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’ve struggled with depression and anxiety since middle school. I am now a 17-year-old high school senior, still battling the demons in my head. I’ve seen and been through it all. In 8th grade I was accused of something I supposedly did to my cousin. They didn’t find me guilty of course because I never did it. It was just
Since the age of 4 I’ve heard voices and what I now know are hallucinations… Growing up was hard because expressing what I was going through was and kinda still is hard…I’ve been diagnosed schizoaffective with major depression disorder as well as anxiety and PTSD. My teens sucked because of the confusion of what I’ve been dealing with, and as
It started in 1998 I was born, and I believe I was put on this planet for reason. In 1999 my mother was convicted on Second Degree murder and sentenced to 50 years. I was only 1yo it’s so hard to explain what I had to go through. My life was flipped upside down from the start. My father’s side
I’m currently 18 years old and I am someone who suffers from epilepsy. I stopped having seizures and stopped taking medication for my epilepsy when I was about 6-7 years old so it hadn’t affected me that much through my life. Early last year I began having seizures again due to stress and constant exhaustion, so I was put on
I always feel empty and depressed and anxious. I remember why it started, I started to become depressed at 8 years old when I was sexually abused. Ever since then I just became a totally different person. I wouldn’t participate in any activities; I would just lay in my bed all day crying for what happened and anxiety would give
My story, it’s very similar to Jarad’s at certain things in his life. I was brought up in a normal family with decently well-paid parents, but we still lived in the ghetto. Pretty early in my teens we noticed I got ADD with concentration problems. Including depression with social anxiety. At the age of 12-13 I was put on “medical
Currently in high school, I struggle with extreme bouts of depression, I get anxiety and can’t sleep at all at night. Even with my best friend by my side, I feel alone all the time. Sometimes it really does feel like these drugs I do are my only true friends. It’s so hard, with my grandparents (I don’t live with
Hey, I am Aminata! I’m currently 16 years old, battling depression and psychosis and the days just don’t get easier unfortunately. I was diagnosed with having depression and psychosis at 14, never have I ever thought I would go through any sort of mental issues, but I guess I was wrong. I developed depression from being treated horribly at school,
I’m currently 25 years old. I remember when I was 12 my mom got diagnosed with cancer and it made my whole world go crashing down. I was rebellious, depressed and had really bad anxiety. Which lead me to popping pills, smoking weed, and drinking. My mom ended up passing away when I was 15 and that broke me even more.
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