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.
My substance use started February 2022, and it didn’t take long to escalate to me almost dying from an OD. I went to my first rehab on June 28th 2022, which was also my sister’s 12th birthday. I was discharged September 12th, 2022 and went back to my drug use less than two weeks later. Sometime in October of 2022
When I was five years old, I was abused by my own father. He used to put out my birthday candles on my skin… growing up I thought it was a form of love, so I thought it was okay. Now since I’ve grown, I’ve been struggling with depression and anxiety thinking something bad is about to happen to me.
To find the words, the exact words to describe how much Juice’s music helped me is impossible. My journey started when I learned my girlfriend of 3 years had been cheating on me with several other guys, this broke me. then the tragic news of most of my family dying from cancer and other health complications put me into a
I am 18 years old. Growing up I never really had friends. I knew a lot of people, but I never really hung out with them. i just stayed to myself. It wasn’t really easy at home, getting yelled at for failing in school and not doing anything right. Juice WRLD was probably one of the best things I’ve had
I’ve dealt with social anxiety and depression for as long as I can remember. Thinking that I am the only one who could help myself led me to drink my problems away, and smoke every day. My memory suffered. My friendships and relationships within my family were toxic and abusive. Being around people and hanging out with friends just made
Hi, my name is Benedikt, I grew up in a wealthy family in Germany with a great childhood as far as I can remember, but out of nowhere my parents divorced. The pain inside me was covered by the smile I put on because no one ever asked about how I felt. I actually never cried about it, and that’s
I’m currently 15. My battle with depression started when I was 1, but even before then I had always had suicidal thoughts. When I was 12, I started abusing over the counter cough medicines to robotrip. Then I started experimenting with more drugs and different things. Eventually I had done almost every drug out there before I was even 14.
After reading a few of these shared stories, I had the urge to share my own. The purpose of these stories is to show that we are not alone…something I’m still trying to convince myself. I’ve struggled with mental health at a young age. But then I never really gave it much thought because at that time, people were not
I would like to take this opportunity to share my personal journey with mental health. I am 26 years old and for more than half of my life I was exposed to various mental health diagnoses as I grew up- just about everyone in my family has had mental health issues. Myself included, sisters, mother, & grandmother. Significant instances for
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