Depressing stories, books, poems, and more

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White Walls

By Kirsten Miles

Poem / Horror

October 02, 2024

Comments: 1

A darker poem. *First seen in The Poetry Box: Dark Horror magazine; UK. Read More

Tags: horror, poetry, depressing, sadpoetry

Featured Review by Bert Broomberg

"A great poem. I enjoyed reading it a lot." Read More

My Desire, My Shame

Poem / Poetry

January 08, 2023

Something I wrote about a person I opened up to, but no matter what I say or do, she always seems to disappear without saying why, but I know she feels something for me, and maybe one day she'll understand what she means to me. Read More

Tags: love, lonely, sad, personal, depressing

One Last Embrace

Poem / Poetry

December 12, 2022

This is something I wrote based on someone who has touched my heart so much, I cannot help but to write something about her, about how much I care and she doesn't even know. For Shiri, maybe one day you'll read this. Read More

Tags: love, lonely, sad, personal, depressing

Release

Miscellaneous / Other

October 12, 2022

I honestly can't really explain what this, but I assume that you guys have guessed from my other stories that I have some mental health issues and after revealing these to some close friends I've since had a lot of thoughts about these that I don't really know if I'm… Read More

Tags: suicide, depressing, opinionated, suicidal-thoughts, real-world-stuff

being consumed

Miscellaneous / True Confessions

August 31, 2022

If I give in, will I lose myself? Read More

Tags: suicide, depressing, opinionated, suicidal-thoughts, real-world-stuff

How much does a life cost?

Miscellaneous / True Confessions

May 20, 2022

Me thinking about the commonly used phrase "the cost of a life". Read More

Tags: depressing, opinionated, real-world-stuff

Advice from a professional

Short Story / True Confessions

March 02, 2022

This really hit me as I was writing it, but if it offends anyone I'm really sorry. I've never gone to therapy before (even though my stories seem to show i might need it) so I can only guess how others as well as myself might feel in that situation.… Read More

Tags: depressing, opinionated, real-world-stuff

depressing poems

By codenameaspen

Book / Poetry

January 13, 2022

This is just a few poems I wrote when I was feeling sorta down :( overarching tws for self harm, suicidal ideation, etc. Read More

Tags: sad, depressing

Noises and Silence

Short Story / True Confessions

November 01, 2021

Comments: 1

The noises follows me everywhere. I can never escape it and it will never leave me alone. i just want silence, won't you give me silence? Read More

Tags: suicide, depressing, opinionated, suicidal-thoughts, real-world-stuff

Clock on the Wall

By Anna Pine

Short Story / Flash Fiction

August 26, 2021

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

Every morning, I woke up next to the love of my life. Every day, I looked forward to spending the rest of my life with him. That is until one morning, my dreams were shattered. Read More

Tags: romance, aging, memories, depressing, long-lasting-love

Expectations

Miscellaneous / Editorial and Opinion

August 12, 2021

Comments: 1

Expectations are part of daily life and we can't escape them, but how much do they really impact our lives? Read More

Tags: depressing, opinionated, real-world-stuff

The Author Dies At The End

By TheNightmareNobody

Book / Other

July 29, 2021

Everybody talks about the zombie apocalypse, but what about afterward? This is the journal of someone who survived the end of the world, and has to keep on living. Read More

Tags: survival, apocalypse, journal, depressing, zombie

Pilastri del rimpiantio

By Cicero Avennicci

Poem / Poetry

March 25, 2021

Shelves: 1

Life is quite a bore for those unfortunate, those whose passion is either undeveloped or long through although, memories can strike the heart like a blade and pierce right through sanity. Read More

Tags: poetry, emotion, depressing, booksie

Journey

By MirroredIMG

Poem / Poetry

November 17, 2020

Tags: poetry, life, clean, depressing, mirroredimg

endless abyss

By -aspen-

Poem / Poetry

November 10, 2020

Tags: depressing

The Willow's Barren

Poem / Poetry

November 04, 2020

One of the last poems I wrote stemming a couple years back, and one that details what was going on through my mind being at a standstill in my life of which way my life was heading. Read More

Tags: darkness, personal, depressing, scenery, thematic

Day After Day

Poem / Poetry

November 05, 2020

A while back, namely 5 years ago, I wrote this piece because I was experiencing a monotonous depressing routine day in and day out so I had to put my feelings and emotions onto paper. Read More

Tags: inspiration, frustration, depressing, motivation, emptiness

Step Inside of Madness

Poem / Poetry

November 04, 2020

Tags: darkness, personal, frustration, depressing, thematic

When Dusk Finds Its Way

Poem / Poetry

November 04, 2020

Based on what I experienced a couple of years back when I was suffering from severe insomnia, so I wrote this poem on how it felt and what I was going through. Read More

Tags: inspiration, nightmare, depressing, motivation, insightful

Never Ending

Poem / Poetry

November 04, 2020

Wrote this piece a couple of years back when I was at a downwards turn in my life and I felt I could doing nothing about anything. Read More

Tags: inspiration, depressing, motivation, insightful, thematic

Angling Downwards

Poem / Poetry

November 04, 2020