21. The Shell
I know so many people,
But do they know me?
They recognize the face,
but that's all they ever see.
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Featured Shared Story
This really touched me because this describes me almost perfectly. I am someone who has to hide who I am, and there was only one person I didn't have to hide myself with. That person sadly...
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22. Chasing Sunsets
Having depression and anxiety is like being thrown into a raging, surging ocean
When you don't know how to swim.
Meanwhile, the whole world expects you to keep swimming forward,
To keep excelling and moving onward in this thing called life.Featured Shared StoryI am 17 years old and have been struggling with depression and anxiety for six years. The people who notice don't care enough to help me get help. I would love just for a day to get a...
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23. The New Me
Sometimes it gets better.
Sometimes you heal.
Sometimes my eyes get wetter
Waiting for these scars to heal.Featured Shared StoryThat is so amazing. It really touched me because I nearly killed myself because I used to self-harm I don't do it anymore, but sometimes I'm tempted, but I get through it and you will too!...
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24. Wretched Monster
What should I say, how should I feel?
Wretched Monster, tell me what's real.
Can you not see you're causing problems?
No matter what you do, you can't solve them. -
25. What Really Goes On?
We all have a friend
Who's silver and shines
It pierces our skin
And draws the red linesFeatured Shared StoryMy name is Bella but I have changed it to Shadow. I am 14 years old and have just started cutting during this Coronavirus pandemic. I have never had any friends, and the few I had before this...
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26. The Beginning
He whispered to her one day, Depression did.
She was just reading in her room when
He creeped up and whispered in her ear,
"No one loves you."Featured Shared StoryThis is very well written. The message here can also be associated with any addiction. It's just how it works. You shut it out for ages, you struggle every day, then when you're not on your...
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27. I Have A Secret
I have a secret.
It tears me apart
Each and every day,
Making its way to my heart.Featured Shared StoryI had a similar story to this. I suffer from depression myself. It’s all right to get emotional and let everything out. I’m still going through my depression. I have been for 12 years now,...
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28. Stay Strong
You might not understand it, you might just ask why
That all I want to do is just lay down and die.
I tried to get help; I tried to see the light,Featured Shared StoryHey I had Depression and I looked to God and he delivered me and saved me, because through him anything is possible!
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29. Master Of Disguise
She is skillful at deceiving.
No one even has a clue.
Her pretty words are weaving
Throughout the souls of me and you,Featured Shared StoryHey,
I understand how you feel. It's really sad when people don't notice. Sometimes, I need a hug, but there's no one to give me the hug, so, I hug myself and tell myself it's going to be... -
30. No More
My eyes are heavy,
My mind is sore.
I don't think
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31. In A Place Called Depression
Depression is not just sadness
It's an emotion of lonely and inner madness
It gives you thoughts of pain and loss
That other people don't give a tossFeatured Shared StoryWow, this poem was so... deep. It's just amazing, I can really relate to what you're saying. Keep your head up.
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32. The Truth
Slippery, sweet, syrupy words sticking in my brain
A lie
They won't go away no matter how much I try to send them back to where they came from
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33. Pain Unforgotten
I look in the mirror
See my past life
The scars so pronounced
from the blade of my knifeFeatured Shared StoryThis reminds me of my best friend I've ever had. She saved me from myself, when I was going through a rough time. We made so many memories together.
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34. All I Feel Is Darkness
Darkness closes in around me
As I lay my head to sleep,
Thinking of the sadness that I weep.
Every tear shed is a fear forgotten.Featured Shared StoryI'm her, but I'm not. I am the one who walks in the halls with a smile and a giggle...but i'm not. The girl who was so sure of her future, the girl who would sneak the sun inside for a short...
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35. This Life Is Mine
I lie in my bed, lost,
My soul covered with frost.
As I start to shiver,
My soul begins to wither.Featured Shared StoryBeautiful poem. Wow, I can tell you wrote this poem from your heart. I love it.
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36. Ignorance
Is anybody out there?
Is anybody listening?
The words from my mouth are silent,
But my tears scream your name.Featured Shared StoryTo tell you the truth, I never thought that such people depressed like me exist. Well, my depression started when I started my high school. The cutting started, then came suicidal...
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37. Monsters Roar Inside Me
I'm closed up ready to burst.
Every freakish thought tingles inside me.
My feelings want to escape but they live in silence.
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38. Indescribable
The burning hate,
so severe, everlasting,
the hate you take every day,
that you absorb,Featured Shared StoryI am very touched by this poem . I have favored it and I will show it to others if asked about depression. Thank you!
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39. I Promise
There is a girl
She used to live a lie
She used to cry
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40. Withholding
I learned to hold my breath in me
'Til my blue face blended in with the sea
Classroom of students in rows, front to back
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