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 started using drugs 4 years ago, at first everything was fine… I worked, had a normal social status, wife, money… but then everything became a blur. I was fired from my job and lost all money and wife. My ex wife(now) was a saint, I still don’t understand how she tolerated me at all. After she left, I started
My name is Hayden, I’ve struggled with depression and being the lowest of the lows reaching for anything that would numb the pain. As I got older, I was driving all of my friends and family away with my addiction and outlook on life. I was constantly in my head with nights on nights with no sleep. I felt as
I struggled through my dad’s death at only 9 years old and that trauma led me to substance abuse and dependance and addiction. I just wanted to let you know it always gets better. I’m 3 months clean, I have the love of my life, and I have a job doing what i love, graffiti.
I think I’ve always had a sense of anxiety and depression and just never knew what it really felt like. I always thought maybe I was just sad or throwing up because I didn’t feel good. I am 20 years old, I’ve come to realize that I was depressed and had anxiety and still do til this day. Substance abuse
My personal journey with Anxiety, Panic disorder, Major depressive disorder and PTSD started at home because of emotional abuse from my parents. I turned to drugs to cope and found Juice Wrld’s music along the way. Juice Wrld’s music saved me from the emotional torment of my traumas and made me feel less alone in this world. If it wasn’t
I’m going to share some of my struggles the past few years and how I cope on a daily basis. My depression, anxiety & eating disorder started when I was around 14/15; when I was in secondary school. I had always suffered since I was a little girl and always felt different and noticed I wasn’t as happy as other
Hello everyone, my experience with Anxiety and depression started at 14 years old. During COVID-19 I stayed in my room for so long that I lost all my social skills. During those times in my room I developed Anxiety and Depression, throughout time it was just getting worse and worse to a point where I now stay homeschooled even know
I am 20 years old and I was in a deep state of depression a couple years back when I was 16. My relationship with my mom started to go down the drain and we would fight and argue about everything. She said some hurtful things to me that I couldn’t stop thinking about and I used to cry at
Hi, This is going to be hard but this is my story. It starts at the age of 14. I got into a very abusive relationship for 5 years. I suffered all types of abuse. I was then at 19 diagnosed with anxiety and depression. Over the years I suffered more abuse from partners which led to my mental health
Experiencing a crisis? Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988
or Text the Crisis Text Line by Texting “LF999” to 741741.
