My Story

I grew up in a dysfunctional home, and the environment was very unpredictable.

I felt like I had to do whatever and be whoever people wanted me to be otherwise they would be angry or withdraw their love from me. Verbal and sexual abuse during my childhood produced intense fear in my life and hatred towards my body.

At the age of 11, I started struggling with anorexia and self-harm, and I was also severely suicidal. Every day felt like a constant struggle to survive.

As an adult, I started a season of hospital stays and mental health groups to cope with the depression, anxiety, and suicidal behaviors, but I kept getting worse and worse. I had no hope. I did anything to numb myself or forget who and what I thought I was. 

My journey to freedom started when I decided to attend the Mercy Multiplied residential program. 

Mercy Multiplied is a nonprofit Christian organization that equips people to live free and stay free through Jesus Christ.

In my time at Mercy, God brought me from death to life. Because I allowed God to redeem and transform me, I now get to live life with a hope for the future, and no longer struggle with the trauma from my past.

My hope is not in my performance, circumstances, or my emotions. It is in knowing the God who created, saved and will continue to keep me. 

My heart is to use my story to help other hurting people to find freedom and healing. Freedom is possible, don’t give up!