Chemnotcharacter Stories

"Life, Luke had decided, was colourless."

User-submitted stories about their own mental illnesses, their struggles with themselves and finding the strength to face it every day.

Mental illness: a popular topic in fiction, an unpopular reality. Tips and guidelines for writing realistic characters suffering from MIs, written for and by Wattpad aut...

Recuperare. Graphic by @justlyd

WINNER 2015 Wattys #JustWriteIt challenge. Oh my. What large teeth you have? "As you're pretty so be wise, wolves may lurk in every guise." Phobias; we all ha...

They are a new breed rising with flames flickering in their eyes. They don't fear anything because they've already been torn apart and undone. They are ruled by pure imp...

Nobody cares if you're hanging by a thread or trudging through life completely bruised and swollen. Nobody is going to stand by your side when the first devastating wave...

"She was like an open book written in a different language."

iBooks: https://itun.es/us/bgmNab Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/614633 [Published Under the Title 'Emily Was'] ~*~ a daughter who dived off a buildin...

At #chemnotcharacter, we encourage writers to explore characters suffering from a variety of mental illnesses. To promote this, we will be hosting a number of contests a...

"It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that st...

Lance Charleston always had his mind set on Sage Rae Wilson, who's been his crush for about three years. Even though they've talked a lot about personal issues and hang...

"And honestly is that the only reason you loved me?" "Stop it! Don't you know you're the only reason I live?" ~5 Seconds of Summer fanfic~ Updated...

in which Sophie bands together a group of mentally ill teens in order to show them that they're not alone //lowercase intended// highest ranking: #423 in short story 11...

An agglomeration of essays centralizing on humanism, the macrocosm, my prosaic adversity, and what it means to be alive. copyright © 2016

They said it was because of a lack of serotonin. (lower-case intentional)

© Kristen___ 2015 "The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is." -Winston Churchill Danika lived...

Paper is fragile, but if you fold it the right way, you can make it into something beautiful. #freementalillness #nomorescars #chemnotchracter