Lauren
Lauren - 2012 Graduate During my childhood, I was surrounded by verbal and emotional abuse. I began cutting in high school [...]
Emily
Emily - 2012 Graduate I grew up in a stable home, but my life spun out of control when I became [...]
Katrina
Katrina - 2012 Graduate I started hating myself at a very early age. When I was 15 years old, I attempted [...]
Brittany
Brittany - 2012 Graduate Before coming to Mercy, I lived in shame. The poor choices of my past haunted me, and [...]
Lauren
Lauren - 2012 Graduate During childhood, I placed huge expectations on myself and struggled with perfectionism. I was a people-pleaser, so [...]
Christa
Christa - 2012 Graduate I was emotionally abused as a child, which made me shut down. I didn’t show my feelings [...]
Megan
Megan - 2012 Graduate My childhood was very difficult. Around the age of 12, drugs were brought into my home, and [...]
April
April - 2012 Graduate As a young child, I was sexually abused, and my home was often chaotic. While those close [...]
Erin
Erin - 2012 Graduate I grew up in a big Christian family, but I always felt left out. My head was [...]
Maddison
Maddison - 2012 Graduate Growing up, my mother struggled with anorexia and over-eating, and her insecurities sent me mixed messages about [...]
Krystyn
Krystyn - 2012 Graduate I grew up in a dysfunctional family and my father took his own life after my first [...]
Ciara
Ciara - 2012 Graduate I don’t remember much of my childhood except that it was a very unstable and I was [...]