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Tell Your Story

Five steps. In your time.

“I tell my story so there is one less story to tell.”

  1. 1Before you begin
  2. 2Verify email
  3. 3Who you are
  4. 4Your story
  5. 5How you appear

Step 1 · Before you begin

A word before you write

Telling your story matters. Telling it can also cost you. Words that have been locked away for years can bring the room, the smell, the voice back into the present. That is not weakness — it is what memory does under this kind of weight.

Please make sure, before you begin, that you have what you need around you. Someone to call. A place to stop. A way back to the ordinary. If you have a therapist, tell them you are doing this. If you don't, be gentle with the pace.

You do not have to finish this today. You can save it in your mind, come back tomorrow, come back next month. The site will still be here.

You do not have to do this alone, and you do not have to do it today.

You choose how you appear

Real first name, a chosen name, or Anonymous. Your surname, city, and country are never published.

A person reads it first

Every submission is reviewed by a human before anything appears. Nothing is published without your consent.

There is no rush

You can take breaks between the parts. A pause is not a failure. It is care.

Your story stays yours

You can ask to edit or remove it at any time, even after it's published.