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Oh no…

By Elle - 23/02/2011 21:07 - United States

Today, my therapist told me to write down my secrets in an envelope and symbolically burn them. My secrets included stories of my rampant sex life, drug use, a suicide attempt, and the overpowering hatred I have for my family. I've managed to misplace the envelope somewhere back home. FML

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You deserved it 22 415

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Same thing different taste

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By Anonymous - 11/07/2013 07:10 - United States - Cedar Crest

Today, my therapist told me to write any negative thoughts that I had on a piece of paper and then set fire to it. When I lit it in the trash can, huge flames broke out and I had to throw the trash can out my window to keep from setting my house on fire. FML

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You deserved it 40 990

Startled

By not a cheater - 04/07/2021 15:01 - United States

Today, I was writing in a journal as part of my therapy. I jumped and hid it when my boyfriend startled me by coming in. He now swears I must be cheating, that I’m keeping secrets from him and I trust a stranger with my personal thoughts more than I trust him. That’s kinda the point of therapy. FML

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You deserved it 215

Leave no paper trace

By can’t do it - 25/04/2023 10:00

Today, my therapist asked me if I’d been journaling as he suggested. I had to tell him that I don’t trust writing down my innermost thoughts anymore, because when I was younger my mom read by diary multiple times and beat me for what I wrote. So did my ex-boyfriend. FML

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You deserved it 171

By burnt38392 - 24/12/2010 19:36 - United States

Today, as a means of getting over my abusive ex, I decided to write his name on a piece of paper and light it on fire. As I lit the paper up, I noticed the marker ink had bled through it. The paper is gone, but his name is forever engraved on my desk. FML

I agree, your life sucks 32 513

You deserved it 19 563

By backtosquareone - 04/10/2009 09:42 - Canada

Today, after weeks of therapy for severe depression, my therapist thought it would be helpful to confess my deepest problems to my friends, to prove that it was alright to trust people. I did. They laughed. Hard. FML

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You deserved it 4 006

By ughh - 22/11/2011 13:22 - United States

Today, my mom read my diary. Then she frantically booked me an appointment with a psychiatrist. FML

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You deserved it 5 904

By Screwed Up - 09/05/2013 05:30 - United States

Today, I went to therapy. I started talking about my childhood and my life. By the time the session was over my therapist was crying. FML

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You deserved it 4 307

Next!

By Kal - 19/06/2023 16:00

Today, while I was explaining my troubles to my therapist, he asked me, "And don't you have someone you can tell all that?" FML

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You deserved it 118

Betrayal

By sisterly love - 14/08/2013 21:13 - United States - Santa Clara

Today, my sister admitted to selling pages of my diary to my old boyfriends. FML

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You deserved it 4 162

Send 'em in anyway

By mega_bite - 25/08/2021 13:31 - India

Today, again I wrote out another FML. Again, I deleted it before posting. Every FML I write would seem like I'm just making stuff up, or would be so obviously me that it would just cause me grief. My life is just an endless stream of weird stuff I can't tell family or friends. FML

I agree, your life sucks 710

You deserved it 295

sweet_candy_ 17

Thursday 24 February 2011 7:15

You should have burned them right after you wrote them.

Enderspeaker 2

Thursday 24 February 2011 8:17

You had me at "rampant sex life"!

Comments

Sticxz 0

Thursday 24 February 2011 12:23

burn every letter in ur house then

insanesna1l 0

Thursday 24 February 2011 12:54

guess you can add pyromaniac to your list of issues

kmarrs 2

Thursday 24 February 2011 14:56

Um, this doesn't even come close to making them a pyromaniac.

drkla_2027 0

Wednesday 11 May 2011 2:49

lmao!! nice dude! and seriously

TaiReiSi 12

Thursday 24 February 2011 15:07

don't worry, it's all symbolic. it won't actually do anything, besides give you motivation. but in my opinion, you should talk to a pastor. they deal with alot of that stuff

lizzyrulesyew 0

Thursday 24 February 2011 15:07

Oooh damn, lol@ you when your parents find it xD

HeavyMetalRocks 0

Thursday 24 February 2011 15:24

LOLOLOLOL for calling yoirself a ****. This should go on Epic Fail LOL!

BuckThruster 0

Thursday 24 February 2011 16:14

when you find it, add "prone to short term memory loss" before you burn it.

SisyphereanTask 2

Thursday 24 February 2011 18:03

Sheesh I thought symbolically burning negative secrets died in the sixties. Does your therapist wear a beaded shawl and smell funny perchance? BTW journel-ers out there. Studies have shown that people who write down what they're angry about tend to stay angry longer and are more likely to commit violence against the person they're angry at. I'd suggest reading Brad Bushman's (Iowa State University) studies on anger management.