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IIWIARS is an anonymous venting site. Write about what's weighing on you under an automatically generated pseudonym, read other people's stories, and get points of view on your situation.

It's a place to share and discuss, not a therapy service. The name stands for “If I Was In A Reality Show”: here's why.

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WHAT DID I EVEN DO WRONG?
Family Drama Stories

My husband and I were preparing for a move and expecting a baby when his cousin mentioned desperately needing a vehicle. We happened to be selling one of ours, so we offered to sell it to him for $900.

We had purchased the vehicle just a few months earlier for $2,000 and put another $500–$800 into cosmetic…

why do i hate my life?
Health and Wellbeing Stories

my life looks stable as hell from the outside. decent house, wife, kids, steady payroll operations job, clean shirts, bills paid before the red notices show up. last night i typed the exact thing stuck in my head: why do i hate my life? then i deleted it because even seeing it made me feel like an ungrateful piece of…

I ended a long relationship and moved across town into an apartment with pale green cabinets, narrow windows, and an entryway that is too small for my shoes. He has never seen this place, and I chose it partly because there was no shared history attached to the walls. I thought a fresh address would make detaching…

why do i feel this way?
Health and Wellbeing Stories

Last Friday, my VP pulled me into the glass conference room and handed me the director promotion I had been chasing for seven years. He shook my hand and said, "You earned every inch of this." At 6:20, the team rolled in a grocery store cake with my new title written in blue frosting. Everyone clapped while I stood…

I had a friendship that I thought it was a real friendship but this person let me down twice. The first time was while I was going through a depressive episode and we were at a restaurant and then she started ignoring me the whole time. And the bottom line was when she told me that I was having bad vibes, like wtf.…

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For as long as I can remember, Christianity has been in my life...

Whether it be by going to church, potlucks, Agape Feasts, or just simply praying, I've been locked in it since birth really...

And quite frankly, I wouldn't have it any other way...

Even though life hasn't always been perfect... Church being…

I hate myself
Friendship Stories

I've come to the harsh realization that perhaps, I'm not the nicest person around. In my mid-thirties, I find myself surrounded only by a single friend and a girlfriend, yet I can't shake the feeling that I'm somehow superior to others. My lifestyle is quite reclusive; I shy away from any social gatherings related to…

Hey everyone, I’m not usually one to air my personal stuff, but I really need some advice here. For the past few months, I’ve had this gut feeling that my wife might be cheating on me, and it's eating me alive. I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but the signs are starting to pile up, and I’m just not sure what to…

I’m not as self centered and competitive as I used to (thanks therapy lmfao) but tonight something funny happened at one of my english’s classes. My teacher told me in a certain a way that I was being a little bit competitive because I was talking fast and my partner at a project didn’t understood what I was saying.…

Before I go any further into my upbringing, I think it's worth mentioning how my parents met and also dive more into my parents' journey before they found each other...

So fun fact, both my parents met each other because they both had strong musical abilities to the point where they both had jobs as tribute artists…

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