Stories | Humans of Safe Places

Sep 4, 2020
2 min

How I cured my "Psychic" mother

Story By: Parag Chaudhary So, I was around 10 years old when my mother started blabbering to herself, remaining awake till late at night ...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

Saving Myself From my Dysfunctional Family

One of the strongest memories from my childhood is that of my parents fighting. The fights were often aggressive and violent; at times th...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

To The Teacher Who Found me Useless

Traditionally, we have been made to look at teachers with admiration and respect, but what are you supposed to do when the same person wh...

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Sep 4, 2020
3 min

Between my Marriage and Self Respect

I’ve been married for more than 15 years now and it has not been very smooth. From day 1, I had to face a dominating mother-in-law whose ...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

Shamed for The Size of My Breasts

I would like to share how not exactly the society, but our families shame us first for being ourselves. Shaming begins at home. Talk abou...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

Colouring my Manliness Pink

You often hear this from people “Men don’t wear bright colours. They don’t cry over things or incidents”. I, on the other hand, have alwa...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

"You are Fat"

I am not sure if I was always this insecure. But, ever since I was a child, I was always reminded about my weight. As I grew up, these in...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

My Battle with OCD

The most difficult thing about mental illness is that you can never tell the exact time when it all started or when you healed. I don’t k...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

The Recipe of Becoming a Man

My school, which for the record is one of the highest rated schools in my region, had a diverse mix of students. There was, however, a fu...

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Sep 4, 2020
3 min

Life of a Doctor During Pandemic

My mom is a doctor in a Government Hospital in Delhi. Although she is a physiotherapist, she has volunteered to work for the patients of ...

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Sep 4, 2020
3 min

Happily Ever After or Emotional Abuse

My ex-boyfriend of two and a half years was an expert slanderer in the most subtle ways. We were in school when we got together. Back th...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

Its casual Right, slut shaming

I like to dance and I always thought the dance was an emotion that bonded people. So I danced to a lot of songs in the 1st year of colleg...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

Red Flagged at the Airport - for the size of my Beard?

Today, I wanted to share my story of a time when I was red-flagged at airports on a single journey including my own country, India – on t...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

Fear Of the Crowded Touch

Story By: Anonymous My college days are the most memorable days of my life. Commuting on a bus with friends was always fun. The route was...

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Sep 4, 2020
3 min

Shame, shame, Body shame, eleaphant is not my name

Buffalo! Hippo! Pattern-tank! Baby- elephant! I'd be glad if you can't relate to being called all of this and more. I'd be glad if you ha...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

Strong Soul in scary (Lovely) Night

The world is as scary as it is lovely. That’s the truth but whether to perceive the dark side as the ultimate reality depends on you, dep...

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Sep 4, 2020
3 min

Being a Plus Size Lingerie Model and Lovin' it

Story by Anonymous I gained and lost weight as a child, only to gain it back during my teenage years. Sadly, I had no one to reassure me ...

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Sep 4, 2020
2 min

Public masturbation in college

Story by: Suman Gupta Belong to the city of Jalandhar and I have grown up with a fair amount of liberty being given to me by my parents. ...

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Sep 4, 2020
1 min

Evading sexism

Currently, I am a 21-year-old middle-class woman, who like most other women has to challenge stereotypes and evade sexism on a daily basi...

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Aug 31, 2020
2 min

Strong Soul in a Scary (Lovely) World!

Story by Vedika Lakhe The world is as scary as it is lovely. That’s the truth but whether to perceive the dark side as the ultimate reali...

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