6BillionSecretsGirl

I finally feel beautiful.

I finally feel free.

I can finally accept myself the way I am.



- Alice, Wonderland, sixbillionsecrets.com

My secret?

I used to talk to the garbage can in my bathroom when I was little.

I swung his "mouth" so it looked like he was talking.

When my parents got a new one, I cried.

Then I felt bad for the new one and befriended him just so he wouldn't be lonely.


- Anonymous, sixbillionsecrets.com

Mirrors are the biggest enemies to a girl who hates herself, like me.

Sometimes I wish people could see more than just looks, like personalities.

Then I could hate the person in the reflection a little bit less.

Then I might be beautiful, for the first time in forever.


- Gabrielle, Massachusetts, sixbillionsecrets.com

Today I took a bath.

I didn't wash my hair.

Or wash my body.

I took a washable marker and picked out every flaw I saw on myself.

I wrote down every flaw I saw, and I wrote them all over my body.

I was covered in marker.

I washed them off, they went down the drain.

They won't hold me back anymore.


- flawless, sixbillionsecrets.com

I wish I could see what everyone thought if I died.

Just float above them, and see if they cared.


- Just a nobody, X, sixbillionsecrets.com

I only have cyber friends.

My social worker thinks that's the most pathetic thing ever.

If only she know they're the only reason why I'm still alive.


- Melisa, London, sixbillionsecrets.com

When I was in the fourth grade, my teacher was really mean and used to embarrass me in front of everyone.

I work as a waitress and today she came in to my restaurant.

She didn't recognize me or anything, but she was really rude and condescending.

I very happily spit in her drink.

Twice.


- Anonymous, sixbillionsecrets.com

Ever have one of those days where you just want to end it all?

I have.

My secret is to always plan to do something each day, several days in advance, even if it is something silly.

That way there is always one more thing I have to do.

Eventually things will get better but in the meantime:

Tomorrow I need to teach a friend to fly a kite.


- Sweet Caroline, sixbillionsecrets.com

When I was in high school, I was the girl who made fun of people just to entertain myself and my friends.

When I was a senior, there was a freshman girl I made fun of behind her back.

For all I know, she could have been the nicest girl.

I'll never know because she got cancer and died.

She was only 16.

I've never been more sorry in my life.


- Anonymous, sixbillionsecrets.com

I'm homeless.

A man outside Target was on his violin, playing and singing the song "Big Rock Candy Mountain."

As I walked by, I said his playing was so good, but I had no money to give him.

He offered me the money in his violin case, but I rejected it out of kindness.

My secret?

I think it was God.

I haven't believed in him for 7 years.


- ShadowStone, Apple Valley, CA, sixbillionsecrets.com