Personal experience essays written by teens | Teen Ink

Personal Experience


Most discussed Personal Experience Articles

Nonfiction
comment
By smurphka BRONZE
Bend, Oregon

Holding a bottle of Tylenol in my clenched fist, I slowly twisted off the cap. I critically inspected those lentil-shaped pills, gazed desperately at my cell phone, willing anyone...
smurphka BRONZE, Bend, Oregon
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Nonfiction
By Cedarbuddy SILVER
Cedar Hills, Utah
Cedarbuddy SILVER, Cedar Hills, Utah
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.&quot;<br /> (The Bell Jar)

Nonfiction
HeyImCaitlin BRONZE, Hanson, Massachusetts
1 article 7 photos 1 comment
Nonfiction
By jules16 PLATINUM
Fredericksburg, Virginia
jules16 PLATINUM, Fredericksburg, Virginia
32 articles 5 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; if your living, but do not act as one should when they are alive, then you are simply dead inside, and filling in empty space. So take risks, be reckless, the world will scorn you anyways so why not it be by your own causing &quot;

Nonfiction
By Nevada BRONZE
Watsonivlle, California
Nevada BRONZE, Watsonivlle, California
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
So I&#039;m grindin&#039; with my eyes wide<br /> Looking to find<br /> A way<br /> Through the day<br /> A life<br /> For the night- lil wayne

dodochop SILVER, Amity, Oregon
9 articles 18 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Everything happens for a reason, they may be sucky reasons but they are reasons.

Nonfiction
By Incognito SILVER
Boerne, Texas
Incognito SILVER, Boerne, Texas
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;you know those shoes you&#039;re wearing today, they&#039;ll do no good on the bridges you burnt along the way&quot;- gone going, black eyed peas

Nonfiction
By Anonymous
Nonfiction
By Fantasyincolor SILVER
My Dreams, Virginia
Fantasyincolor SILVER, My Dreams, Virginia
5 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us!<br /> ~Lincoln

Nonfiction
By ReneetheGreat PLATINUM
Castle Rock, Colorado
ReneetheGreat PLATINUM, Castle Rock, Colorado
28 articles 3 photos 85 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Strength does not come from physical capacity, but from an indomitable will.&quot;