Childhood

I Lived in Silence for a Year After My Friend’s Suicide
I didn’t cry at his funeral. Not because I didn’t want to, but because I physically couldn’t. My body felt frozen, my throat closed, and my chest was hollow. The only thing I could hear was the echo of my own heartbeat, slow and heavy like guilt.
By Ayaz L Behrani6 months ago in Confessions
The Night I Apologized to a Stranger Who Was Me
"The floor is your friend," the therapist had once said, and I laughed in her office like I understood. But two years later, at 2:36 a.m., knees pressed into cracked hotel tile, I finally got it.
By Muhammad Abuzar Badshah 6 months ago in Confessions
✧ Haunted by Sound: Why Some Songs Never Let You Go . AI-Generated.
Some songs don’t just move you. They haunt you. They show up years later, uninvited. They crawl back in when you're alone, when you're vulnerable, when you're healing.
By The Yume Collective6 months ago in Confessions
I PROMISED MY PAIN WOULD END WITH ME
I lost my mother before I even knew what life without her would mean. She didn’t walk away. She didn’t abandon me. She died.
By Ms Rotondwa Mudau6 months ago in Confessions
Trump’s African Summit: A Modern Display of Colonial Power
Trump’s African Summit: A Modern Display of Colonial Power On July 9, 2025, the White House became the stage for a troubling diplomatic theatre, as United States President Donald Trump hosted a mini-summit with the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal. What was billed as a friendly summit about economic cooperation quickly revealed itself as a spectacle of domination and submission, raising critical questions about modern-day power dynamics between Africa and the West.
By Ikram Ullah6 months ago in Confessions
“Dear Me: A Letter to the Girl Who Survived in Silence”
✉️ Dear Me, You don’t know this yet—but you’re going to be okay. I know how exhausted you are. You’ve been carrying a weight that no one sees.
By J khan7 months ago in Confessions
Duality and self-discovery in toxic patterns and love life
Human relationships often function as catalysts for self-awareness. Some connections offer stability, while others test the boundaries of emotional resilience and personal identity. My relationship with G belongs firmly in the latter category. It has not been linear, nor conventionally “healthy,” but it has been profoundly revealing — not only of him, but of myself.
By Kristen Orkoshneli7 months ago in Confessions
🎶 How Music Becomes Memory’s Time Machine
Have you ever caught a scent, a sound, or a song that instantly transported you back—like you just stepped through a secret door to your past?
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Confessions
🚪 Liminal Music: The Sound of In-Between Moments . AI-Generated.
You’ve felt it before. That strange unease in a hotel hallway at 3AM. The silence in an empty classroom after school. An airport at sunrise, where the world hasn’t fully woken up yet.
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Confessions
The Day I Cried in a Grocery Store Parking Lot (And Realized I Wasn't Weak)
I didn’t expect to cry in public that day. I didn’t plan for it. But life doesn’t always ask for your permission when it decides to crack you open.
By Irfan Ali7 months ago in Confessions
I Wasn’t a ‘Dog Person’ — Until I Met Milo
I used to roll my eyes at dog owners. You know the type — the ones who post ten pictures a day of their dog sleeping, who cancel plans because of “dog commitments,” who call their dogs their “babies” like it’s perfectly normal. I didn’t get it. Sure, the dogs were cute. But messy. Loud and needy. Not for me.
By Echoes of Life7 months ago in Confessions
My Toxic Relationship Didn’t End in Heartbreak — It Ended in Healing
When people talk about toxic relationships, they often focus on the pain. The screaming. The manipulation. The silence that says more than words. What they rarely talk about is what comes next — the strange, beautiful, messy process of healing.
By Echoes of Life7 months ago in Confessions