Share Your Story

Sharing is at the heart of Don’t Hide, experiences, stories, challenges, and successes, from people all over the world. It’s what gives readers somewhere to turn when their own dark clouds start to form.

If you feel ready, we’d love to have you on board as an author. Your content could be live on the blog within a few days, and you’re welcome to stay completely anonymous. Before you get started, take a quick look at our story guidance, it’ll help make sure your story finds the right home here.


Story Guidance

Thank you for considering sharing your story with Don’t Hide.

There’s no set format and no set length. Just write your story naturally, in your own words, and share whatever you feel comfortable sharing. It can be a few paragraphs or several pages, there’s no right or wrong.

Only share what you’re comfortable with. There’s no pressure to include anything you’d rather keep private. And if you’re unsure whether your story is “worth sharing”, it is. You never know who might read it at exactly the right moment.

If it helps, you can use the following sections as a guide. They’re completely optional, just there to give you some ideas if you’d like a bit of structure.

1. Your main story
Tell us about your experiences, what you went through, how it affected you, and anything else you feel is important.

2. What helped you through the tough times?
Share anything that helped you cope, keep going, or find strength. This could be people, experiences, activities, changes you made, or simply things that got you through each day.

3. What would you say to someone reading your story?
If someone reading it is going through something similar, what would you want them to know?

There are just a few things we ask you to avoid: graphic or overly detailed descriptions of traumatic experiences, direct advice or instructions to others, and references that describe suicide or self-harm in graphic or instructional detail.

Beyond that, you can talk about anything relating to your story, I just want Don’t Hide to stay a safe, supportive space for everyone reading.

Please don’t worry about spelling, grammar, or how it’s written, I’ll take care of that without changing your story, your words, or your voice.

No problem, you can email it to mystory@donthide.co.uk. Please include:

  • Your story, written in your own words
  • Your name (this can really help promote your story and the blog) or let me know if you’d prefer to stay anonymous
  • A few photos of yourself, or something that makes you happy, that you’re happy for Don’t Hide to use alongside your story (completely optional)
  • Your town/city
  • Any social media links you’d like included
  • Anything else you feel is relevant to your story