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.
Growing up, I lived with my mom, who struggled with many addictions. She was always with abusive men, even my dad who I watched from an early age physically abuse her. My dad was never in the picture, he would just come around when he wanted to. I used to look up to my dad, not knowing how bad he
Hey I’m Kai. I’m a teen from the UK. I’ve suffered from depression, suicidal thoughts, and self-harm for a while now. Juice WRLD’s music inspired me to keep going, and comforted me when I had bad days. In his words “I toss my pain with my wishes in a wishing well. Still no luck, but oh well. I still try
I’ve always struggled with my mental health since I was a kid, due to the fact that I was SA at a young age and being bullied a lot from kindergarten up until I graduated high school. My parents really didn’t pay attention to me, and I had nobody to talk to about my feelings so I would just keep
Found this website cuz the end of the HBO doc had it tagged, not sure this is a success story, but I want to share. I have been on a long mental health journey, collected some expensive addictions along the way, and still have no idea what is goin on. I listen to Juice and I can hear some of
Growing up at a young age, my life was very well it wasn’t too long ago to when I was constantly unhappy or felt alone. I never really was the type of person to show my emotions, so nowadays when I talk to people, I feel like they’ll take advantage of me showing a softer side so I always kept
I’m 25, I remember being a sad kid and I was really alone. When I was 13 I started having panic attacks. I’ve been on medication for depression and anxiety since i was 17. I’ve always been really intense with my feelings. I never knew how to deal with all my bad feelings and bad thoughts… I gave up a
My name is James, and I’m a recovering heroin addict. I spent many of my years in active addiction, using many different drugs. However, once I tried heroin everything else stopped. My main focus was getting high to numb the pain, help with my depression, and to feel normal. I ended up having a beautiful little girl, and have spent
Throughout my 17 years of life, I’ve dealt with so much, whether it’s my abusive stepfather laying hands on my mother, My 2 younger brothers and I all going through kidney cancer due to a genetic trait, my biological father becoming mentally ill, heartbreaks, going from an AP Student to a dropout. It has all torn me up, and sometimes
I’m Italian and from Venice. Whoever is reading this I hope that you have a wonderful day and a beautiful life. You are the best flower in this wrld. The reason that I’m here now is to tell you about a period where I had depression and I fought very hard to get out of it. I was lonely, I
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