Mental-illness stories, books, poems, and more

This is Penny's tale as she's stuck between the future and the past. Between two different men. Between need and want. It's her choice. Life or death? Possible triggers. Read More

Tags: love, depression, romance, pain, mental-illness

JUST TRUST ME

By MARIA KUZENARI SHINOHARA

Short Story / Romance

August 12, 2018

Comments: 2

Shelves: 2

Capgras delusion is a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, or other close family member (or pet) has been replaced by an identical impostor. And in this story, it's cause by paranoid schizophrenia. Read More

Tags: romance, drama, psychology, mental-illness

Falling from the Cliff- Confessions of a Bipolar Ex-Husband

By Richard Mapes

Article / Non-Fiction

August 08, 2018

Shelves: 1

Tags: marriage, divorce, article, bipolar, mental-illness

the five fingered mouth

By Chronos1012

August 06, 2018

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The The Imaginarium House

question your reality as a person. Read More

Tags: horror, scary, mental-illness, alien-hand

Featured Review by MARIA KUZENARI SHINOHARA

"That was really fantastic! I think you should get the best writer award for this. If I'm not wrong, you wrote on Alien Hand Syndrome. It's a..." Read More

INADEQUATE

By Sue Harris

Short Story / Other

August 03, 2018

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

Alan and Lizzie celebrate the birth of their first, and longed for, child, but Lizzie finds motherhood unexpectedly challenging. While the characters are fictional, the story is based on a real life situation. Read More

Tags: birth, relationships, desperation, mental-illness

Hello, Panic, My Old Friend

By ElleEverAfterDee

Short Story / Memoir

August 02, 2018

Comments: 9

Shelves: 5

This is for the writing contest and the theme I picked out was mental health and mental-illness. It goes in depth of what it is, I try to go in depth of what it's like living with a mental illness or a mental disorder. Read More

Tags: contest, mental-illness

Shackles Of The Mind

By Noggles Nose

Book / Action and Adventure

August 01, 2018

Shelves: 2

Justin Thatcher has lived most of his life with mental illness. When the weight of his illness becomes too much to bare, Justin seeks an unconventional approach to recovery. However, the treatment comes with life changing side effects. Read More

Tags: fiction, adventure, hero, action, mental-illness

Schizophrenia

By Propinquity Bytes

Short Story / Non-Fiction

July 31, 2018

Comments: 7

Shelves: 3

For a contest. The mental illness is Visual and Auditory Schizophrenia. I reseached some sites that helped me understand what it is most like and I portrayed what i learned in this writing. Note that there are many types of ways that this can affect someone. Heres the site… Read More

Tags: hallucination, contest, schizophrenia, mental-illness

Ghost

By Joy Shaw

Poem / Poetry

July 29, 2018

Comments: 4

Shelves: 3

Tags: healing, trauma, mental-illness

Featured Review by Sue Harris

"A chilling, evocative poem, Joy, exceptionally well written. " Read More

//HÜRT//HËAL//

By Melancholic Wisdom

Poem / Poetry

July 26, 2018

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

You're supposed to heal me, but you're hurting me. Read More

Tags: death, depression, sadness, mental-illness, mental-help

Who We Are

By ImpulsivelyPenned

Poem / Poetry

July 15, 2018

Shelves: 1

A description of us. Read More

Tags: depression, poetry, mental-illness, mental-health, mental-disorder

Two Birds, One Stone

By Melancholic Wisdom

Poem / Poetry

July 15, 2018

Comments: 6

Shelves: 3

Live together and die together Read More

Tags: love, relationship, sadness, suicide, mental-illness

Inheritance

By Erin Werner

Poem / Poetry

July 12, 2018

Shelves: 1

A midday's confession. Read More

Tags: depression, mental-illness, bipolar-ii

Anxiety

By Nola M

Poem / Poetry

July 11, 2018

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

TW: mention of self harm, mention of suicide. Read More

Tags: depression, anxiety, mental-illness, tw, trigger-warning

It Is Worth Noting

By Nola M

Poem / Literary Fiction

July 11, 2018

Shelves: 1

I read this story, Bullet In The Brain by Tobias Wolff, during my creative writing class this past spring. This is a poem I made out of words and phrases that were in that short story. Read More

Tags: loss, depression, mental-illness, bullet-in-the-brain, tobias-wolff

A Day In Our Head

By SavageHeart

Poem / Non-Fiction

July 05, 2018

Shelves: 1

It's simply a poem I wrote due to certain thoughts me and a few friends have been having. Read More

Tags: depression, anxiety, mental-illness, inner-demons

BPD

By Ashyboy

Poem / Poetry

July 02, 2018

Shelves: 1

A poetry piece I wrote on how it feels to live with this disorder. Read More

Tags: mental-illness, mental-health, bpd, borderline-personality-disorder

"Smile"

By Rayne Laury

Poem / Poetry

July 02, 2018

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

Tags: depression, sad, smile, sadness, mental-illness

How depression feels like

By Hamza S. Arisar

July 02, 2018

Shelves: 1

This poem explains how everyday struggle with depression feels like. It shows how it affects you around people. Read More

Tags: depression, struggle, psychiatrist, mental-illness, struggle-with-depression

Breathe

By SeannWritesStuff

Short Story / Flash Fiction

June 19, 2018

Shelves: 1

Working late can sometimes be an ordeal... Read More

Tags: work, panic, anxiety, attack, mental-illness

The guilt of my depression

By Hamza S. Arisar

June 14, 2018

Shelves: 1

This is the story of my life and my battle with my depression. Read More

Tags: depression, struggle, psychiatrist, mental-illness, struggle-with-depression

On Mental Illness (my very brief account)

By Mahan1372

Miscellaneous / Non-Fiction

June 14, 2018

Shelves: 1

I wrote this after Kate Spade’s passing, and finally decided to post it on here. Read More

Tags: depression, suicide, anxiety, mental-illness, kate-spade

My struggle with depression

By Hamza S. Arisar

June 10, 2018

Shelves: 1

The The Imaginarium House

This piece that I have wrote shares my own personal struggle with depression. It explains my everyday life while battling depression and anxiety. Read More

Tags: depression, struggle, psychiatrist, mental-illness, struggle-with-depression

A SAFE HAVEN

By Sue Harris

Short Story / Flash Fiction

May 27, 2018

Comments: 5

Shelves: 3

Maddi finds her soulmate on the internet... a perfect match with a difference! Read More

Tags: technology, romance, relationships, panic, mental-illness

mindless thinking

By poempaperkate

Poem / Young Adult

May 13, 2018

Shelves: 1

The Young Adult Readers And Writers House

A short poem discussing what it means to call yourself crazy. Read More

Tags: feminism, anxiety, mental-illness

My Sun

By forgottensoul

Book / Romance

May 11, 2018

Shelves: 1

A story about the ups and downs of living with depression and trying to find your place. Read More

Tags: love, depression, romance, mental-illness

Faceless final draft

By Isaac Nathan

Book / Mystery and Crime

May 03, 2018

Shelves: 1

A riveting and concerning glimpse into the epidemic of mental illness in the 21st century that will not soon be forgotten. As told by face an obsessive compulsive bipolar insomniac. Read More

Tags: horror, erotic, crime, psychological, mental-illness

Death; Devil; God

By Thanatos

Book / Thrillers

April 26, 2018

Shelves: 1

This is the latest draft of the first chapter of a fiction novel I am working on together with my friend, M. I have put this on Booksie specifically to share on Facebook and other media platforms. As the book progresses, I intend to share other samples,… Read More

Tags: crime, mental-illness, psychopaths, childhood-trauma, socipaths

The Madness of Art

By AMIBL

Book / Non-Fiction

April 24, 2018

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1