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’m Jasmine and I struggled with anxiety since as far back I can remember. I was always in my head. My thoughts were my worst enemy. I still do. I also struggled with substance abuse for 13 years. It took over me and I didn’t recognize who I was anymore. My family and I all dealt with trauma and alcoholism
Hi, my name is Jordan and I live in the UK. I didn’t always feel this way but since I first felt love at the age of 14 with one of my closest friends at the time, spending 5 years together completely changed the person I was prior, who was bubbly and so happy just to be alive. It changed
I’ve started struggling with anxiety and depression at the very young age of 10. I felt like dying every time I went to sleep, and I was feeling at my lowest ever. I started growing up and life was getting better, and I started to think that what I was feeling was just a phase. Then the same issues hit
I grew up under pressure of not messing up and being as close to perfect as possible. I went to private schools, so if my grades were bad my parents would put the guilt of me not using the opportunity I was given, which weighed a lot on me. I switched to public school and didn’t participate almost at all
Hey everyone. My whole life I have been a very happy, fun, outgoing free spirit. My whole life growing up, I have always wanted to be accepted. I am a person who friended anyone and everyone, with no judgement. I ended up getting to get exactly what I wanted. I gained tons of friends, became very popular and socially accepted
My name is Joser, and I have anxiety and severe depression. I think about things almost every day or night and those are suicidal thoughts. Juice has helped me so much in the past 6 years of being a fan. There’s not a day that I don’t listen to Juice Wrld. He helps me so much. It’s crazy how much someone
My name is Maddux and I’ve struggled with severe anxiety and depression. My parents divorced when I was young, and when I got older it really affected me. I’ve had depression since I was in the 7th grade and was about 12 years old. I’m now a freshman about to be a sophomore. I got in a lot of fights
This is about my 15 years old son. I know he’s suffered from depression since he was a little kid. Now that he is a freshman, he hit rock bottom. It’s hard to listen to him say that he is worthless, useless, and a failure. He is a handsome kid. A really good kid. But depression’s got him hard, to
I have ADHD, and ever since I was a little kid I was a nightmare to deal with. I have issues with my behaviour, impulsiveness, and just being a really bad kid in general. I was so selfish and didn’t care about my own family. I was horrible to everyone all the time and being naughty. I’m not very good
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