Anonymous by design
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Talk. Reflect. Connect. Find support — privately and without judgment.
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- Anonymous aliasGenerated for you
- No real name in roomsEver
- Server-side AINo keys in your browser
- Private journalReadable only by you
Meet Aria
A voice that listens to how you sound, not just what you say.
Speak, and Aria answers out loud. She reads pace, strain and flatness in your voice, and de-escalates from there — grounding and breathing first, questions later, and a clear route to real human help the moment things sound serious.
Ready
Aria hears your words and your tone. Nothing is stored — this conversation lives only in this browser tab.
Voice companion
Say it out loud instead.
Aria listens the way a steady person would — to the words, and to how they sound. She works from established de-escalation and crisis-support practice: psychological first aid, grounding, breathing, distress tolerance, and trauma-informed listening.
- “I can't switch my head off tonight.”
- “I feel like I'm about to panic.”
- “I don't really know what's wrong, I just feel heavy.”
Aria is an AI, not a clinician. She cannot diagnose or prescribe. If you are in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services.
Start light, go deeper
Six ways to be supported, arranged by how much they ask of you — from writing a line to yourself, to sitting in a live room, to speaking with a professional.
- Solo and completely private
- Just you and FarAway
- With other people
- 01Start light
Private Journal
Write for nobody but yourself. Entries are locked to your account by database-level rules.
Solo · 2 min
- 02Start light
Coping Toolkit
Grounding, breathing, CBT, DBT and ACT techniques you can use in the next two minutes.
Solo · guided
- 03A little further
AI Companion
A warm, always-available space to talk things through, with a safety layer built in.
Just you and the bot
- 04A little further
Safety Planning
Note your triggers, your people and your steps — before the hard moment arrives.
Solo · keep for later
- 05Go deeper
Community Rooms
Live, anonymous rooms with people going through something similar. Moderated by the FarAway team.
With others · anonymous
- 06Go deeper
Professional Support
Browse the directory and request a session when you want more than peer support.
With a practitioner
What a room feels like
Rooms are quiet, slow and anonymous. Nobody sees your name — only the alias FarAway generates for you.
The conversation shown here is a written sample, not a live room. Real rooms open once you sign in, and some are empty until someone arrives.
In a community room
Sample conversation
BraveSparrow6473 Overwhelmed
“I feel like I can't keep up with everything at school.”
10 minutes ago
CalmRiver284 Lonely
“Same here. It helps knowing I'm not the only one.”
4 minutes ago
Everyone in FarAway is only ever seen as an anonymous alias.
“You don't have to figure everything out alone.”
Start with one sentence about how today has been. That's enough.
Get Started — anonymous, takes 30 seconds