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The Girl Who Left Her Guard Up
Story by why_now
This is a story kind of like "The Girl with Depression" but a little bit longer. She didn't find the need to hide who she really was.
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Bullys, and life.
Story by nfull8
People bullying me,
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Yellow Day
Story by Swapna
This is a true story of a twelve year old village girl who can never console herself with any reasons . For what she went through, was just too much to forget.
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The Infinite Curse
The story of fighting the demons, which never seem to go away.
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It's been a while
It's been a while since we've talked, and it's been 2 weeks since we've walked, hand in hand............

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Hospital Windows
Story by Author Unknown
And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
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Wings
Poem by kkhause
A suicide note of hopelessness and pain...
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How Could You?
Story by Co1dnight
A short story that shows how unconditional a dog's love is. You're likely to cry after reading this.
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Last Words
Story by RLMaring
A story of a girl's last words to her mom
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You
I let someone into my life. And they kinda sorta broke me a little bit.

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Wings
Poem by kkhause
A suicide note of hopelessness and pain...
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You
I let someone into my life. And they kinda sorta broke me a little bit.
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November 21st at 6:58am
Story by 🌸Fate
He opened his eyes again looking dull as ever. Time just keep repeating.
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Depression
Story by Author Unknown
My personal experience with depression. Touches on what I've gone through and how lucky I am to be where I am today.
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Accident or Suicide
Poem by From_Me
A poem about the pain of a torn mental state caused by inner demons and thoughts of suicide.

Most Viewed Sad Short Stories

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Last Words
Story by RLMaring
A story of a girl's last words to her mom
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Hospital Windows
Story by Author Unknown
And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
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A Tear to the Eye
Story by Author Unknown
Barbara was driving her six-year-old son, Benjamin, to his piano lesson when something bad happened....
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Depression
Story by Author Unknown
My personal experience with depression. Touches on what I've gone through and how lucky I am to be where I am today.
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DREAMS ARE COUNTERFEIT COINS
Story by mazharabro
A Short Story from Sindhi Literature Author: Mazhar Abro Translated by: Hafeez Darban.

Latest Sad Short Stories

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Young Love
Poem by poemsdie
We were more than that.
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Goodbye
Poem by kcarbile
a short poem about suicide
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I Miss You - Part One.
Story by poemsdie
Yeah, it's true.
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Rain
Story by WizardTheJi
A man decides to take a nice stroll through a dreary day.
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She Lost All Hope
A story about a girl being bullied at school (True story it happened to me sadly)
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Running
Story by f-girl4444
Running through the maze of life, being chased by a monster stronger than the rest.
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Look Me In The Eye
Story by VampireReject
Anna paced the room, she was pulling on her hair as silent streams of tears ran down her face. Her mother was laying the hospital bed across the room. Anna kept her gaze on the floor not daring to look at the lifeless face of Elizabeth Jones.
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Him
Your first love will forever be in your thoughts
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Thoughts In My Head
When you're alone, you only have your thoughts to base yourself off of.
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I Tried (Depression Story)
Story by illbok
A story of thoughts relating to depression that you may relate to. Very real thoughts close to the sad home that is my heart.
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This Feeling
Story by WhiteDragon562
Something I just wrote.
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Why did I do it?
Story by king2979
This is a true story about one of my very close friends. She had a rough childhood and life in general. This is only half of her story but the rest is for later. There are many more bigger details hidden within this story for later.
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Easy Way Out
No one deserves the easy way out
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Sadness
Story by wanderlust
I was sitting at the Mcdonalds and this came to mind. It´s not really good, but I tried. I´m also working on my diction. :)
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Lost Child
Poem by Nessie19
It's about how a father left his child behind..
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The Person Who Hides
Poem by Nessie19
This short poem tells you what kind of person I am inside...
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Stranger Walking By
Story by mindful_ideas
Infatuating blindness
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Please Don'T Die
Story by Pandagirlswag34
Ummmmm this is sad plz read .... its also true
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I saw her she saw me
Story by Wave777
This Story means a lot to me. Thanking You for reading
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I wish I could just be ALONE
Poem by Life_is_Hard
How people think they can relate to your problems when they can't and they end up making the situation worse.
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Monster
Poem by Life_is_Hard
Being judged by everyone around you can make you think about some weird stuff.
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Falling, falling, falling
Poem by Life_is_Hard
If you want something sad... here you go.
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Broken Friendship
Poem by Life_is_Hard
Terrifying yet true. This is actually how I felt about my friends for a very long time.
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Escape
Poem by Life_is_Hard
A story/poem about when things that we don't play on come into our lives and ruin everything.... Well, maybe not everything.
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Dark Night
Poem by Life_is_Hard
A sad yet thought-triggering poem
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What Do I Worry About?
Story by Pipppy12
Sometimes you don't care anymore.
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Never Again
Poem by Life_is_Hard
A poem about life and love.
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Misery Loves Company
Story by Cerys Worsey
What does it feel like to be isolated? My story explores this theme.
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Accidentally
Poem by cri
A sad poem about a friend who dies after getting hit by a truck
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What is going on?!?
Story by Kiki_Kicks
This is the story of my break-up😭
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Walls
Story by Harper
Depression is not easy, sometimes it's hard to define or hard to explain. I thought I would try and write a piece about how I see it to be.
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Goodbye
The emptiness that cannot be filled
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Goodbye
Poem by wanderlust
suicide note; my final words.
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Red
Story by six0202
Short tragic story on how a man never saw the true beauty of the color until he lost it.
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Losing Her
I lost her. I lost her and it killed me. She died and I died too.
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Why?
A short poem of how I'm feeling
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Feelings
Story by acosange
Sometimes I feel like I can't let my feelings out.
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Hurt
Poem by acosange
I can't do it anymore.
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You Don't Know
Story by sadstory
The story of a girl no one understands.
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I Forgive You
Story by LandOfTheLost
A women abandons her dog in the rain. Only to regret it later.
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Rose
Poem by acosange
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Forgive Me, My Love
Story by sadstory
A girl asking for forgiveness from her abusive boyfriend that she loves, from the world and everything around her.
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Crimson Secrets
Story by Delilah
This is one of those depressing stories that are sad. NOTHING TO DO WITH ME, BY THE WAY. Nothing to do with me. I was merely inspired.
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The Key.
Poem by Vequaniel
They dont deserve ..
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Lingering Thoughts
Story by Paul_Rai
It's a story of what I'm currently going through as of right now, and wanted to convey that but in a manner that can be funny, instead of downright depressing.
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I See Dead People
Story by sadstory
Dark thoughts ensue....
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Heartache
Story by sadstory
A poem of a girl left in the shattered pieces of her last relationship.
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Make It To 16
Story by sadstory
Please read all the way through or it won't make sense and rate.
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The New Girl
Story by sadstory
The story of the girl who is always the new girl.
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When I Cut Myself
I hope nobody else ever breaks like this. Stay strong. And happy.