Share Your Story for Unbury the Pain
Share your adult (18+) testimony safely—no identifying details or graphic content—then review publishing consent separately after approval.
Participant Eligibility and Submission Consent
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I confirm I am 18 years of age or older
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I voluntarily choose to submit my story
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Pseudonym
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Which private details should be removed before any final use?
Location details
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Would you like to review any edited version of your story before final use?
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May we contact you about possible publication?
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Are you preliminarily willing for your approved story to be considered for the book?
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Are you preliminarily willing for approved excerpts to be considered for the website, social media, or advertising?
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Important notice
Workbook and Story Focus
Have you used or read the workbook?
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Yes
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Which workbook sections or exercises did you use?
G - Ghosts of the Past
R - Regret and Pain
I - Internal Turmoil
E - Emotional Scars
F - Fragmented Healing
Other
Which areas felt most relatable to your story?
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G - Ghosts of the Past
R - Regret and Pain
I - Internal Turmoil
E - Emotional Scars
F - Fragmented Healing
What was the primary area of your story, and why?
Ghosts of the Past (G)
What experience or period would you like to share?
How do these past experiences affect you today?
How have these experiences influenced your relationships, parenting, work, money, or faith decisions?
What would you want to say about speaking up, keeping secrets, or getting help?
What has helped you understand your experience or feel safe enough to share it?
Regret and Pain (R)
What regret, loss, or heartbreak have you carried?
How has this pain affected your choices and how you see yourself?
Have you ever blamed yourself for someone else’s actions? What should readers understand about that?
Did religious expectations shape your guilt, sense of responsibility, or view of forgiveness?
What has helped you practice self-compassion or begin to change?
Internal Turmoil (I)
Hidden inner struggles
How do these feelings affect your daily life and decision-making?
When feelings are difficult, how do you cope?
If comfortable, what have you used to cope?
Alcohol
Drugs
Work
Spending
Food
Other
What support has helped you most?
What helps you express feelings, seek help, and make clear choices?
Emotional Scars (E)
What lasting effects of the hurt have stayed with you?
Which areas have been impacted?
Trust
Closeness
Self-worth
Boundaries
Safety
Other
If others responded to abuse or harm in ways that affected you, how did those responses shape your experience?
Did religion or faith influence your choice to stay, leave, report, or seek support?
How have you reclaimed your voice or built safer relationships since then?
Fragmented Healing (F)
What progress have you made in your healing journey so far?
What areas still feel unresolved or difficult?
In what situations do you feel strongest, and in what situations do you still struggle?
What support has been helpful, and what support have you felt was missing?
Have you felt pressure from yourself, family, or religion to appear healed before you were ready? If so, how?
What message would you share with someone whose healing is moving more slowly?
Religion, Faith, and Decisions
Were you raised in a religious or spiritual tradition?
Yes
No
Not sure
Prefer not to say
Which current beliefs, practices, or sources of meaning are part of your life now?
Religion
Spirituality
Prayer
Meditation
Nature
Community
None
Other
What has faith or religion offered you?
Comfort
Hope
Belonging
Guidance
Purpose
Community
Strength
Nothing
Other
Describe any teachings, experiences, or interactions that caused shame, fear, pressure, or harm, and how they affected you.
In which areas did faith or religion influence your decisions?
Marriage
Divorce
Parenting
Sexuality
Education
Work
Money
Medical care
Mental healthcare
Other
Describe a time you questioned, disagreed, set boundaries, or left a faith community, and what happened.
How did ideas about prayer, forgiveness, obedience, or loyalty affect your willingness to seek help or protect yourself or others?
What has changed in your beliefs over time, and what beliefs or practices have you kept or released?
What should religious leaders understand about survivors, and what does a safe faith community look like to you?
Final Testimony and Quote
Final testimony
Memorable quote
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