A person’s story doesn’t have a time-out or a pause button. It shouldn’t be restricted to being shared for only 24 hours. My Story is about giving others a glimpse into the lives of others. The goal for My Story was to allow people to share their stories and allow others to find comfort in them as well as take away a sense of understanding for what some people are going through. We never know how a person feels or what they’re going through. All it takes is one kind word or even a smile to change someone’s day.
You can see physical pain. You can understand physical diseases. But what about what happens inside the mind. What about what you don’t see, is it difficult to understand? If a person’s inner pain was reflected on to their skin as scars and bruises..would people still be able to ignore them?
I’m hoping My Story changes that. Let people share their stories, whether they want it to be anonymously or not. And let others learn and understand that all it is not what it seems. That everything is not as black and white as you may think. That mental illness isn’t always ‘Crazy’. That self-harm isn’t always ‘attention-seeking’. That it isn’t as simple as ‘just be happier, it’s all in your head’.
Read the stories of others and Submit your own. Find comfort and give comfort.
Submit Stories Here:
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