Welcome to Unburden Today. These Terms of Service explain the rules for using our website, reading stories and sharing your own. By using the site you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.
1. What Unburden Today is — and is not
Unburden Today is a community space where people share and read personal stories about mental and emotional wellbeing.
We are not a medical, counselling or emergency service. Stories and comments on this site are personal experiences, not professional advice. Nothing here should replace help from a qualified health professional.
If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, please contact your local emergency services or a crisis line right away.
2. Who can use the site
You may read the site at any age. To share a story or comment you should be at least 16 years old. If you are younger, please share only with the knowledge and support of a parent, guardian or trusted adult.
3. Sharing your story
When you submit a story you can use your name, a nickname, or post anonymously.
- Every story is reviewed by our team before it appears. We may decline, shorten or lightly edit a story — for example to remove identifying details or harmful content.
- Only share your own experience. Please do not include full names, contact details, photos or other information that could identify other people.
- Think carefully before including details that could identify you, even when posting anonymously.
- You keep ownership of your story. By submitting it, you give Unburden Today a free, non-exclusive permission to publish and display it on this website and to share links to it.
- You can ask us to remove your story at any time by emailing support@unburdentoday.org. Because anonymous stories are not linked to an account, please include the story title and the date you shared it so we can find it.
4. Comments
Comments are for encouragement and kindness. Depending on our settings, comments may be reviewed before they appear, and we can turn comments off on any story at any time.
5. What is not allowed
To keep this a safe space, you must not post anything that:
- harasses, shames, threatens or bullies anyone;
- identifies another person without their permission;
- encourages, instructs or glorifies self-harm, suicide, eating disorders or violence;
- gives medical, legal or financial advice presented as professional guidance;
- is hateful or discriminatory, sexually explicit, or illegal;
- is spam, advertising, or an attempt to collect other people's personal information;
- pretends to be someone else.
We may remove content that breaks these rules and block further submissions.
6. Our content
The design, text, logo and other materials on this site belong to Unburden Today or our licensors. Please do not copy them for commercial use without permission. Sharing links to stories is always welcome.
7. Links to other websites
We may link to other websites, helplines and resources. We are not responsible for their content or how they handle your information.
8. No guarantees
We work hard to keep the site safe, available and accurate, but we provide it "as is". We cannot guarantee that it will always be available or free of errors, and to the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss arising from your use of the site or from content posted by community members.
9. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when they last changed. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.
10. Contact us
Questions about these terms? Email us at support@unburdentoday.org.