Tag: poems about mental illness

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  Mental Health Poem About Depression and Spring

  Apr 5, 2023

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  Justin Farley

  I’m grateful that spring does usually take away the seasonal depression that I get in the winter. But I was thinking about how people whose depression remains all year long must feel in spring and was inspired to write this poem. Maybe SpringMaybe spring will forgive meif I don’t rush to welcome her arrival,if I…

• Poem about Depression, Anxiety, and Bipolar Disorder

  Jan 18, 2020

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  Justin Farley

  Wavering Emotions What pulls me out of bed in the morning? What lies beyond the break of day? Some days find me bouncing to work, others a struggle to summon the energy to play. How do I slay this elusive dragon that renders me depressed and without drive? My heart longs and desires to flourish,…

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  Rhyming Mental Health Poem About Bipolar Disorder Manic Depression

  Nov 1, 2017

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  Justin Farley

  A poem about mental health that rhymes comparing bipolar disorder to a lifelong roller coaster ride that you are unable to get off of, written by poet Justin Farley.

• Living With Fear – A Poem About Anxiety Disorder and Mental Illness

  Dec 11, 2015

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  Justin Farley

  Living With Fear – A Poem About Anxiety and Mental Illness Close your eyes.Keep yourself blindTo the hideous beastThat hides beneath this veil of security. Pretend you can’t see meFor who I am –A scared, frightened, shell of a manRaging in the solitude of fear’s prison. I can’t even stand the visionThat stares back at…

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