Top Stories
Stories in Confessions that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
Dear Friend. Top Story - August 2026.
Dear Friend, I know that I can be testing sometimes, and I know I get too stressed out at times. Like you, I have my problems; after all, I am only human. However, I thought you understood, and my questions were only to protect my heart, dignity, and soul. Sometimes, we have to ask those uncomfortable questions, even if they cause awkward moments.
By Carol Ann Townend3 months ago in Confessions
Dear Rachel. Top Story - August 2026.
Dear Rachel, It’s been just over a year now since you’ve been gone. What I hate most about this is I wasn’t there when you passed on. It suck because ever since the first day we met, you were always here for me. I remember when I first met you and Ken at church almost 9 years ago. When you found out I was an aspiring writer you couldn’t help but talk to me about it all the time. You loved telling me how you knew so many writers and that you were so sure that I would one day be a published author.
By Joe Patterson3 months ago in Confessions
I wish I could go out. Top Story - July 2026.
I want to have a life. I'm not saying that I'm not alive or living, but my life lacks a certain purpose. For years, everything has been the same; get up, go to work or school, go home, eat then sleep. It's a routine I'm used to-- and a difficult one to break. When I am able, I use whatever free time I have to be unproductive. Not just in the working sense; but in the life sense. I don't spend time with friends or family. I rarely have the motivation to do anything creative and gaming sometimes can feel like a chore. I spend my time curled up in bed or on the couch mindlessly watching whatever until the time for the next part of my day comes along.
By Arin Blackheart3 months ago in Confessions
Disability Envy. Top Story - July 2026.
Every time I see a post on Social Media talking about disability, there is inevitably multiple comments engaging in Disability Envy. Most of them fall into the category of "Person Who Knows Nothing About Being Disabled Being An Ableist Jerk", but some are what I refer to as "Fell Through The Cracks" Disability Envy.
By Natasja Rose3 months ago in Confessions
This Wasn't in the Brochure!. Top Story - July 2026.
When I was a young teenager in the 80s, I would dream about being an adult. I could eat what I want. I could go where I want. I could stay up as late as I want. And I could watch whatever the hell I wanted to on TV or at the movies.
By Jaimee Arrandale4 months ago in Confessions
I hate you. Top Story - July 2026.
I don't think I ever let myself process everything you did. Everyone always had an excuse for your behaviour. She had a hard life. She's doing her best. She's still your mother. (Actually, she's not. Found that out the hard way.)
By Chel Writes4 months ago in Confessions
A Day Of Small Disasters And Revelations. Top Story - June 2026.
Introduction Sometimes you think that everything has got it in for you. It is a hot day, around 28° C , but I still thought I would trim the bushes and mow the lawn, before it got too hot.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Confessions
The Master of Illusion. Top Story - June 2026. Content Warning.
When people talk about eating disorder recovery, they usually paint it as a linear story with a triumphant finish line. There is the "before" picture with hollowed out eyes and frail body, and the "after" picture, where the person is smiling, holding a balanced meal, and deemed "cured."
By Sara Wilson4 months ago in Confessions
Quiet Numbers. Top Story - June 2026. Content Warning.
The radio clicks from nineteen to twenty. I exhale like I’ve been holding my breath underwater, though I hadn’t noticed going under. The song sounds the same. The room looks the same. Nothing in the universe acknowledges the correction, but my chest loosens anyway.
By Jesse Lee5 months ago in Confessions
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?. Top Story - June 2026. Content Warning.
Not everyone grows up to be a good person. It's sad to consider, and I wish I did not have to. It is perhaps the greatest peril with aging into adulthood. I became aware. And, people change, despite best efforts, into monsters. It's hard to say who really deserves the blame for the concoction of socialization, parenting, and genetic luck that created them or to measure how much of it was a personal choice.
By Laura Lann5 months ago in Confessions
Three Flashbacks. Top Story - June 2026.
. Flashback 1 – Silent Conversation with Luc Delannoy; June 2026 . Lately there were two questions that I was asked in a group, whose main purpose is to reflect about experience. What is experience? was the question that drove the discussion from the moment in which we experience for the first time to the ever-present philosophical mind-body problem.
By Laura Rodben5 months ago in Confessions
