Depression stories, books, poems, and more

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This is a newer one I wrote last year. Read More

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About how someone feels at the worst of their times and at wit’s end… Read More

Tags: depression, life, sad

I’ve never written anything before. This is just me after I tried to describe how I was feeling today. Read More
A poem written in the voice of a young person with a eating disorder. Please do not read if triggering for you in any shape or form. I am not glamorising the disorder, only highlighting the issue and the effect it has on their mind. Read More
Don't Let It In was a poem I wrote in 2019 after watching The Babadook in my Horror Films class and relating to the cinematics. Read More
Poem for those who suffer and all others to be more aware of their pain. Can't promise great quality, but will do my best In to portray it well. Read More
Still here over thinking everyone and everything. Read More

Poem / Romance

April 27, 2023

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Comments: 2

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im a mess in all right now and no one cares Read More
A poem about how I have prayed for a savior but one isn’t there, and the insanity I feel when I start to believe the dead will save me. Read More
Really about a midlife crisis about my fleeting, disappointing, love life. Read More
A poem about my battle with both depression and cancer at the same time, describing the feeling that comes with being both sick in the spirit and body. Written as I lay in a hospital bed as my body continued to get more sick. Read More

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Comments: 18

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Featured Review by TK Field

"Yes, very nice and evocative, like a dream. Love the metaphors. My female ports and shores always turned out to be the sirens luring me onto the..." Read More

I hope you can relate and get through the rough times. It may feel like it will be forver but I promise it gets better Read More
!(Trigger Warning Sensitive Topics such as suicide, Ed, depression, murder)! I wrote this story trying to explain the dark side of social media and what to try to avoid. As we all know it can cause suicides, depression, mental health going down, etc. We also all have had that thought… Read More
!!TRIGGER WARNING: ABUSE, BLOOD, MURDER, HEAVY SUBJECTS, AND DEATH!! This is a poem that describes the pain my father had put me and my family in. It describes how he was as a father and husband which both were not very pleasant. I have forgiven him and my mother for… Read More

Poem / Poetry

April 09, 2023

A poem about Depression and sadness in general. Comment if you had any experience with this. I would love to hear your response(s). Read More

Poem / Poetry

April 09, 2023

Reads: 151

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A poem about depression and my experience. Read More
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