Poem / True Confessions

November 05, 2020

Reads: 133

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Many, many moons ago I wrote this when I was at my lowest. Read More

Tags: poem, short, darkness, mental-illness, mental-health

A story of a young boy who is about to kill himself. Read More

Tags: death, suicide, mental-illness, mental-health

Short Story / Horror

October 23, 2020

Reads: 135

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I love talking to the mailman. Read More

Tags: horror, thriller, monsters, mental-illness, scp

I suffered narcissistic abuse in my youth. Its effects still make healthy relationships difficult, even as an adult. Read More

Tags: love, abuse, sex, toxic, mental-illness

Ian, a teenage boy who struggles mentally, is given a hard life when his parents split. Life gets harder from then. His father becomes ignorant and mentally abusive; his mother becomes physically abusive. Hopping between both his parents lives is tedious and hurtful. He and his siblings decide to get… Read More

Tags: abuse, pain, mental-illness

Vic the Prick has recently learned he has a heart condition, which is fine with him. The old bastard just wants to die. Unfortunately for him, his daughter Jane has learned the news as well. After a lifetime of being bullied by the old man, Jane finally stands up to… Read More

Tags: cynicism, introversion, mental-illness, physical-illness

Short Story / Horror

September 30, 2020

Reads: 118

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: life, sad, woman, concept, mental-illness

Short Story / Horror /

September 29, 2020

A woman named Delores, turning towards insanity.... the rare insight of a girl who for a moment understands, and experiences the sensations the other woman must feel. Meaning of reality etc Read More

Tags: dark, life, pain, girl, mental-illness

Vic the Prick has recently learned he has a heart condition, which is fine with him. The old bastard just wants to die. Unfortunately for him, his daughter Jane has learned the news as well. After a lifetime of being bullied by the old man, Jane finally stands up to… Read More

Tags: cynicism, introversion, mental-illness, physical-illness

Tags: me, health, mental-illness

This is a poem about what life can be like inside my head with anxiety and depression. Read More

Tags: me, health, mental-illness

Tags: horror, fiction, life, mental-illness

Essay / Non-Fiction

August 27, 2020

Reads: 192

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is an essay written for a research project in my nursing program. The project asks us to write about a movie depicting mental illness, and to speak about the relevant DSM-5 criteria. Following the essay, I've included a letter written to the commissioners of justice in the state of… Read More

Tags: prison, justice, mental-illness

The story of a woman with multiple personalities in New York, and how she overcomes mental illness in the 1970's. Read More

Tags: religion, drama, split, mental-illness

Poem / Poetry

August 03, 2020

Reads: 72

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

I wrote this poem that goes with my profile pic. The picture signifies my Bi-Polar disorder. Light and dark Manic and depressed. I try to explain what it feels like to go from manic to depressive and how I use my Journal to express what it feels like. Read More

Tags: bipolar, mental-illness

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