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.
Hi, so I’ve been basically battling anxiety since I was about 4 or 5 years old. I witnessed a boy half my age or older die and drown right in front of me, and I’ve been traumatized from the past ever since. I blame myself for his death because I couldn’t be of help to him while he was drowning
I’m Jasmine and I struggled with anxiety since as far back I can remember. I was always in my head. My thoughts were my worst enemy. I still do. I also struggled with substance abuse for 13 years. It took over me and I didn’t recognize who I was anymore. My family and I all dealt with trauma and alcoholism
Hi, my name is Jordan and I live in the UK. I didn’t always feel this way but since I first felt love at the age of 14 with one of my closest friends at the time, spending 5 years together completely changed the person I was prior, who was bubbly and so happy just to be alive. It changed
My name is Joser, and I have anxiety and severe depression. I think about things almost every day or night and those are suicidal thoughts. Juice has helped me so much in the past 6 years of being a fan. There’s not a day that I don’t listen to Juice Wrld. He helps me so much. It’s crazy how much someone
My name is Maddux and I’ve struggled with severe anxiety and depression. My parents divorced when I was young, and when I got older it really affected me. I’ve had depression since I was in the 7th grade and was about 12 years old. I’m now a freshman about to be a sophomore. I got in a lot of fights
This is about my 15 years old son. I know he’s suffered from depression since he was a little kid. Now that he is a freshman, he hit rock bottom. It’s hard to listen to him say that he is worthless, useless, and a failure. He is a handsome kid. A really good kid. But depression’s got him hard, to
I have ADHD, and ever since I was a little kid I was a nightmare to deal with. I have issues with my behaviour, impulsiveness, and just being a really bad kid in general. I was so selfish and didn’t care about my own family. I was horrible to everyone all the time and being naughty. I’m not very good
I don’t know how to start. I have struggled with anxiety and depression for most of my life. I was sexually harassed as a kid, my family never loved each other, or no one loved me, and I’m suicidal. I grew up being afraid of drowning in my own bedroom, and I don’t really know what to do. I feel
I’ll be honest I don’t know where to start, mostly because I don’t know when it originated. What I’ve been suffering from and the effects it’s caused. For a while I just felt worthless, like I had no future or no tomorrow to look forward to, I just dragged the days as they went by. And I’ll admit in my
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