Anonymous Venting for Mental Health and Emotional Support
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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My father—much like the therapist who accompanies him—is a failure when it comes to giving advice; he seeks to place me in a situation defined by his own prejudices. He operates under the belief that everything is determined by these prejudices and that nothing can be done about them. Consequently, he has never known…
I had to put a stop to it. My boss wanted to know everything about that young woman—who was being pressured by everyone to reveal information about others or to help him gain access to them. He had a habit of using young people to elicit pity and extract favors from others, by any means necessary. It was clear that…
So, I'm kinda freaking out. My family is smothering me with expectations that aren't even my own anymore and I'm stuck at this soul-sucking job. Ever since I read 'Eat, Pray, Love' (yeah not my proudest moment), I've been obsessively researching how to just vanish and start over like some secret agent. Apparently…
so, I've been rooming with this person for a while now and generally speaking, it's been pretty chill. like, we've had our fair share of typical roommate stuff – forgetting to take out the trash, leaving dishes in the sink – but nothing majorly serious. until I caught them doing something that really got under my…
ugh, so I’ve been like drowning in this whole “my career choice” drama with my parents. every convo turns into this epic battle, and honestly, I can't tell if I'm just being a brat or if there’s something way deeper happening here. they act all polite and understanding, but it feels like they’re stuck in some time…
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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…
For the longest time, I’ve been stuck in this cycle of excuses. I’d wake up every morning telling myself I’d make changes, that today would be different, but by the time the day ended, I was back to square one. Whether it’s eating healthier, exercising, or even just cleaning my space, I keep putting it off. I’d tell…
How can I remember someone that I used to love with happiness and not pain?
There’s someone that I truly loved with my whole heart and he was for a while my best friend.
We met at a volunteer and then we became really like really close. He became my best friend. He truly understood me and knew about the mazes…
Got lots of love to give but no one wants to have it. They want the toxic ones.
How anonymous venting works on IIWIARS
- Sign in with an account you already have (Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and others). IIWIARS does not save your name or email address: it keeps a pseudonym generated from your account identifier, and that pseudonym is what other people see.
- Share your story in the category that fits, with an optional poll. Stories are reviewed before they are published.
- Read the points of view left on your story and reply to them. Replies are public and can be removed if they break the rules.
Everything you publish is public and appears under the same pseudonym, so leave out names, places and details that could identify you or the people involved.
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