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.
Ever since I was about 4 or 5, I realized that something just wasn’t ok. I’m the middle child of 5 kids, so I always felt overlooked. At age 9, I first tried to commit suicide by jumping off my house. From 10 to 14 I was a victim from constant anxiety, depression, emotional outbursts, self-harm, and substance abuse. I’m
My uncle died in April 2022 and no one really understands how badly the loss of him affected me. While everyone mourned a bit, I’m still suffering. He was my mentor in boxing, and at the age of 6 he introduced me into the world of video games and movies. I can still see him in my sleep in his
When I first came out of detox the first song I heard was Wishing Well. I thought that Jarad was telling my story only me being an alcoholic. I wept as I never heard someone talk let alone rap the struggles I had with addiction. I felt as though he reached into my soul and finally made me look at
I am 18 years old. Growing up I never really had friends. I knew a lot of people, but I never really hung out with them. i just stayed to myself. It wasn’t really easy at home, getting yelled at for failing in school and not doing anything right. Juice WRLD was probably one of the best things I’ve had
I’ve dealt with social anxiety and depression for as long as I can remember. Thinking that I am the only one who could help myself led me to drink my problems away, and smoke every day. My memory suffered. My friendships and relationships within my family were toxic and abusive. Being around people and hanging out with friends just made
Hi, my name is Benedikt, I grew up in a wealthy family in Germany with a great childhood as far as I can remember, but out of nowhere my parents divorced. The pain inside me was covered by the smile I put on because no one ever asked about how I felt. I actually never cried about it, and that’s
I’m currently 15. My battle with depression started when I was 1, but even before then I had always had suicidal thoughts. When I was 12, I started abusing over the counter cough medicines to robotrip. Then I started experimenting with more drugs and different things. Eventually I had done almost every drug out there before I was even 14.
After reading a few of these shared stories, I had the urge to share my own. The purpose of these stories is to show that we are not alone…something I’m still trying to convince myself. I’ve struggled with mental health at a young age. But then I never really gave it much thought because at that time, people were not
I would like to take this opportunity to share my personal journey with mental health. I am 26 years old and for more than half of my life I was exposed to various mental health diagnoses as I grew up- just about everyone in my family has had mental health issues. Myself included, sisters, mother, & grandmother. Significant instances for
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