Live Free 999 encourages everyone to speak openly about mental health. We have created a space to share the stories sent to us from our audience to inspire others to share their own journeys, creating a virtual story-telling chain of community and support.
Notice: Some of the stories shared may contain topics that could be emotionally triggering to some members of our audience. Topics such as suicide, self-harm, substance abuse, and trauma are discussed.
I know many people have gone through the same thing—a relationship that didn’t work out and left them broken. In my case, it happened almost three years ago. After being with that person, I fell into deep depression. I didn’t know what to do anymore; I didn’t even recognize myself. I tried to find my way, but in the process,
I have struggled with anxiety, depression, and bipolar for years. I realized that my mental health and self-love comes first.But it wasn’t always like this, for me.I used to have bad thoughts a lot, in my teenage years. I thought I was unloved by all my family and friends and struggled with self harm a lot as well.I first heard
My story is long and probably similar to a lot of others, but i just thought i would share a good-bye letter to perks because when i wrote it in rehab, an astonishing amount of fellow addicts wanted a copy to take home with them. Im sure it will resonate with some of you… Dear Percocet, I had never understood
Ever since I was little, I could tell I was a little more emotionally invested in things as well as more worried than other kids. I went through elementary school and middle school dealing with lots of anxiety, hard emotions, and self-doubt that forced me to mature way quicker than most kids my age, and I found it harder and
Hey everyone reading this. I’m not gonna lie, my life doesn’t seem that bad. I have loving parents, I live in a safe neighborhood, there’s no abuse, but the reason I’m opening up is because I realized that everyone has problems. I’ve always struggled with making friends that don’t try to use me or make fun of me. Juice’s music
On the morning of July 3rd, 2024 our lives changed forever. We lost our son, our sweet angel face, Zendon. We went to wake him up for work and he wouldn’t wake up. Never in a million years would we have imagined this being our reality; it’s still so unreal. Zendon was loved by so many. He was much, much more
Around 2017-2018 I was spiraling real bad with my anxiety. I was truant from school and started experimenting with xanax. Thanks to music I was able to find healthier outlets and was able to put the pills down before developing a proper addiction. Juice’s music showed me that not only am I not alone in my struggles with anxiety and
I started using a long time ago. I grew up around drugs and things of that sort. I had certain tendencies that would trigger my urge to use. Through will and effort, I am 5 months sober as of now. I can confidently say Juice’s music helped me accomplish this. Whether it be from the songs themselves, or his story,
Since I was young, my twin brother and I were abused by our stepfather. Our mom got cancer, and it only worsened. It was a battle between trying to stay out of depression while being abused, caring for our mother, and Mom being on a constant teeter-totter between life and death. In 2019, at the ages of 15, our mother
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