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.
“If anybody is going through anything, I hope and I pray that you get through it. And just know that you have the strength to get through whatever you going through, no matter what it is” -Juice Reading all of y’all stories I realize how easy I had it. Thank you for your vulnerability. I’m Not so good at that. I
When I was thirteen, I started having depression and anxiety. I was being emotionally abused and manipulated by some of my teachers because I’m neurodivergent, queer, and struggling with mental health. Certain teachers tried to change who I was because they didn’t like that I was different. In grade nine, I started to get bullied by students almost every day,
I was raised without a father and molested at the ages of 5 and 8. I internalized these things, along with other abuse, and pushed them to the side, desperately not trying to feel my emotions any longer. I didn’t relate to others, and I didn’t truly know myself. I got into weed at 15, and then it was just
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
I’ve struggled with so much. I’ve got bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, adhd, ocd this list just keeps growing too. I was searching for some kind of relief or a breath of fresh air so I found Vyvanse and that lead me to oxycodone and then I continued to just try and end my life slowly with the oxy’s and that
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’m only thirteen years old and I started using drugs at nine because I lost my best friend (uncle). I’ve been around drugs about my whole life. My mom died two years after my uncle and that’s when I stole all of her other drugs she had. I used those drugs then I started smoking more than usual. I didn’t
I’ve never really thought that I would ever fit in anywhere and to be honest I’m not really sure if I even fit in here because I don’t know if this applies to anyone, but the thing is I’ve been going through a heartbreak and she’s just cutting me deeper with every week that goes by and I’ve been thinking
Hi everyone! Right now I’m struggling with depression and low self-esteem. It all started when my best friend died from alcohol 2 years ago. Since then, I’ve been in this hole and it follows me to here. A lot of bad things have happened. Toxic relationships, my grandma has cancer for the 2nd time, and so much more. I started
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