# The Doe

> The Doe publishes anonymous first-person stories that spark honest civil discourse. Every story is a real, unfiltered personal account — contributors stay anonymous by design so they can speak freely about work, love, race, politics, mental health, and more. The Doe is part of the Narratives network, a 501(c)(3) multimedia nonprofit. The library holds 1053 stories across 28 topics.

**Website:** https://www.thedoe.com/
**Parent:** Narratives (https://www.narratives.com/)
**Format:** Anonymous first-person essays, median ~1,200 words
**Social:** Instagram @thedoe · TikTok @thedoe · YouTube @wearethedoe · Facebook wearethedoe

## Key pages

- [Home](https://www.thedoe.com/): The Doe overview
- [All Our Stories](https://www.thedoe.com/all-our-stories): Browse all 1053 stories
- [Topics](https://www.thedoe.com/topics): Stories by topic
- [About](https://www.thedoe.com/about): Why anonymous storytelling
- [Contact](https://www.thedoe.com/contact-us)
- [Late-in-Life Autism](https://www.thedoe.com/late-in-life-autism): Feature on adult autism diagnosis

## Topics

- [Family](https://www.thedoe.com/category/fam): 97 stories
- [Sex](https://www.thedoe.com/category/sex): 96 stories
- [Mental Health](https://www.thedoe.com/category/mentalh): 93 stories
- [Women](https://www.thedoe.com/category/women): 88 stories
- [Health](https://www.thedoe.com/category/health): 85 stories
- [Money](https://www.thedoe.com/category/money): 81 stories
- [Justice](https://www.thedoe.com/category/justice): 77 stories
- [Religion](https://www.thedoe.com/category/religion): 70 stories
- [Pop Culture](https://www.thedoe.com/category/pop): 61 stories
- [Love](https://www.thedoe.com/category/love): 58 stories
- [Food](https://www.thedoe.com/category/food): 50 stories
- [Environment](https://www.thedoe.com/category/environment): 48 stories
- [Education](https://www.thedoe.com/category/education): 48 stories
- [Media](https://www.thedoe.com/category/media): 47 stories
- [Science & Technology](https://www.thedoe.com/category/st): 44 stories
- [LGBTQ](https://www.thedoe.com/category/lgbtq): 43 stories
- [Nostalgia](https://www.thedoe.com/category/nostalgia): 40 stories
- [Travel](https://www.thedoe.com/category/travel): 39 stories
- [Style](https://www.thedoe.com/category/style): 39 stories
- [Sport](https://www.thedoe.com/category/sports): 39 stories
- [Politics](https://www.thedoe.com/category/politics): 38 stories
- [Parenting](https://www.thedoe.com/category/parenting): 38 stories
- [Drugs and Alcohol](https://www.thedoe.com/category/da): 38 stories
- [Race](https://www.thedoe.com/category/race): 17 stories
- [Work](https://www.thedoe.com/category/work): 6 stories
- [Disablitiy and Neurodiversity](https://www.thedoe.com/category/disabilityneurodiversity): 5 stories
- [Friendship](https://www.thedoe.com/category/friendship): 3 stories

## Sample stories

- [What My Eating Disorder Treatment Taught Me About Making Friends](https://www.thedoe.com/article/eating-disorder-treatment-social-confidence)
- [Why Mutual Masturbation Is the Best Sex I've Ever Had](https://www.thedoe.com/article/mutual-masturbation-best-sex-ever)
- [I've Struggled With Eldest Daughter Syndrome All My Life](https://www.thedoe.com/article/eldest-daughter-syndrome-responsibility-burden-boundaries)
- [I Was Abused As a Child. It Took Me Years to Realize It.](https://www.thedoe.com/article/child-abuse-denial-family-trauma)
- [I'm a Muslim Woman in Saudi Arabia Who's in a Secret Open Marriage](https://www.thedoe.com/article/muslim-arab-woman-secret-polyamory)
- [My Dad Helped Me Buy a House. It Ruined Our Relationship.](https://www.thedoe.com/article/house-sale-dad-financial-regret)
- [We Tried to Stay Married Despite Mental Illness. Here's Why We Failed.](https://www.thedoe.com/article/how-to-prevent-divorce-bipolar-mental-illness)
- [I Was Bullied For My Body Hair](https://www.thedoe.com/article/i-was-bullied-for-my-body-hair)
- [What It's Like to Be an Incel](https://www.thedoe.com/article/incel-mental-health-struggles)
- [I Moved Abroad to Escape U.S. Politics. Turns Out the Grass Is Always Greener.](https://www.thedoe.com/article/difference-between-america-australia-politics-abroad)
- [A Dispatch From the Border of Gaza and Egypt](https://www.thedoe.com/article/gaza-war-rafah-border-displacement)
- [I'm Living a Double Life in My Hasidic Jewish Community](https://www.thedoe.com/article/secretly-non-believing-hasid-double-life)

Full index of all stories: see llms-full.txt

## Notes

- All contributors are anonymous; author names are pseudonyms.
- Stories are personal accounts, not reported journalism; they represent the narrator's perspective.