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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

Poem / Non-Fiction

January 21, 2021

Reads: 25

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

You need to look outside of your box. Read More

Tags: life, people, concept, mental-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: 19

Shelves: 1

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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

Poem / Poetry

January 09, 2021

Reads: 49

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: life, girl, concept, mental-illness

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: 52

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: 84

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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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: 55

Shelves: 1

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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: 91

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

An insight, depiction of insanity. A woman named Delores, turning towards insanity.... the 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: life, sad, girl, 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: 149

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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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: 60

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

Slightly metaphorical view of my sex life. Read More

Tags: love, sex, toxic, mental-illness

In a world where mental illness is not understood we only see each others faliures Read More

Tags: family, drama, friends, mental-illness

Tags: life, self, narcissism, mental-illness, agewise

Short Story / Romance

June 18, 2020

Reads: 119

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: love, relationships, life, self, mental-illness

Featured Review by Sharief Hendricks

"Wow Shirley M. Really nice story... humanity in its rawest form !!! Clay can finally rest...and hopefully enjoy heavenly music.... Love..." Read More

Tags: acceptance, self, adaptation, mental-illness, agewise

Tags: love, death, relationships, grief, mental-illness

Book / Memoir

June 03, 2020

Reads: 458

Comments: 1

Shelves: 3

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I guess I would like to give the world some sense of understanding of what it’s like to live and struggle with mental illness, addiction, abuse, sexual.. I don’t know how to name it. (It’s complicated). I guess partially unwilling promiscuity comes closest. If any of those aren’t your thing… Read More

Tags: abuse, drugs, stripper, mental-illness, sexual-trauma

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