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 am a Southside Chicago native, and a US Army Ranger Combat Veteran of 6 years. Both growing up in what I later came to realize was unfortunately very similar to a warzone, as well as being deployed to war zones around the world, I continued to rack up immense PTSD, depression, and crushing guilt with every life I took
From a young age life was a struggle. I am currently only 16 but I’ve seen a lot more than most people around me. When I was a child, my Mama was nonstop in the hospital due to medical issues and my father wasn’t really in the picture because he was trying to get back on his feet financially. My
My whole life I lived around constant drama. With my mom, I grew up without money. While living with her, there was lots of abuse involved with me. I got taken from her luckily to live with my dad, an abusive alcoholic. For years, I was given trauma by him mentally and physically. Now, I no longer live with him
BORN IN DECEMBER 1997, songwriter and artist from Oceanside, California, with the sole mission of raising awareness for mental health, suicide prevention, and drug prevention. My brother committed suicide on May 4th, 2017 which led me into being heavily addicted to Xanax. When my mom found me having a seizure on the floor in my room, I knew it was
My struggles with anxiety and depression have made me suffer for as long as i can remember, and hearing Jarad’s music for the first time made me realize I wasn’t alone. I have had many things happen that have made my anxiety and depression worse but with people at my side it has slowly disappearing if you can call it
My name is Wyatt and I am from South Carolina and I’m 19 years old, when I was a child, I experienced a lot of trauma from my mother and her being an addict when I was young and also being an alcoholic. As I grew up it only got worse but when I turned 13, she passed away from
I’ve been sober for 7.5 years. I do work with other addicts and alcoholics helping them achieve sobriety. Jarad’s, creativity under the stage name Juice WRLD, made an immediate connection to my dark side. I deal with addiction, and mental health on a daily basis. His music helps get me through the days at times. -John
On the surface, Juice Wrld and I would not appear to have all that much in common, but therein lies the beauty of great music. I have dealt with Major Depression and Anxiety for years and have really struggled to put words to how I was feeling. So much of how I would feel just did not make sense. On
Juice’s music has helped so many people through so much. I battled addiction myself along with severe depression. Seeing someone be so relatable and successful but also still fighting demons is a huge motivator. I feel like some songs were written for me at the time I heard them. He is truly an inspiration to me and so many young
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