“I was 10 or 11 years old and my dad was shot. I could see him lying on the ground, puddle of blood and you can Imagine how shocking it was shocking for me.I was left alone.. praying and shaking.”“When my older brother came back, we went to sleep with a knife basically...
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“24 years ago as I held my newborn son in my lap, I was told by the doctors to take a good look at his face.. because I would never be able to see him as a grown man.” “I had a disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa, something I was born with, and that it was going to take...
“Even though I don’t remember when it started, I remember parts of it. It has an effect on you. Kids shouldn’t have to through anything, at all that was involved in that entire experience. No one should have to go through that.” Ā “I have endometriosis...
“Up until that point in my life, I thought my family was perfect.The amount of love and support that my family gave each other, whether inadvertently or intentionally, it felt real.” “For the first time I got to see who everyone really was and that the fantasy world that...
“Being in this field, there’s a lot of stigma. A lot of clients expect their clinician or therapist to be perfect and to have their life together. In reality, it’s not easy to do that.” “I put a lot of pressure on myself; I go to school, I do acting, I make...
“I didn’t feel able to communicate with people. There was a lot of rejection towards me because people are super close minded in my country and they have like.. similar personalities.” “There’s a lot of things I do not like about that country; there’s a...
“Just the fact that I was in a really bad relationship when my brother died made the experience a lot more worse.” Connect with Audra: View this post on Instagram #tbt old selfie from last spring… This filter makes me look so pale lol šš This snapchat filter was good to...
“I just wanted to give a shoutout to those Underdogs out there because man.. we are very, very deserving for so much.” “They should create something called The Underdog Award or something like that.” Connect with Dee Jones: View this post on Instagram Iām Operating...
“I had optic atrophy caused by a parasite that was in my blood.” “Basically this parasite caused a lot of nerve damage to the optic nerves behind my eyes which caused me to lose a lot of vision.” Connect with Whitney: View this post on Instagram #fbf to the very...
“Going through that, it was hard. It was hard on me. Being the youngest in my family and not coming clean about it until I was 18.. it was very difficult and hard for me.” “The whole purpose of this is.. anyone that is out there that may be going through any type of...
“I had no sense of purpose really and very little self worth and understanding of who I was.” “Part of what an eating disorder does is that it really keeps you in shame and secrecy. Most people didn’t know so obviously if people don’t know then they...
“I decided to join this thing called tech. Basically what it was is that it build stages for plays.” “There was this one person who thought that she ran the tech crew and she was a senior.” “Things kinda took a turn.. she started to target me basically.. and...