Behind These Eyes

By Paige Mooney

Content Warning: This collection explores themes of mental illness including depression, anxiety, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, self harm, and suicide. This collection also contains brief mentions of substance abuse, sexual assault, war, violence, and death. Please continue at your own discretion. "There's a monster in my ear, Whispering lies, Spewing nonsense, And yet I believe it. I'll never know why, But I'm playing by his rules, And it's a dangerous game." Behind These Eyes is a collection of poems depicting what the minds of someone with various mental illnesses may experience on a daily basis. The collection explores numerous conditions including: depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, Borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and self harm and suicide. Beyond these, it also goes on to talk about social stigma surrounding mental health, and accepting yourself for who you are despite your illness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D8BNWZR4
• ISBN13: 9798322800002
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 236 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"