Mental Abuse is a short, stripped-down poem about feeling emptied out. The speaker describes being exhausted in mind and spirit, "not living on the inside," while the outside self keeps going. That split is the heart of it: a person who looks present but feels absent, almost like a shell going through the motions.
The form echoes the feeling. Lines break into single words like "Alone," "Busted," and "Side," and the word "inside" is literally split in two ("In / Side"), as if the speaker has been broken apart. Words such as "Temporarily" and "Eternally" sit in contrast, hinting that what began as a passing loneliness has hardened into something that feels permanent. The title suggests the damage comes from mistreatment, though the poem never says who or what caused it. The mood is bleak, numb, and quietly resigned, ending on "Eternally Gone" with no sense of rescue.