Writing

Alive

A Story by Lauren

A short story I wrote celebrating my decision to recover from depression. All of the events discussed in the story are not all true, some are, some ar..

Mental Health Solutions

A Poem by Subversive Reality

Don't label me a problem, doc I need solutionsI'm not a kook, not a nutterNor a danger to society,I'm no stranger to "normality"Don't have me boxed in..

Constant Companions

A Poem by Rod Dangers

My experience with mental health

Fresh from the Void

A Poem by Subversive Reality

Drifting, across conscious streams, The subversive version,Here it comes, cannabinoid saturate, A new soul, fresh from the void On it passes, through ..

A Schizophrenic Will: A Story of Madness, A Story ..

A Book by Will River

Many biographies of people with mental illness seem to dwell primarily on the feeling of hopelessness, and they keep expectations for the sufferer's f..

first half terms instalments of my emotion diary

A Poem by hannahKatz

i keep a diary that i write in when i want to try and make sense of what i'm feeling.

Days Drag On

A Poem by Ainslie

Each dayThe drags get longerAs my life gets shorterAnd I'm toldThere's nothing wrongBut they haven't been put outAs if they were nothing

Recovery

A Poem by Jennifer

I wrote this the night before being discharged from a mental hospital.

PTSD

A Poem by Ainslie

With PTSDYour head is never really "quiet"It's alwaysOver analyzingWhether it's people, places, or situationsIt always happensAre they going to hit me..

Watch you,Watch them..

A Poem by Alicia Schroeder

a poem about doing you best despite the chaos people try to bring.

Hello Tomorrow

A Book by dw817

My brief and certainly unpleasant experience of a Mental Hospital I was placed in a few weeks ago. And - yes - I am back, but it may take me weeks to ..

HT 01 "Golden Day"

A Chapter by dw817

I felt the weird whir-chk-chk in my head start up. My teeth started to chatter, and I knew I was ready to hurt someone now. But I kept it in check, li..

Storms Strengthen

A Poem by Blue Belle

A poem of gaining strength

What is it like?

A Poem by Paigestar2004

Mental Health

Those days

A Poem by kimberley

Sometimes i do not want to liveThose are good daysSometimes i tear my flesh until it bleedsThose are okay daysSometimes I am the happiest i have ever ..

Breaking Pointe

A Book by Stephanie

A dance teacher commits herself into a a psychiatric hospital after a nervous breakdown and rediscovers herself through art, friends, and the power of..