I think [violence] is often happening in our society, but I think a lot of people consider it as normal, and no one is sharing it, and everyone is keeping this inside of them. I...
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Stories submitted by women under 30…
My Battles | Distal Pancreatectomy & Atrophic...
In 2003, an eight-year-old child underwent distal pancreatectomy (a surgery to remove a tumour from the body or tail of your pancreas) and cholecystectomy in Delhi, India. She still has...
Forgive Yourself
I wanted to focus on self-forgiveness, for blaming ourselves for justifying and normalizing violence. I think [violence] is often happening in our society, but I think a lot of...
My Story.
Hi there My name is Emma, I’m a teenager living in New Zealand, and I’d like to share my story. Not for fame, or recognition, or sympathy, or anything like that. Purely to tell...
Prove Them Wrong
I want to start by putting up a trigger warning, my story talks about subjects that might be hard or triggering for some. My name is Em and my battle with mental illness started at a young...
Women Safety
At 10pm I went to nearby shop for shampoo. One boy followed me & he tried to enter my room forcefully. He almost entered & then I pushed him away & started shouting then he ran...
Samantha’s heart condition story
Hi my name is Samantha Quintero I’m 22 years old almost 23 years old I was born with HRHS which is called Hypoplastic right heart syndrome pulmonary atresia congestive heart...
LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL
I wish for everyone to learn something useful from my story, my suffering. All refugees feel bad, but someone can understand them. When you lose someone you love, this is a very hard...
“BUT WITHOUT HIM, YOU’RE NOT ALONE”
When I got married I had no parents, no mother… I loved him, I trusted him, and I put my life in his hands… Then several problems started. I saw a different person, not my...
THROUGH THE BARS TO FREEDOM
[This is] the most powerful and yet, the most horrible story in my life. I still cannot realize how I managed to get in between the bars, because it was very, very thin. I don’t...