Story Collection

These are all of the stories written by teens on their health journeys all around the world. Please take some time and read through them!
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“My medical history is a years-old graveyard of pregnancy tests and EKGs. Fainting spells, severe joint pain, chest pain, dizziness, fatigue: these were the symptoms I carried with me from clinic to clinic and hospital to hospital as I begged doctors to tell me what was wrong. Their explanations varied, ranging from menstrual hormones to physical manifestations of anxiety. For years, my concerns were brushed off. It didn’t matter what I said; it didn’t matter what I felt…”

9/22/25

— Ivana, 17

— Alyssa, 17

9/22/25

“What do you do when the person who gave you life is also the one who made you feel like you didn't deserve to be here? That exact question haunted me for a very long time. I’ve lived with depression and anxiety for years. The rough kind. The kind that affects you even on your best days. I smiled through school, through volleyball, through everything—but I was quietly drowning inside. No one saw it; I barely saw it myself…”

7/25/24

— Daniel, 16

“By the time I saw the crack in the sidewalk, my bike was already careening out of control. It was the first day of my spring break as a high schooler, a sunny carefree time. I picked myself up and thought I had nothing more than a skinned elbow. It seemed inconsequential at the time, just a minor setback in an otherwise ordinary day. In the days that followed, however, "normal" would become a distant memory…”

“Ever since I was a kid, I knew I wasn’t considered normal—whatever that means. I’d wake up in the middle of the night, heart pounding, terrified that monsters were in my room or that someone I loved would suddenly die. I was so small, yet already holding feelings too big for me. Bullied for how I looked—my teeth, my body—I learned to stay silent. I was taught to be kind, to remember others might be struggling too. So I swallowed my pain, thinking it didn’t matter….”

6/12/25

— Anonymous Teen

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