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
From a very young age I could always remember my parents being alcoholics and drug addicts. I remember being 3 years old running away from cops, and watching my parents fight, scream, and yell at each other. This caused me to have many problems through my life. At 3 years old I was diagnosed with PTSD. I remember being ripped
As a kid I’ve always had things going on with my family. My biggest downhill was when I got into my freshman year of high school. I have always done terrible in school, but this was a whole different level. I was getting F’s in all my classes I was going through a lot. I put a lot of stress
I have struggled with anxiety and depression for most of my life. I can’t really remember a time when I didn’t. There are many days that it literally takes every amount of strength I have to get out of bed. Anxiety makes it hard to leave my house and that can accelerate my depression as I feel guilty for not
I’m 15 years old. Ever since a small child I’ve been raised by my mother. She was struggling with substance abuse nearly the whole time. The drug abuse eventually turned into mental abuse towards me an my little sister. When i was 12 she passed away, then I got sent to live with my grandparents. Since about 10 years old,
My story starts in 2015 when I was sexually assaulted, and had issues with working through it. In late 2016/early 2017 I finally admitted I needed help and found a psychiatric hospital to admit myself to. I was struggling with depression and self-harming. I finally started to feel like I was feeling better. I finally felt happy and okay. Then
I’d first like to say to anyone reading this…You are worth something. I’ll try to summarize everything in at least a few paragraphs. I’ve always been a Juice WRLD fan… Since his 999 EP dropped. I was in middle school at the time, people called me weird, fat, ugly, all kinds of names. They said I’m always listening to weird
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