Our Promise
honne has exactly one rule. This is a place for empathy.
What you can do here
- Write the feelings you cannot tell anyone, without giving a name.
- Send "I understand" to someone whose feelings you recognise.
- Leave a comment, if you can sit beside them quietly.
What does not belong here
- Arguing someone down, or proving them wrong.
- Lecturing, or telling someone what they should have done.
- Comparing pain, or implying that someone else has it worse.
- Asking for contact details, or trying to meet.
- Writing anything that identifies a real person.
Why numbers stay hidden
How much empathy a post received is visible only to the person who wrote it. Nobody competes here. A feeling that only one person recognised is not worth less than one that many did.
A note on language
honne began in Japan and is written mostly in Japanese. English support is still being built. For now you can read about this place, but posting in English is not yet available.