Fifty People One Question

You may find the brave voices captured here haunting, shocking and humorous. In some of their faces you’ll see joy, anguish and grace as they trust you with their confession.

It’s a simple question and the answers can lead us anywhere. So go ahead, ask yourself…

Produced in collaboration with PostSecret in celebration of the new book, PostSecret: Confessions On Life, Death & God.

The Responses »

1. “im so angry all the time that sometimes its hard to hold in my rage. i wont hurt any people, no, but being so mad everyday i just want to scream and punch walls, but i cant, and its overwhelming sometimes”

   —nicole, 15 from Crofton, MD US 13 minutes ago

2. “I leave this place next year... in knowledge that I'm leaving you behind. Call me crazy, but when you said "...were not gonna do it for nothing." I knew we just might be meant to be. I'm so in love and I don't know how to express it to you. Come with me...? ”

   —whoever,wherever. , 18 from Palm Springs, CA US about 1 hour ago

3. “my secret..isss..that the only reason i'm reading all these secrets is because my life is like a train track. there's a schedual, the day's just go in one big loop, and i'm the train, just following my set path. but everyday i feel even worse than the day before. no, i wont kill myself because i dont have the balls. so im condemned to a life of being 'happy' but actually crying myself to sleep on occasions. my other secret is that i dip my chips in mac-and-cheese. dont knock it till you try it..”

   —that kid, 15 from Crofton, MD US about 1 hour ago

4. “My secret... is that all my secrets are about a girl I have never met. Nearly all my happiness right now is because she died. And I don't know if I should think of that as a good or bad thing.”

   —Anonymous, 16 from Mount Pearl, NL CA about 4 hours ago

5. “... I'm afraid I wasted away my chances to be successful and happy... ...and that I wont ever have those chances again...”

   —J, 23 from Ballina, 20 IE about 6 hours ago

6. “truth is... i was afraid to post something here....”

   —Anonymous, 999 from Harker Heights, TX US about 15 hours ago

7. “I'm scared of not being successful.”

   —matt, 17 from Harker Heights, TX US about 15 hours ago

8. “at such a young age i question my own life every night before i go to bed. i haven't slept in two months. i trained myself to keep my eyes shut so my parents won't bother me about how i am not doing my part. my father asked me if i was debating life, he didn't wait for my answer. i want to die so that i can meet a girl i killed so i can tell her i am fucking sorry. i also want to die because i want to know that my brother will be okay when he dies. so i know that he is safe. so that i know that he is happy. so i can tell the girl i killed i love her. even if i continue living, there is no way that i will fully live anymore, the only reason left is so that i can help my best friend who has parents who have been home for 2 out of 13 of his birthdays, to let him know someone cares, to let him know i will help him if he gets hurt. and same for my brother. and i do not even have the guts so say this out loud, or write it sober.”

   —Anonymous, 14 from San Anselmo, CA US about 18 hours ago

9. “The quaterback of my high school football team threatened to rip my throat out if i ever told anyone we slept together....maybe that was because im a guy.”

   —J, 19 from Lawrenceville, GA US about 20 hours ago

10. “I'm really scared I won't make it into college... I'm a really good student, but I really need a scolarship, if I don't get it I might not start out this semester... and that freaks me out! My friends, they are all freaking out too about their college applications and stuff, and I keep telling them, to not push things and to relax, everything will turn out as it is suppossed to be... And here I am not doing exactly what I advice to others again...”

    —Relaxed, 18 from Irapuato, 11 MX about 21 hours ago

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