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.
Hi. I’m Emma. I’m not that young, but I’m not that old either. It feels like I’m too young to be feeling the feels I been feeling, but I’m too old to cry. I’ve never shown my feelings to anybody. I don’t feel safe with it, I’ve never had anybody who understands. Everybody thinks my life is so perfect. I
I struggle with depression, PTSD, bipolar, and anxiety. For many years, these felt like harsh labels. It was a hard road of self-harm and therapies, not to mention my family situation. I heard Legends one day, and the captivating ability to sing, let alone rap, about his struggles really reached me. It felt like it showed me how I can
When I was 9, I was told that I might not make it to the age of 21, and to this day I still fear death. I found Jarad’s music, and it basically changed how my life was once nothing but trash, to now it has hope, it has meaning, and it has purpose. Now I know that I’m not
I don’t know where to start, I guess I’ll introduce me and my friend George for you. We’re 18, pretty much the same person. Listened to the same music, played the same video games, and even sometimes accidentally talked to the same girls. George was taken this past Sunday 9/4/22. Juice Wrld always gave us something to connect about, and
I’ve struggled with some anxiety and pretty severe depression since I was 12 years old (I turn 21 in a month). For years I hated myself and felt like I was nothing, wished that I was nothing and even tried to be nothing. It’s been some very dark years with even darker thoughts. At first, really the only thing that
After seeing other people’s stories, I want to share my own about my struggled with self-esteem and body image. I am male, 16 now, but this started when I was 13-14. I am a naturally skinny person, but I hated looking at my body and face. I hated everything about me and my life. I also have autism, so I
I’m glad I’m not alone but it has taken almost 6 years to get as mentally healthy as I am. After a really toxic relationship from when I was 13-14. It took me all those years of going through pill addictions, speeding everywhere I went, liquor problems, getting too high, felonies, funerals, psychiatric hospitals, and the list goes on. I
Hello, I am 12 years old and I am going to turn 13 in 3 weeks from now. I have listened to juice since I was 9 years old and to know that he has passed is truly horrible. My father when I was 7 years old had an extreme drug problem because of depression. He had died the following
Ever since I was adopted at 7 months I was always treated miserably. Growing up I always felt like I wasn’t needed and that I didn’t have anyone. At around 16 years old, that’s when I started smoking to get rid of the numbness. I started cutting, multiple suicide attempts. My adoptive parents or anyone else really understood what I
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