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Don't Trust Them

A Poem of Paranoid Personality Disorder

By Lorraine WoiakPublished 5 years ago 2 min read
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Paranoid personality causes someone to be in an almost constant state of anxiety. They tend to have difficulty trusting others and establishing healthy relationships. This poem gives 4 examples of what this disorder may look like. (Art from sovhealth.com)

I can't trust them - any of them!

They are waiting for me to fail. But I won't. I'll show them.

I don't need help. They are just trying to sabotage me.

I don't need them. I don't need any of them!

They are waiting for their chance - their chance to kill me.

That man... the way he looked at me...

He's after me! I don't know him but he's after me I'm telling you!

Maybe it's not just him... maybe he was plotting with that friend of his...

Maybe it's all of them... men...

Don't trust her!

This shrink is just going to lock you away.

She's with the other doctors - the ones that poisoned us.

You're sick because of them. Don't let her convince you otherwise!

I'm sane. I'm not crazy. No matter what they say.

I know they say that about me. Everyone's talking behind my back. There's no one I can trust.

I know I shouldn't say that and I'm told that's not true.

It can't be EVERYONE... or can it?

They say that I am paranoid, that I need help, that I'll fail by myself... but I can't trust them!

Men are all evil. One's going to kill me one day. I need to protect myself. I need to lock myself away.

I was forced to go see this shrink. The doctors are trying to get me locked up in an asylum so I can't prove what they are doing. They are killing people! I don't have this "Paranoid Personality Disorder" or whatever they're trying to convince me of. They're all in on it!

I don't know what's wrong with me. I just feel that everyone is out to get me... but that can't be true... Maybe they are... or maybe it's me... I don't know what to do... I wish someone would help...

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About the Creator

Lorraine Woiak

I am a psychology and music major at the University of North Dakota. As a part of the Army ROTC program, I am working towards a career as a military psychologist.

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