Broken

• by Kayla
• 3 years ago

This about made me cry. It hit so close to home. I was recently diagnosed with PTSD and anxiety and depression, and this touched me. This is exactly how I feel every minute of every hour of every day. It's hard. This was an amazing poem - so powerful.

• by Sadkitty
• 6 years ago

I'm glad you wrote this. I can relate to this so much. The mask doesn't last forever. You'd think after wearing it so often it would become you. I was abused in the care system for almost 15 years. Mentally. emotionally. Physically. Verbally. Neglected. Most days starved others overfed. You're sad for so long you become numb to it and eventually addicted to the darkness.

• by Julia Davis
• 6 years ago

This is how I feel. I try so hard to make my family happy, but at times I feel like they wish I was not around. I feel empty deep inside. Thank you for the poem!!

• by Paul J. O'Brien
• 6 years ago

Beautifully written right from the heart. Carry on telling people how you feel; don't keep things bottled up like my son did. Unfortunately, he's no longer with us. See my poem, "Jonathan's Krakatoa." You are a wonderful person.

• by Felix Mophandle
• 6 years ago

I really liked this poem. In a perfect world, I'd like to think that it only applies to a few people. Fact of the matter is, there are many of us who experience this. Life is not a friendly place. The question, "Are you ready for all of me?" made me think pretty hard. Everyone has their demons. Only difference? Some are better actors than others.

• by Makezie Hayes
• 6 years ago

I suffer very badly from PTSD due to situations that happened to me in the past. I could relate to this poem so much I can't believe it's real. This poem spoke for me. I'm truly thankful for it.

• by Danielle Miller
• 7 years ago

I read this poem, and I thought for a minute you were talking about me. I feel this way every single day. I tend to actually ask the guys that I date those exact questions. It's because I don't feel like I'm worth it or that they really mean what they say to me.

• by Tamara
• 7 years ago

This poem just made me break down in tears. I felt as if you wrote this about me. I've been going through this for years. Being bipolar has me in some rollercoaster rides. Thank you, that was beautiful.

• by Autumn Schuttek
• 8 years ago

This poem touched me because of the very first line. I actually am dealing with thoughts like that right now. I have actually gotten up in the middle of class, (I am a freshman in high school), and walked out, and nobody noticed, and those who did didn't care enough to go after me or ask me later what was wrong.

• by Kelsey, Michigan
• 9 years ago

I'm 16 years old. It seems like it doesn't matter how much I work on myself and change, but people will always label me as the kind of person that I used to be. Always living in the past and judging me for everything I do. I can't make any move without being spitted on somehow. It's hard to move on if everyone won't. It's like it's you against the world and you always have to prove yourself to everyone and go an extra mile.

If everyone will always have that image of you, condemn you, judge you, laugh at you, and look at you with disgrace for the rest of your life, no matter how hard you try to prove them wrong, what's the point? I'd rather die now then live the rest of my life with all that. Because that is living hell. Especially if it's the people who are supposed to love you unconditionally. Everyone makes mistakes, and no one should be an exception. You live and you learn.

• by Sarah Quinn, Alberta
• 9 years ago

If I can inspire 1 person with my story then that will make me happy. I am 19 and I have a beautiful 5 month old baby boy. He saved me, I'm not even exaggerating. I was a meth addict for 2 1/2 years. Everyday I was high, and if I wasn't I was thinking of ways to get high or to die. Homeless, hopeless and addicted. I felt so worthless. Like who would ever want to be with a homeless, high, suicidal girl. I had my house raided by cops, I got pimped out, raped and so many more terrible things that I would never wish upon a person. The moment I found out I was pregnant I quit meth cold turkey. I relapsed once and have been sober for over a year now. If I never got pregnant I know I would still be on the streets or worst dead. I am doing so much better now. I'm still not the happiest person, I have bad and good days. I promise that for those out there who want to commit suicide that it's not worth it. Things can change in time. :)

• by Tanekka
• 9 years ago

Sometimes I end up with people who don't deserve to have to deal with my past hurt and pain. I have shut people out so much that one guy almost killed himself, because I wouldn't tell him my past. When I finally told him the things that happened to me, he walked away and didn't even try to help me get help.

• by Amara
• 9 years ago

I feel lonely and depressed all day everyday and I feel worthless too. I have attempted suicide multiple times. I do not know how I am still alive. I have scars on my right arm and one going diagonal on my chest. My heart is a thousand pieces now. It is scary for me and my friends because I am only 15 with a long life ahead of me. Will I ever be able to continue life and overcome depression?

• by Racheal Weikum, U.S.A Texas
• 9 years ago

I always feel alone, and depressed. I hide my feelings behind a smile and laughs because if I talk to someone they seem to not understand. They say they will help but they aren't, they are just making it worse. I don't know what to do anymore. I have thoughts about killing myself sometimes. Now I feel like dyeing because no one seems to care for me all. I am a waste of time and energy and no one wants me because I cause problems even if I don't mean too.

• by Bianca, Cape Town
• 9 years ago

I had been through a lot in my life. I met this guy who always tries to pretend as if he is helping me out, but when I wrote this poem to him he started to act strangely, does that means he is not good for me?