Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

These guidelines help keep the archive honest, careful, and readable. Submissions that follow them are far more likely to be approved.

Write from your own experience

Share what you have lived through, observed, or felt. Use your own words. There is no required length and no right way to tell it.

Be careful with names

Do not name other people without their permission.
Avoid identifying clinics, providers, or employers by name.
Use an alias or the anonymous option if you want privacy.

Avoid medical claims

Describe your experience rather than diagnosing yourself or others. Avoid presenting personal theories as established science. The strongest stories simply describe what happened.

Images

Only upload images you took yourself or have the right to share.
Avoid graphic content where a description would be enough.
Up to six images per submission.

Tone

Write with care for the reader on the other side. They may be searching for hope, recognition, or context. Anger is welcome. Cruelty is not.

What happens after you submit

Every submission enters a moderation queue. We review for the guidelines above and may make light edits for clarity. Approved stories appear in the public archive. We never publish without review.