Mental-illness stories, books, poems, and more

a divine composition of insanity is a compilation of poetry and personal essays that hold the thoughts and feelings of a not so sound mind. Read More

Tags: healing, trauma, mental-illness, bpd, drug-abuse

Look after yourself

Poem / Poetry /

July 08, 2022

It is important that if you are caring for someone, you need to look after yourself. Taken from the poetry book I am developing. Read More

Tags: caring, mental-illness, carer

Graffiti

By stephanie-scissom

Short Story / Horror

July 01, 2022

Comments: 1

A young college student is haunted by the ghost of her mentally ill ex. Read More

Tags: suicide, haunting, mental-illness

Confusion

Poem / Poetry /

June 19, 2022

Poem about caring for someone who is suffering mental illness. Read More

Tags: caring, mental-illness, carer

The complaint - I am angry!

Poem / Poetry /

June 09, 2022

A poem from the poetry book I am working on. It is about a family member caring for someone, but has been recently let down by the mental health services. So obviously they complain. Read More

Tags: caring, nhs, mental-illness

The thin line of Patience

Poem / Poetry /

June 09, 2022

Comments: 1

Poem is about a carer who is looking after a family member and is frustrated about the mental health services not getting back to him. The person the carer is caring for is detained and very unwell. Read More

Tags: caring, mental-illness, carer

Peer Carer

Poem / Poetry /

June 06, 2022

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

Taken from the poetry book I am working on for this year. Read More

Tags: caring, mental-illness, carer

Awaiting the relapse

Poem / Poetry /

June 04, 2022

A Poem from the book that I am working on regarding caring for someone suffering mental illness. Read More

Tags: caring, mental-illness, carer

The Ward Round

Poem / Other /

June 03, 2022

Taken from the poetry book that I am working on. The book contains poems about the experience of caring. Read More

Tags: caring, nhs, mental-illness

Listen to Me

Poem / Other /

June 02, 2022

Taken from the book the book I am working on "The Poetry book of mental health caring" Read More

Tags: caring, mental-illness, carer

Experiencing mental health caregiving - Unpaid Carers

Book / Non-Fiction

June 02, 2022

The book serves as a way to connect and network with unpaid mental health carers as the experience of providing unpaid care can be an isolating experience. The 2nd book by Matthew McKenzie who is a former mental health carer tried to capture the challenges faced by carers with insight… Read More

Tags: nhs, mental-illness, carers, carer-givers

Whats going on?

Poem / Poetry /

May 31, 2022

Taken from the poetry book "The Poetry book of mental health caring". A book about carer's experiences of caring for someone suffering mental illness. Read More

Tags: caring, mental-illness, carer

Harborview

By John Nash

Short Story / Horror

May 08, 2022

A young man is pulled away from his family and winds up in the wilds of rural Maine where he later wakes up in a hospital with no memory or understanding of the last few days of his life. Read More

Tags: hospital, maine, afterlife, mental-illness, new-york

Poem - Trust

By poeticprisoner

Poem / Poetry

April 23, 2022

Shelves: 1

Learning to trust people again after a trauma is really hard, this poem speaks of this difficulty. Read More

Tags: trust, fear, anxiety, trying, mental-illness

THE FEAR OF BONE.

By Flambe

Short Story / Flash Fiction

April 07, 2022

Comments: 1

Tags: life, society, people, commentary, mental-illness

Nada

Poem / Poetry

March 30, 2022

Comments: 4

A rather dark poem about the troubled life and sad ending of Ernest Hemingway, one of the 20th Century's most renowned writers. I wrote this for a creative writing class at UTSA back in the Fall of 1992. Read More

Tags: depression, hemingway, mental-illness

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"Very nice " Read More

Dreaming in Lotus Land

Poem / Poetry

February 08, 2022

Reflections on love, mortality, and the nature of Time. Read More

Tags: heartache, eternity, time, mortality, mental-illness

Moving Stillness

Poem / Poetry

February 08, 2022

A young girl's dreams as she deals with mental illness and domestic abuse Read More

Tags: abuse, teenager, mental-illness

My Hell

By M.L.Williamson Hume

Short Story / Romance

February 02, 2022

This story is my personal journey through my bipolar disorder. Read More

Tags: mental-illness

On tepid backs.

By Flambe

Poem / Poetry

January 13, 2022

Tags: society, women, mental-illness

Shoe Flungin Lies

By Flambe

Poem / Poetry

January 13, 2022

Tags: satire, life, mental-illness, slam-poetry

Paranoia in Distrust

By YaoiMaster

Book / Thrillers

January 08, 2022

When all you have left is insanity and the want to do inhumane things, what do you do? The story takes place nearly fourteen years after a Japanese boy named Shunchou was born. After his birth, he was almost immediately sent to an insane asylum because the doctors found out… Read More

Tags: gay, drugs, crime, asylum, mental-illness

Patient 938

By J.R.Flores

Short Story / Non-Fiction

January 02, 2022

Narrator goes to the mental health facility for the first time. Read More

Tags: hospital, mental-illness

Eisenhower Age

Poem / Poetry

December 21, 2021

Comments: 2

The existential struggles of a lonely, unfullfilled housewife in 1950's suburban America Read More

Tags: ufos, mental-illness, cults, 1950s, suburban-houswife

Undiagnosed

By BullGooseLoony

Short Story / Non-Fiction

October 18, 2021

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Just writing to try to keep myself sane. -B.G Loony Read More

Tags: anxiety, stress, mental-illness, mental-health, undiagnosed

STILL

By Matthew Hair

Short Story / Non-Fiction

October 11, 2021

Comments: 5

Shelves: 1

600 words. A short story written for Archia's Review Chain Contest. Read More

Tags: contest, mental-illness, review-chain

Trauma and Mental Illness

By upside down

Miscellaneous / Non-Fiction

September 28, 2021

Comments: 1

Free writing about my trauma growing up and not disclosing my abusers. By doing this i keep my identity protected. Read More

Tags: trauma, bipolar, ptsd, mental-illness

The Way I See It

By ZoeTrying

Book / Young Adult

October 03, 2021

Comments: 1