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.
Hello beautiful lost souls. I struggle with bi-polar, depression, and anxiety. Since I was very little, I noticed I was a depressed child. I suffered a lot of emotional, verbal, physical and mental abuse. I started drinking and popping pills at the age of 10. I fell into heavy hard-core addiction at the age of 22. My addiction made my
I moved to another country for university. Everything in my life back home seemed to be falling apart and on top of that I had to learn to live on my own, take care of myself and manage a very heavy program and deal with my recently diagnosed ADHD. I lost 20 pounds from starving myself, had a suicide note
Growing up I had it tough, won’t get into detail or disorders, but my freshman year I was a bottle a night drinker, sophomore year I caught my first felony, junior year my second; right now I’m pulling myself outta that place slowly, heading into my senior year with great gym progress, healthy as can be, enlisting in the marines,
Hi! I’m a huge fan of Juice Wrld. I’m currently at a sober living house. I have been trying to get sober since last year. It has been rough for me and my family. I started using substances when I was 18 because I was in a toxic relationship. It went on for years during that time I found Xanax
When I was 10, I lost my father due to depression; I’ve almost lost my mom due to it and some friends I’ve lost to it. It’s like every time I think I’m finally doing well (school, work, etc.) I just get dragged down and I’m back to the start. I started to drink, smoke, and substances and therapy doesn’t
My name is Logan and I have been struggling with a lot of mental issues, and Juice’s music is helping me get through it. I learned about him from a friend in early 2020 and that’s when Covid hit and I was stuck inside for months. That hit me hard. It put me in a state where I was just
i, my name is Jack and I am 14 from LA and a freshman in high school. I just have been feeling lost lately and I feel like I am not worth it. It’s hard seeing this girl I am talking to talk to other guys. I just always hold back my feelings for people, but I’m scared to tell
I’m currently 14, and when I was 13 in middle school I hung around with people I didn’t like and I had no other choice but being with them. Cause of them I was bullied harassed and even got death threats. I overdosed on drugs and got hospitalized, and during all that I had a girlfriend. She mostly took care
I grew up as a kid with ADHD, and also for the longest time hid part of myself. I am LGBTQ. I was never really able to cope with my neurodivergence properly until I got much older, I am 23 years old now. If anything from this I want you all to take from this that you can make it
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