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daydreamingbaby
daydreamingbaby

Say It Like You Mean It

You ask if i’m okay. I lie. And say i’m fine. Plastering a fake smile on my face. I bite my tongue. Before I can change my mind. You ask if i’m okay. I lie. And say i’m fine.

36 19 157 words
sjw
sjw

Fighting To Keep My Sparkle

Grey skies invade my horizon they're shutting out my sun. I'm feeling deflated, don't like it, and from it I want to run. Darkness falls stifling my optimism, preventing my smiles.

48 24 85 words
DrewTexas
DrewTexas

•Soul Eater•

I didn't realise how long I made this one!. :O •Chapter 27 - It's You• •Kai• Ammi's mind. It remembers the events. It remembers the times.

22 5 1818 words
NayAriBella
NayAriBella

Poem I Wrote August 2009

I'm a prisoner in my own mind and body It's always lock up the true feelings and image of who I am for the fear that people will never understand me Maybe every once in a blue moon do I unlock the...

22 6 105 words
misslittleDHP
misslittleDHP

I Stand Here

I stand here. Just staring at empty space. I daren't feel. My fears I cannot face. They twist my gut. My chest feels tight. In this tunnel of mine. There is no saving light. I walk with a dark cloud.

40 19 96 words
catherinederp
catherinederp

perfect

Perfect Something I've never longed to be I'm not cocky, trust me To think I am already But what defines perfect, eh. Is it the appearance physically.

32 5 122 words
across_open_skies
across_open_skies

As She Fades Away

She wears a mask upon her face. She hates those inevitable judgements. All she wants is to find a place.

0 0 173 words
anna_dance7
anna_dance7

Did You Ever Think It Would Be Me?

Did you ever think it would be That little girl with the tiny curls framing her face and the dimples The one who's eyes glowed Who would throw the ball at a stranger Ask their name And smile.

2 0 231 words
jrodthedestroyer
jrodthedestroyer

Of Apathy

I haven't even gotten on Opuss in a shamefully long time. The truth is I've been completely dry of inspiration.

14 2 229 words
wanderer
wanderer

Confession.

Some days, I feel so alien to the world around me. On these days, every touch feels false and every word seems shallow.

12 4 178 words
gocky
gocky

Birthdays

This year left me feeling completely empty. Sometimes my mind wanders back to when I felt perfectly happy.

14 8 126 words
RandomGirl
RandomGirl

Just Hold On

I hate to see you so sad and falling into a pit of depression. I want to pull you out and wrap you in my arms. Don't go I'm here to help, I'm your friend you can trust me.

10 0 89 words
DepressionAnon
DepressionAnon

Scarlet Tears

Fires ablaze within my eyes, A smile concealing all my lies, Screaming, begging, calling out, A final, frantic, desperate, shout.

6 0 201 words
Emily_InspiresAll
Emily_InspiresAll

Judge Me, I'm Different.

I have a brother with autism. He faces challenges everyday by the people in the streets judging him, mocking him and they have no idea...

42 22 208 words
daydreamingbaby
daydreamingbaby

Then Will Everything Be Okay

If I close my eyes tight. And block out the world. Then will everything be okay. If I pray and pray. And wish on my lucky stars. Then will everything be okay. If I put on a smile.

4 0 103 words
Stablish
Stablish

Put Out The Bat Signal

'Alfred, I'm in the batcave, There's a situation, It's serious. There's a woman running round, Called Harley , Shes delirious.

26 14 100 words
nomeolvides
nomeolvides

You'd Have To Be Depressed To Understand

It's like drowning. Always drowning. The water fills your lungs, And threatens to pull you under. You'd have to be depressed to understand.

42 20 164 words
steampunkwriter2
steampunkwriter2

Untitled

Melissa feeling the anxiety building, sat on the park bench nervously smoking a cigarette. She was to meet Dr. Henschel, the man who was going to subdue her pain.

4 0 184 words
JohnDoeuk
JohnDoeuk

A Realisation.

Tonight a character in a novel called 'looking for Alaska' by John Green awoke me to a realisation, the line I read was 'Y'all smoke to enjoy it, I smoke to die', the realisation was that that's what...

0 0 354 words
Hauxstar2013
Hauxstar2013

The Sleepy Nightshift

It's that time again, to close my eyes and start my sleepless nightshift, My sanity and sleep have seemingly developed a midnight rift.

6 2 147 words
HeatherAnne
HeatherAnne

Pretending.

If I hide beneath my quilt, Maybe it will go. If I bury under sheets, Nobody here will know. If I smile and wave my hand, It'll be just like I'm fine, If I laugh along with you, It'll be as if I...

88 7 92 words
tetti2
tetti2

Pica

An eating disorder like no other This is a desire to eat things that have no nutritional value. I have this disorder experience it first hand, It's a laughable matter that few understand.

26 21 98 words
sammielee46
sammielee46

Addiction.

The introvert had the deadliest mind, Many dark secrets and crimes you'd find, He sat and rarely spoke a complete recluse, In his mind he was plotting his next drug abuse, His mind a maze of...

30 6 216 words
simplyperfection
simplyperfection

❀reflections❀

#SimplyPerfection10Days. stare into the mirror. thinking, "Who am I?". notice all my flaws. just wondering, "Why?". wishing to be cooler. to be like everyone else. not realizing it is better.

16 2 116 words
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