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Age 13,  Kazakhstan I’m from Kazakhstan, Almaty. It’s a very beautiful city surrounded by mountains from the other world. I am thirteen, and here my story begins. I fell in love, or I [...]

Age 18, Wyoming, USA   Dear F, I wish that I could tell you I tried. That I made an honest effort to keep you in my life. That I fought for you the whole way through, but it sickens me to [...]

Age 17, Wisconsin To all the friends I’ve hurt because of my mental health: Where do I begin? I’m so very sorry for the pain I have caused you. Sometimes it all becomes too much. The anxiety [...]

Age 18, Tempe, Arizona, USA You were a really good friend. But one day, you started cutting me down, making fun of me about something that I had told you that was very personal. Just a snide [...]

Age 18, Fulton, New York Growing up, I always wondered why you didn’t want to be in my life. I remember the many time I went up to Mom and asking her why you didn’t want anything to [...]

Age 16, Pennsylvania, USA I’ve cheated on two people. The first was during my freshman year of high school with my boyfriend of 6 months. The other, my sophomore year of high school with my [...]

Age 16, Dallas, Texas, USA Dear Lindsey, I hope you can forgive me for my empty presence. I got to get this off my conscience. I’m sorry for not being the person that I am when you needed [...]

Age 15, Georgia, USA When I was younger, I was in a sexually and physically abusive relationship. I was scared of love. Scared of men. Scared of myself. I started hurting myself at age 11, not [...]

Age 15, Missouri, USA To 15 year old me, I forgive you. She hit you and held you against that wall. Still, you stayed. And for that I forgive you. She cheated and flirted with other girls. Still, [...]

Age 17, USA For All Girls & The Guys Who Force Themselves On Us, I met “Rick” at a weekend State competition. He seemed wonderful, interesting to talk to, and fun to be with. [...]