Top Stories
Stories in Confessions that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
Growing Up at Menards. Honorable Mention in I Made It Worse Challenge. Top Story - May 2026.
With an IQ of 145 and 800 on my SATs, I’ve never understood why Dad insists I’m “just a child in a grown man’s body.” Take action. Be a man. Do something with your life…blah blah blah.
By Scott Christenson🌴6 months ago in Confessions
When the Silence Speaks Louder Than Words. Top Story - April 2026. Content Warning.
The kitchen walls feels like it’s closing in on me, coming near, as I try to breath. Asking myself why it is so difficult, such normal everyday activity, I shouldn't be even thinking about.
By Senkora6 months ago in Confessions
The Scent of Iron. Top Story - April 2026.
You get used to the smell, or so I realized. The scent of drying metallic iron bloomed long before I saw red, filling my senses until prickly tears formed in my eyes. The air tasted like death, the thick coppery perfume of a life quickly fading—and there was absolutely nothing I could do to stop it.
By K.H. Obergfoll6 months ago in Confessions
Alone: A Love Story. Top Story - April 2026.
People flow in and out of our lives all the time. Bosses, co-workers, acquaintances, friends, family, and sadly, romantic partners. What we know of them is scandalously little. What’s happening in the interior monologue of their lives is often blockaded by emotions that range from pride to shame.
By Frank Racioppi7 months ago in Confessions
I was in a Toxic Relationship, with my Workplace. Top Story - February 2026.
“You got that?” My ex yelled. His hands were balled into fists at his side. At six foot three, he towered over me. A normal person would have been afraid, but I looked up a video of George Lopez repeatedly saying, “I got this,” and showed it to him. I had grown used to this treatment, so much so that I didn’t blink when he ripped the phone from my hand and threw it across the room.
By Jade M.8 months ago in Confessions
This Is What I Do When People Throw Rocks At Me . Top Story - February 2026.
Rocks have been thrown at me for a greater part of my life. Some have been small and missed hitting me. When people don't get a reaction from me, they throw bigger rocks with a better aim. Many have been hurled at me with precision over the years. For a long time, I thought my only options were to dodge them or be crushed by them.
By Margaret Minnicks8 months ago in Confessions
Blessed 33. Top Story - February 2026.
So I woke up on the morning of February 5, 2026 and guess what and you know what I realized? It’s my 33rd birthday. Do you know what that means? Yes, technically I’m getting old, but what I couldn’t have guessed was this would be one of the best days of my life.
By Joe Patterson9 months ago in Confessions
Lately, I'm empty. Top Story - February 2026.
Lately, I feel an emptiness inside of me that doesn’t make any sense. I was fine a week ago and now I’m numb to the pain that I’ve been carrying around. Numb to the idea of me existing. I wish I could go to a place where I can hear happy positive thoughts and surround myself with joy. The medication I’m on doesn’t seem to work anymore. I still feel pain from existing, why am I here anyways? Merely to exist. I don’t feel like I’m making any differences being here.
By Cerina Galvan9 months ago in Confessions
The Piggy Project. Top Story - February 2026.
I’ve had so many names in this life I lose track of which ones were ever really mine and which ones I wore because someone needed me to. Some were handed to me before I had words to refuse them, before I knew what they meant, before I knew I could say no. Most weren’t meant to hurt. That doesn’t mean they didn’t leave marks. Marks that told me who I belong to, who I am by way of who claims me, recognizes me in the good and bad, who walks beside me.
By Fatal Serendipity8 months ago in Confessions
