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Say it how it really felt. As anonymous or open as you like. Your story sparks the honest conversations we all need around growing up online.
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Help someone else feel less alone
With your permission, we share moments from your story on social media - helping others feel seen, understood, and less ashamed.
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Turn it into change
Every story feeds into a youth-led manifesto that we will take to people in power - pushing for policy and education that actually reflects what it’s like to grow up online.
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Whether it’s one moment that stuck with you or your whole experience growing up online - this is a space to say it honestly, without shame or pressure.
You can just write freely below, or use one of these prompts if it helps get you started:
One thing you wish you’d known sooner
Something you wish your parents or teachers had understood
Something you saw online that made you feel weird, unsafe, or ashamed
One thing you wish was different about the internet
Your voice could help someone feel less alone. And together, these stories can help change what growing up online looks like for the next generation.
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Trigger Warning
Stories may contain details of abuse or mental illness including self harm and suicide. If you are struggling, please seek support, and visit our Get Help page.
Read YOUR stories
Stories may contain details of abuse or mental illness including self harm and suicide. If you are struggling, please seek support, and visit our Get Help page.
I was taped when I was 18 after repeatedly saying no
Thank you for starting this „trend“: I was taped when I was 18 after repeatedly saying no to the guy… ever though I said no, he continued going multiple times… I was only 18 and it was the 2nd time I have had sex. I am still unsure of how people will treat me and cannot open up completely.
they said that it is so standard to see in porn
There was this period where every time I kissed someone they would grab my neck within the first couple seconds and strangle me, literally in the middle of the dance floor.
It was really confusing because I felt really small but like I was meant to be okay with it because it was sexy.
Eventually I stopped kissing guys in clubs which of course isn’t a terrible thing but I found it very weird that they thought it was so normal that it was an acceptable thing to do surrounded by people.
I asked my friends I was going out with and they said that it is so standard to see in porn that they had also thought that strangling was just part of having sex when they were a teenager.
Amy
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