“My story really starts at the age of six. My parents divorced at the age of 4, but my story really starts at six and it starts in a dark, brutal place—being abused by my stepmother for two years, being beaten with 2x4s, being told I was a devil’s child and that I didn’t deserve to live. Being locked…”Tagged: Hope, perseverance, Abuse, Torture, dark
“Growing up for me I experienced some great pain, from abuse, to rape, to even the loss of my own father to suicide. Not only did I already struggle with my own mental illness, but to have these experiences it further my depression to thoughts and attempts of suicide.”Tagged: Pain, Abuse, Rape, Suicide, Mental Illness
“Really from a young age, my story was darkness, pain, self-injury, suicide attempts and loss. I spent my adolescent years not knowing who I was, struggling with mental illness, struggling with self-destruction, rage, and all the other things that are part of mental illness and part of people who…”Tagged: Darkness, Pain, Self-Injury, Suicide Attempts, Loss