“I was happy when my wife's father died. Still happy. He was a toxic f**k but my wife still loved him and tried with everything to keep in touch and have some kind of link to him. It was destroying her because her love wasn’t reciprocated. Now that selfish prick is dead and my wife is slowly healing.”

“Found out a week ago. My wife of 6 years/best friend for 11 years, is in love with another guy. After a fight they kissed in front of me to prove it. She still loves me, but also loves him. I don’t have another friend to even share the pain I am going through. I can’t share it with anyone so the society I live with wouldn’t ruin her name in respect. I am just stuck with so much pain inside.”

“My mom and I used to fight often when I was younger, which only escalated when we moved out of my dad’s house. Once when I was around 13-14, she broke down in tears, grabbed a knife, gave it to me, sat on a chair in front of me with her back turned, and told me to stab her and get it over with. Looking back it feels like a dream, but I remember both of us were crying really hard for hours feeling raw and she just sat there waiting while I kept telling her I didn’t wanna do it.”

“I am a twin survivor. Because my mom is traumatized by the death of my brother, she denied his complete existence (he died at birth) and everyone in my family, her friends, believe I was a single child in her pregnancy. I am not allowed to reveal the truth nor mention his name.”

“I busted a fat load into this small comfy blanket I have and put it on top of the laundry machine so that I could wash it later. A few hours later my stepmom thinks it’s washed so she takes it and wraps herself up in it when we’re watching a movie. It makes me cringe very hard when I think about it.”

“I’m in my early 50’s. At age 16 I had an affair with a teacher in high school – I’ve told only one other person about this.”

“Sometimes I roll up my blankets and snuggle against them pretending I’m cuddling with someone.”

“I watched someone nearly beat one of my friends to death outside our school. 6 other people jumped in and started kicking his head. The person who he was meant have a 1v1 with repeatedly beat his temples in. Being around that person or hearing his name snaps me into a red mist. I daydream about repeatedly stabbing him in front of his friends or his family and making sure they knew what a prick he was.”

“That last words I spoke to my mother were “I cannot wait until you are dead.” When she died I was glad, and I’m still glad.”

“I was alone with my grandfather in hospice a day or so before he died (so my mom could get a shower and fresh clothes). He kept trying to get up, thinking he had to go to work, but he was so weak, all he could do was grab my hand to try to get some leverage to sit up. I got him to settle by telling him it was his day off. My mom came back and I left after a while. He deteriorated into being nearly non responsive and passed that week. At the funeral, she said that her grief wasn’t so bad because he kept grabbing her hand and ‘squeezing as if to say “I love you.” I’ll never tell her.”

“My dog died in 2010. I haven’t gotten another one. It’s the longest I’ve been without a dog in my life. When my family asks why I haven’t gotten another dog, I just laugh and tell them that I don’t want the expense, the mess, the responsibility… but that’s not true. When my dog died, it broke me. It’s been over 10 years and I still miss him and the real reason I haven’t gotten another dog is I don’t want to feel the pain of losing him again. I keep that to myself, I guess.”

“I both live and hate the person I am with. I’m scared of losing them but after the latest boot of drama…my biggest worry is how to get around since I sold my car and they have my only means of reliable transportation.”

“Once when I was really hungry and had no food I… I ….. I ate a sticky note.”

“My mom and I had a really strained relationship when I was in my teens and early 20’s. I was an entitled little snot. After one fight, I was watching her pull out of our driveway and I thought “I wish she would just die.” Shortly after she became very sick(ALS) and she passed away when I was 24. We never got a chance to repair our relationship. She missed my wedding and never got to meet her grandchildren. That thought will haunt me for the rest of my life.”

“I’m a liar about almost everything positive in my life, none of it happened, not even having a good walk happily with friends since I don’t have any friends, nothing.”

“I poop naked.”