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 struggled through my dad’s death at only 9 years old and that trauma led me to substance abuse and dependance and addiction. I just wanted to let you know it always gets better. I’m 3 months clean, I have the love of my life, and I have a job doing what i love, graffiti.
Hi. I’m Emma. I’m not that young, but I’m not that old either. It feels like I’m too young to be feeling the feels I been feeling, but I’m too old to cry. I’ve never shown my feelings to anybody. I don’t feel safe with it, I’ve never had anybody who understands. Everybody thinks my life is so perfect. I
I struggle with depression, PTSD, bipolar, and anxiety. For many years, these felt like harsh labels. It was a hard road of self-harm and therapies, not to mention my family situation. I heard Legends one day, and the captivating ability to sing, let alone rap, about his struggles really reached me. It felt like it showed me how I can
After seeing other people’s stories, I want to share my own about my struggled with self-esteem and body image. I am male, 16 now, but this started when I was 13-14. I am a naturally skinny person, but I hated looking at my body and face. I hated everything about me and my life. I also have autism, so I
I’m glad I’m not alone but it has taken almost 6 years to get as mentally healthy as I am. After a really toxic relationship from when I was 13-14. It took me all those years of going through pill addictions, speeding everywhere I went, liquor problems, getting too high, felonies, funerals, psychiatric hospitals, and the list goes on. I
Hello, I am 12 years old and I am going to turn 13 in 3 weeks from now. I have listened to juice since I was 9 years old and to know that he has passed is truly horrible. My father when I was 7 years old had an extreme drug problem because of depression. He had died the following
Ever since I was adopted at 7 months I was always treated miserably. Growing up I always felt like I wasn’t needed and that I didn’t have anyone. At around 16 years old, that’s when I started smoking to get rid of the numbness. I started cutting, multiple suicide attempts. My adoptive parents or anyone else really understood what I
I‘m 17 years old now, turning 18 in a few weeks. I‘m from Germany, growing up in a normal middle class home. When I was 10 my parents started to argue for a few years. I was just too young to understand and it left me scarred since a few years. It was 2018 when I had lost some interest
Hi, idk how to write this or if I have the right to even post this. For a really long time i’ve felt really stressed over basically life. In the beginning I thought it was kinda normal so I talked about it to friends but after their reactions I noticed it wasn’t common. So I started to hide how I
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