On Instagram, Monette Wagner posts openly about her recent divorce.

She is 36 years old and has three children.

She says the divorce feels like a death.

She also shares themes like money independence, co-parenting, and heartbreak.

Wagner is a photographer in Indianapolis.

She wants to show her children strength and hope.

She says she now feels more sure of herself and stronger.

More and more people are sharing their real divorce stories on social media.

Most of them are women.

On TikTok, this content is called "divorce-tok."

Some people, like Wagner, do not post about their ex-partners.

Others talk in detail about their marriage problems and the divorce process.

The #divorce hashtag has millions of posts on TikTok and Instagram.

Jen Hamilton is a nurse with over 5 million TikTok followers.

She has shared the small and hard details of her divorce.

She said her husband lived a "double life."

She also celebrated what would have been her 14th anniversary with a "Jendependence Day" party.

Hamilton said sharing her pain makes her feel less alone.

Her followers feel the same way.

Alex Daly is 41 years old and lives in Philadelphia.

She started posting about her divorce three years after it happened.

She wants to reach people who are "still in the thick of it."

She says followers tell her she makes them feel normal.

Tasha R. Dunn is a professor at the University of Toledo.

She says online connections can be easier to make than in-person ones.

Online support groups are easier to use.

Lawyer Jackie Combs warns that sharing divorce details online can be risky during legal steps.

The content could be used as proof.

She still sees social media as important for "destigmatization."

It shows divorce is "not the end, it's just a pivot."

Daly gets trolling and bad comments.

But she says this shows a stigma is still there.

It makes her want to show that divorce can be a great new start.