I cried again today I do most days as I awake Questioning why I stay Tethered unhappily to life Tears and panic set in I struggle and thrash about Trying to quiet my mind I listen to the calming sound Your voice whispering the words Calming the inexplicab...
Find your next favourite story now
Login
Anxiety Stories
Wall-mart
"I can feel it coming soon,scared to even leave this room...now I'm panicking inside.." Stilrize."Mayday! Mayday! The ship is slowly sinking They think I'm crazy but they don't know the feeling." -My Demons, Starset. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I don't know if I can do it. I work at Walmart- you don't understand. It's their biggest sale night and ev...
Programmed Response/Patterns
"Sick of all the fear, I'm screaming..." -Anxiety, Stilrize."Hello! How are you?" She says it enthusiastically, speaking to the customer placing their items on the belt, smiling a friendly smile and trying desperately to focus only on that one person and not on the line building behind them. The items finally reac...
I Hate Phones (And Other Crap)
Anxiety on the phone and elsewhere portrayed in short stories.We're reading To Kill A Mockingbird in class and I've been called on to read and while I can read it aloud perfectly fine all by myself in my room, I bite my lip. I pause and I swallow a couple times and my hands get all hot and sweaty. My nickname Street...
A Swarm of Bees
Have you ever wondered what a panic attack is like?This musing only available on Stories Space. if you are reading it elsewhere, it has been stolen."Pull yourself together!""Mind over matter...""Don't be so ridiculous.""Get a grip.""Just calm down.""Take deeeeep breaths..."If you've never suffered from a...
Betsy stood, hands linked at her waist. Agitated, her right thumb rubbed back and forth over her left thumb. “Hi sweetheart,” I said, advancing for my welcome home kiss. “Please, don’t shout at me.” Pale blue eyes were pleading, almost fearful. I halted i...
Panic!
Dedicated to panic attack sufferers, who understand the horrorIcy flash!Awake at night!Jolt shoots through my being!Numbness travels up my arms -And as I lose my feeling -Heart thumps fast at such a pace,It seems to want to flee me -High pitched shriek Runs through my headMy chest in death grip squeezing -Body cold...
Walking On A Wire
Every day I try to look my best, even though inside I'm such a mess. ~Invisible, Skylar GreyShe climbs up the ladder, lands at the tight rope, her trick of choice. She will attempt to walk it, straight across, without leaning either way. She is fine until halfway through, then her foot slips and she plummets to the left--but she catches herself....
Get Free access to these great features
- Create your own custom Profile
- Share your imaginative stories with the community
- Curate your own reading list and follow authors
- Enter exclusive competitions
- Chat with like minded people
- Tip your favourite authors
Depression
That is true depression and anxiety...It's like the world is crashing around me I'm drowning and suffocating under my own breath Like reaching for a branch that isn't there Only to be plunged back under the water Swirling around in circles All the while telling myself everything will be okay...
That Little Ship
The second full poem I wrote for a collaboration on Anxiety. Dark and depressing.This is the second attempt on a collaboration I participated in on Anxiety / Release. This one didn't make the cut, but I am posting all the poems I wrote as part of the journey. It was dark times in my head as I wrote this, and travelled the path to the...
Thanks for the Ride
The first poem I wrote in a series on Anxiety.I wrote this piece as the first effort in a collaboration between myself and an artist. The theme was Anxiety / Release. They said I was wrong in the head, a case study for the shrinks. Neurotic, psychotic... and a few other - otics and - olics. Uniquenes...
A father toiling beneath a sky of gruesome darkness Merciless sun on his back, a storm in his heart. A mother burying her child with dignified acquiescence, Body too beat-down to spare more than a single tear. A child marching with a village song in his...
Home Is Where the Heart Is - Part One
It's not always easy returning to a place filled with haunting memories you need to escape...Her life of comfort seemed fair exchange For penance served in a far off land Neither heat nor hunger could beat her down Spirit growing with every challenge met. The years gone by more cruel than kind Scars in her heart map each moment of discord The...
Silence
but cover it...Tap your toe, Pick at your jeans, Play around- forums, Text random people, Hum random tunes, Bite your lip, Play with the keyboard- trying to think of what to write- you want to, but what about? Listen to music- like always- breathe deep, calming yourse...
Missy- Anxiety
Hm... inspired by Psychology... studying anxiety disorders...She sits in the chair, picks at her nails- oops! Now she's bleeding, suck on it, clean up the blood- twists her hands together around themselves. Her leg bounces, as if it has a mind of its own. She bites her lip, chews until it, too, bleeds. Som...