Topics people come here to talk about
Most stories on IIWIARS start with a question the author did not dare ask anyone they know. These pages take the most common ones, answer them as honestly as the stories allow, and lead to the discussions where people went through the same thing.
How you feel about yourself
Thoughts, habits and feelings people are ashamed to ask about, and what others answered.
When you feel broken or out of place and cannot name why.
Where self-hatred comes from and what helped people who wrote about it.
Crying easily, feeling everything too much, or not being able to cry at all.
When everything feels wrong at once: how to tell a bad period from a bad life.
Other people
Feeling disliked everywhere, at school, at work or at home, and what is usually going on.
Gossip, rumors and what to do when you find out.
Having nobody to call, and how people in that situation found a way out.
The fear of never finding anyone, and what the stories say about it.
Being the one your family blames, excludes or never understands.
Love and marriage
The signs that mean something, the ones that do not, and how to bring it up.
Loving someone who does not love you back, and how to get through it.
An anonymous place to talk about a marriage that is hard, failing or just confusing.
Life
Feeling lost about work, studies or the future, and how to pick a next step.
When every day is a struggle and other people seem to find it easy.
Questions about meaning, emptiness and reasons to keep going, with help resources.
Wanting to leave home or your whole life behind: what people considered before deciding.
How IIWIARS works
How the discussions are organized and what anonymity means here.
Getting a secret off your chest without your name attached.
Peer support in the replies, and where it stops.
Why a thread with replies works better than a chat room for most people.
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