FENTANYL KILLS: Kate Fowler's Story
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- čas přidán 9. 10. 2023
- A mother, Nancy Fowler, shares her story of losing her 18-year-old daughter to fentanyl poisoning in this warning about the dangers of illicit fentanyl. To use this documentary at high schools or in other educational applications, contact Texas Pictures through our website at www.texas-pictures.com.
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I lost my 38 yr old son to an overdose last month..the pain is horrific..the grief overwhelming
I'm sorry 🙏🏼
Praying for you!!!
I'm so sorry for your loss 😢💔🙏
I am so so sorry
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He's in a better place. Trust me. I'm 32 and have been clean for 5 years, and I wish I died on my kitchen floor that one time I overdosed. Life isn't fair. It's brutal. 5 years clean, 32 years old, and still have no future, no direction, no skills, nothing. I'm currently on the verge of giving up. I had a job at the TSA that was going to work out. A federal job. But I failed my psychological exam because 7 years ago, when I was getting high, I was admitted into 3 psych wards, and apparently that disqualifies me. They give recovering addicts every reason to give up. I have nothing. At 32. I wish I was dead every single day, and if I didn't have a mentally challenged brother who needed me, I promise you, I'd be long gone off this earth. Your son is in a better place, I promise you. This world is hell. Literal hell.
My 25 yr. old son overdosed on Fentanyl almost 2 weeks ago. A lady happened to find him and called 911. He stopped breathing twice. I believe that it's by the grace of God that my son is still alive.
I pray he gets help and gets better 🙏
I don't mean to be rude, but where was God to save all the other children? Does he pick and choose? Doesn't seem to me like there's any God in the equation at all!
I'm so sorry. I hope he bets better. Do everything you can.
@@user-ou9jb7ni5nhonestly though, even if that's true and it's what you believe, why would you say that to someone, especially someone who is in a state of grief and afraid they almost lost someone very close to them which would devastate them?Why would you attempt to strip from someone something that brings them comfort? I'm agnostic myself but it pisses me off when people make comments like you just did. We get it bro, you're so much smarter and better because you're an atheist
Also, I don't believe you "didn't mean to be rude". Yes you did, if you didn't, you would've kept your nasty comments to yourself. Time and place for those discussions, and this obviously ain't it. You just wanted to flex your self-perceived intellectual superiority
I lost my 30 year old big brother in '02 to an overdose. He was my best friend and I miss him every single day of my life. My mom grieved every day of her life until her own passing in '21. Watching my mom make the decision to cremate her child is a memory I wish I didn't have!
My deepest sympathy and condolences to you and your family ❤
You are stong person, may the force be with you in your life.
I loss my 25 year old nephew to suicide Christmas Eve, 2016..found out later he was suffering from anxiety.. MENTAL HEALTH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND TAKEN FOR GRANTED
This mother did everything, absolutely everything to help her daughter through the hardest of times... And now she's helping others. What a great woman she is, I am deeply grateful for her generosity. This video has made me think a lot. My sincere condolences.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your kindness.
Take organic melatonin for sleep. Change the environment and avoid toxic ppl.
She’s a dream mother who didn’t deserve her beautiful & intelligent daughter to be murdered by poison. I’m so sorry for your loss. Just terrible. As a child, I didn’t care that my mother didn’t love or like me. I only wanted her to be nice to me, want me, & protect me. Instead, I was abused on a scale only a few know. After my final escape from a basement at 31, I’ve been searching for a family & parents I never had but always wanted like her. Sending love, strength, prayers, & healing to both you & your family 💕
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Nice advice. But it’s actually a little bit condescending. It sort of insinuates that if a person like Kate had followed your tips, she would still be alive today….which is a very narrow minded and righteous perspective.
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I’ve had severe issues with insomnia for years, and after trying everything under the sun, I can tell you melatonin is NOT the answer for a person with extensive sleeping difficulties. Kate had serious sleep disturbances…your organic suggestion wouldn’t have worked. At all. Full stop.
im a recovering heroin/fentanyl addict 6 months clean after an overdose nearly killed me. I pray more is done to slow down this pandemic.
Well done 🙏🦋I pray you stay strong …. Eckhart Tolle ( u find him on CZcams ) is the best … as in … to help you with “ just everything “ hope you take the effort to listen to a few of his videos - he talks of living in the now - he wrote the book - as well as the New Earth
- he can help you on your journey 🦋… I am an astrologer - in Cape Town - if you feel inclined
Good job 💕🕊️💕
I hope you're still clean! I got 2.5 years!
My best wishes. When you are totally recovered, you can help other people using your experience to help others. Blessings 🏅🏆
I’m happy for your sobriety. Sending love and light to you ❤
I'm in Ireland, just looked at the stats in the US, 70k deaths last year from this? I'm speechless.
I’ll prefer be dead then like this …
This is why we need to close the borders
@@tann6971yeh because white Americans never produce or distribute drugs do they.
Obviously, we are too, sadly.
This has to stop.
Close the freaking border and make people pay like the Phillipines.
That would stop iot PDQ!
@@tann6971Yes. Absolutely.
I’m outraged, I’m sickened and my deep sympathy goes out to every family
I lost my only child to fentanyl as well, Melissa was 31. Her doctor prescribed it to her after she had been off of it for 2 years. She had a car accident a few years prior and was literally put back together again. She was bulimic and weighed around 90 pounds when she overdosed on fentanyl and oxy codone that was prescribed to her. My daughter was a drug addict who lost her children and everything she had to live for. It's been 8 years and it still cuts like a knife. I know she is with God as life here was impossible for her here. Bullied by her piers for her kindness and being overweight as a young girl, she never fit in with this cruel, heartless society, we live in. My friends think I am fine. I can't wait to join her. May God give you and your family peace...
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My sister,and 2 nieces dead from prescription od... ill .never get over this loss
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So very sorry for your loss. I too lost my 41 year old so Aug 2022. The pain is unbearable. Stay strong - we will be with them someday.
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My son was bipolar,and he had really bad episodes of depression, he was under treatment, but he ended taking his own life two years ago.and, I’m still leaving a nightmare.
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So sorry for your loss 💔
I lost my 30 yr old daughter Sarah 1-4-21. It's still so raw. She left behind two girls. At the time were 5 and 10. I wish I could share her story as well. People need to know. Thank you fellow angel Mom for sharing. ❤️
@melissarnold-ei7po I’m so very sorry for the loss of your daughter Sarah. Please know there’s people out here that really care about others. You are a great momma. Don’t ever forget that. Please don’t blame yourself okay? Take each day as it comes and soon peace will find you, I promise you that. 🤍🕊️
I lost my brother 1-7-21 to fentanyl poisoning and ur right the pain and suffering is still very raw. He left behind a son and daughter and we miss him everyday. The feeling of helplessness is always there because it happened so suddenly, we didn’t even see it coming. Hits like a ton of bricks.
Praying for u and ur family’s healing.
I'm feeling heartbroken.
I'm so very sorry for your losses. Sending love from England ❤
This Fentanyl is the Devil. These kids are noway aware of how it kills. The dealers should be held accountable. Although I have the utmost respect for everyone here..my daughter got a bad bag a heroin with fentanyl in it. She was pregnant living 4 houses down.. ofcourse we weren't talking because her new boyfriend was into the stuff also and I knew it. She passed out, turned blue. He threw water on her and called not 911 - but the Father to my daughters 1st child. He came running and called 911. The boyfriend was afraid he had a warrant so my daughter touched deaths door and she was brought to deaths door but Narcan back. Her BFF took her to get it.
He so called love wasn't doing anything to save her. Thank God she and the baby survived. But it wasn't by but seconds. I pray there's not a next time..🙏
We lost my stepson last October to fentanyl poisoning. My heart is with you.
I’m so, so sorry.
Unfortunately, most young people do not think it will happen to them and are willing to take chances, regardless how many times they are told.
I agree! Unfortunately these kids are so caught up in their addiction the thought of overdosing and dying doesn't phase them. JMO
It would be helpful if they could attend the awareness campaigns in the first place !! How upsurd.
This is true! I have seen tons of things showing the danger of these drugs. I remember dare program in middle school. I was scared to do anything of this sort when I was in school. A lot of these kids unfortunately, are even older some young adults and do it. What more can the parents do bc the public isn’t the whole issue but all I keep seeing is it’s the states fault, it’s the police fault, its the friends fault. All these people are not in these home to stop this from happen. Sometimes the word is getting around to everyone.
I feel for these kids and parents and I pray this ends.
My son has overdosed on fentanyl. He’s 39 so I feel helpless in his life.
He died once over another drug overdose many yrs earlier & the woman he was with saved his life. He has had so many more close calls. As a mother it breaks my heart! I’ve called out to God crying so much begging him to keep my son from dying! I’m so sorry for your loss, so heartbreaking!
My heart breaks for all you parents who have lost a child to this horrible thing that the government turns a blind eye to, and just let it keep coming into our country to kill our people try to stay strong as you can. Many of us out here are praying for you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Amen MY SON has a angel watching over him for sure .Brought back twice.My son is 39 I REFUSE TO GIVE UP ON HIM . WE NEED MORE AWARENESS, THE MANY DEATHS BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO HELP A DRUGGIE . IT'S A ILLNESS THAT NEEDS TO BE TREATED AS ONE ! GOD BLESS ALL THE HEART ❤️ BROKEN MOMS .IT'S REALLY TAKEN A TOLL ON MY FAMILY ,BUT I WILL FIGHT AND KEEPVMY FAITH .I PRAY 🙏 FOR PEACE IN ALL OUR HEARTS 💕 I LIVE ON THE BORDER AND IT MAKES ME SICK TO SEE THE HUGE AMOUNT DRUGS COMING ACROSS !! BLES YOU ALL !!!
My son passed away May 1st I found him in the same position that Kate Fowler was found. I'm still lost for words it's just horrible my son was 21yrs old. I don't understand it's just so DAMN HARD TO ACCEPT
You're Son Died back in May 1st of 2023
@@jessiemorales2017 yes my youngest son
@@BIG1970MAN I'm sorry for your Loss 🙏🙏
I've lost my big sister from that demonic drug. She was fine then she was gone from an overdose. It's been hard on my nephews she left behind. I'm praying for everyone who's lost a loved one or friends. Something needs to be done asap. It's been devastating 💔
So sorry for your loss 🙏
I lost my Uncle back in November of 2011 Alcohol problem
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Same,,, my oldest sister. Dead
The shit is exceptionally deadly. I died twice from it and was miraculously brought back by God on two different occasions.
My nephew died from a heroin overdose in 2014 and still today if I think about it I will bust out in tears.
I am so sorry.
16 yrs clean on December 17th!!!! I'm not going to die with a spike in my arm.
Love you from VA❤
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽much love and respect
Congratulations. Keep going, God will help you.
Congratulations! 14 years for me
1992 sober from Heroin/ Opiate lost many people in the 1980 and 90 overdosed.
Almost 200 people dying every day in the USA , that is WAR against our kids &family 's
Just the first couple minutes of your story about your daughter, I feel like you are speaking about my boys. Andy was 29.5 years old when he passed away January 16th 2020. He took 1 pill that he thought was Norco that was not. He had a genius IQ but didn't graduate high school. He had a passion for reading and writing. He said he was writing a book in pre-school. He was always reading books far beyond his age, writing all the time as well. He was living with me and his youngest brother Adam who found him that day when he got home from school, Adam was 14 at the time Andy passed. Adam & Andy were like the same person 15.5 years apart. Adam was reading chapter books in pre-school and writing stories as well as poetry in kindergarten. Adam was very socially friendly when Andy was socially awkward. They loved the same things, Andy wrote a story about Ryan White, the young man who died from AIDS in Indiana where we live. He was in 2nd grade and his story brought tears to everyone in the school that day when he got an award for his writing and his passion. Adam was reading at a college graduate level in the 4th grade. He was passionate about what books could do for children all over the world. He wrote poetry more than stories or books.
When Andy passed away we cleaned out the loft where he had his room set up, I found the book that he had been writing since he was 4 years old. I had no idea he had it printed and bound, he illustrated it as well. It was a very difficult thing to read, very dark, but it is more like a play, as he was passionate about the theater. Adam passed away May 21st 2023, I found him slumped over on the floor in his room under the window where his face lay in a pool of his vomit and blood. He was ice cold and blue. He had been gone for several hours by the time I found him. My heart is gone 💔 😢. Although I have 1 child living, he is not in good shape, he has been using drugs for several years, I always thought it would be his life cut short because he is the one that uses the drugs daily, he also asks me why he wasn't the one who passed away, but I told him that God must have a great plan for him, he is still not sober. He has been staying with my ex husband, the father of my children. He called me Thursday, October 19th 2023, last week, crying hysterically telling me daddy was gone. They were toxic together, using heroin and he found his dad on the floor in his room the day before, unresponsive. He said he tried CPR for over an hour before calling help, but he had been gone for hours when Alex found him. I begged him to get help, to please make this what would make him stop, but he hasn't been sober since. I feel like a terrible mother but I can't let him in my life or home due to his choices. He has begged me to let him come home to stay with me, but I can't. I am beyond broken 💔 😢. I met their dad when I was 13 years old, he was my only boyfriend from day one. He had addiction problems for the entire time I knew him, cut off communication with him from 2012 when I divorced him until the day Andy passed away. We have been best friends for the past 3.5 years, now he is gone too. I am jealous that he is with our kids now and I am still here.
I apologize for rambling on. 40 years of my life is gone in the blink of an eye and you are so right, we hear about the conflicts/ wars in other countries that we are sending billions of dollars to, we see the amount of people that died from covid, but I have yet to see one single news story about this murder weapon that is killing a generation of our country, our future is being erased by thousands of children daily, but we don't hear anything about it. At least Texas is doing these documentaries for the families of all who have lost their child to this very scary drug. I have been watching them for the past few years & I am hopeful that I can go to schools in my area to tell the students about my kids who were just like them. Adam didn't go to school his 9th grade year whatsoever, he returned to a school in our district that is for kids who have had trauma in their lives or need credit recovery to graduate. He finished his 9th & 10th grade classes in the first quarter, he had straight A's as he always had. He was accepted to every college he applied to for academic scholarship. He wanted to be an international journalist who reported from 3rd world countries about the importance of education, mainly reading and writing, his passion. We had a celebration of life for him where every single teacher he had since pre-school attended, over 200 kids that were friends with him, his Big Brother from the Big Brother/ Big Sister program, he was matched with his Big Brother when he was 12, but his Big Brother moved to Texas after 18 months of being his mentor, friend and confidant. He flew in town just to be here for me & his dad during this time. I was so moved by the sheer number of people who loved him enough to attend the Celebration of his Life that ended far too soon 💔. Andy was my oldest son & best friend. Adam was my baby boy, my everything & my purpose to keep going every single day since we lost Andy 💔 😢. I don't know how much longer I can hold on, it's getting more difficult by the minute 💔 😢😢😢...
Hugs to you, your family and friends. I am very sorry for your loss & hopefully before our entire future is gone, someone will do something to stop this murder drug from killing our children!!!
Thank you for sharing. So much struggle, not sure what else to say other than we appreciate you contributing here.
We're based in Texas, but we travel anywhere. This series is self-funded, so we're only limited by budget. Most of our stories are from Texas simply because they're within driving distance from Houston. One of our stories happened in California, another in New Mexico. We're developing plans to shoot a series of these stories in Florida, Michigan, and other locations.
Tonya, may God give you the peace you are crying out for. Please get involved in a supportive, praying church group. You cannot do this on your own.. I feel your pain, lost my eldest son at age 20 to drinking and driving in 2004, the pain never goes... Much love from South Africa.
❤️❤️❤️❤️bless you
Thank you for sharing your story. You have more strength and more courage than you know. I wonder if you can find a grief counselor. They are like angels who walk among us… seriously. They are so kind and so gentle, I’d forgotten how to be kind and gentle to myself. At first I was skeptical and thought to myself that grieving is natural, and all I had been doing was grieving! But that wasn’t true. I had been crying, but not grieving. The grief counselor helped me through the feelings that I had been afraid to touch, because it was all so painful. And you’ve lost three people! Two sons and an ex husband/best friend. That’s a LOT of loss! Truly, I want you to get as much support as you can find, and please, start with the grief counselors. I just know in my heart they will help you so so much, and you deserve it. I will be thinking of you, and knowing you will make it through this and come out on the other side even stronger, and one day, you will extend your hand to reach out to others, because you have that rare, valuable knowledge that’s only gained after it’s cost you everything. ❤
@tonyaray6498, your story is so tragic. I prayed for you. May the Father of all comfort strengthen you, and give you courage to endure the tremendous loss. There may be different reasons why some people in life experience more suffering and heartache, but I’m confident there is a Father that loves us, and will end all this pain. May He bring those into your life that can offer support.
My heart goes out to you Nancy. I am so sorry this happened. My daughter was very much like Kate, so many similarities. My Alexa "Lexi" was poisoned by fentanyl March 5, 2021. She was 20 years old. I can't stop thinking about how do we help these kids... Thank you for sharing your story.
I’m so, so sorry for your loss. There are too many of us that know the pain of losing children to this evilness.
It's the world we live in. You have any idea how hard it is to get a career these days? I'm 32, I've been clean for 5 years, and can't catch a break. Had a federal job with TSA lined up, but of course my past disqualified me from it. Just unbelievable. Life gives every recovering addict reasons to just give up. I wish I died that day on my kitchen floor. Life isn't fair. I've self taught myself and gotten certain licenses for fields such as pest applicator, but still can't find somebody to give me a chance. I've done everything right for 5 years, and still can't get one thing to go my way. Children these days are scared. It's not like when you guys were growing up where you could get a job, move out at 18, and have your future set. It's not like that anymore. You have to know somebody or put yourselves in mountains of debt in order to get an opportunity. There's nothing you can do to help. It's simply the world we live in. Until this world has jobs that pay a reasonable liveable wage, kids are going to continue to turn to drugs. That's the reason I started. No direction, scared about my future. Leads to depression and anxiety and bang, before you know it, you're a full blown addict with little reason to get clean.
I'm so sorry for your loss,too. May you find comfort in the Lord. Grasp His hand. He knows, He cares, and will walk with you through this horrible death of your child. I'm so sorry
Thank you for sharing and I pray the schools will show this to help others. God bless you and comfort you.
I’m sorry for you loss , I lost my son in September 11 2021 fentanyl poison he was 21 years old, i miss him every day , my life changed forever 😢
Mental health issues should definitely be mentioned! It's not a moral issue, it's a medical one, and opiates, weed, alcohol, etc. are a way to turn off the brain chatter. So sorry you lost your beautiful daughter - but it was a mistake. May time take some of the grief off your shoulders. Heartbreaking.
The issue is both moral and medical.
@@nakiajones8794 Moral and medical? Logical fallacy.
@@nakiajones8794 Not to me.
It’s most certainly moral and medical. To extinguish the need for moral foundation in raising humans is exactly why we see the rise of “mental health illness” in this society. I work with acutely symptomatic patients every day, and the most sick are not those who need anti-psychotics due to schizophrenia or even those with Autism, but those who have zero roots in spiritual beliefs or values. They are lost, depraved, empty walking zombies. The ones that progress and experience positive outcomes have some semblance of moral foundation and reliance.
@@KUSHDUNN I must not have been clear - I meant that it shouldn't be EXCLUDED from the possibility of being part of addiction.
Her mental health struggles are what is most relatable. Society today is mentally unwell. And not in an abnormal way. In a most stressed out, fearful, grinding ourselves to the bone trying to dig out of a never ending hole kinda way. I’m in my 40’s and I can relate to so much of what she went thru inside. We are all just trying to get by. It only takes 1 salt granule of fent to take a soul. Thank you for sharing her story. I feel like I know her if just only a little bit. ♥️
Thank you for your kind words.
Society is healthier than it ever has been.
@@davidkruse4030 I respectfully disagree.
@@davidkruse4030 Thus suicides, drug use, murders, homelessness, lazy millennial, etc. Society is further from OKness than it's EVER been. I also respectfully disagree.
@@masterofwit339I concur 💯
Another incredibly brave parent speaking out. So sorry for your loss.
My family doctor just lost her 33 yr old son to a overdose two nights ago. The 3rd overdose in our little town in mid Pennsylvania in 3 weeks .She lost another son a few years ago to suicide. I am a recovering addict 14 years clean and I wish to god that our state and local government would do something to save these kids. I mean .. they are kids! OUR KIDS even at 33 years old!
I'm a recovering alcoholic/addict who has been clean and sober 33 years. And Fentynal has been in EVERY STREET DRUG SINCE 2016. All of them. There are articles, TV programs and CZcams videos on this subject. "A&E Intervention" Canada did a WHOLE season about the Fentynal crisis in 2019 I think. The government aren't able to solve this problem for whatever reason so parents need to start talking to their kids when they are 10 years old "To NEVER, EVER, EVER take a pill or a drug or a substance from a friend, stranger or ANYONE. And to only take prescriptions that you dole out to them that are prescribed by a doctor. And have a family meeting once a month about this subject. It's the only way it's ever going to end.
Thank you for putting the responsibility for this back on parents. There isnt a single person regardless of age that does not know that you are playing a dangerous game every time you ingest pills/illegal drugs/drink. These deaths are tragic and sad but putting the responsibility completely onto the shoulders of the government/dope dealers will not solve this problem. No parent should have to deal with this but when it happens, we have to get real about the reasons and they do not begin or end with government oversight or lack thereof. They do not begin or end with dealers who push this poison. The cold hard fact is that if there was no customer/partaker of this drug, there would be no dealers and no problem for the government to get involved in. I am sick to death of hearing, they thought they were taking oxy or percocet. Those drugs are illegal too. They got more than they bargained for but lets address the willingness to take illegal drugs period.
The truth of the matter is that you can talk til you are blue in the face and people will make the choice to take drugs. It’s very sad.
Thank you for this. Although this channel does a great job with their videos. Many people have their heads in the sand. I live in the suburbs and am not a drug user and yet i know all about this.
Tienes razón!
A start is to close the border its coming across. Make a call to Jack ass Joe
Just lost my significant other to this drug in my home. I'm devastated.
Very sorry for your loss. I lost my best friend in 2023 to fentanyl OD 😔
I don’t know how I came across this page. but I’m glad I did. it’s so interesting listening to all these stories of these young beautiful souls. I hope everyone who has lost someone to fentanyl finds peace ❤🤞🏾 thank you for being a voice
I survived . Fentanyl missed me, maybe it just wasn’t around enough yet in 2015 when I got addicted to heroin. I was a gifted student. I was smart, I had talents and hobbies. And I had a boss at Work who introduced me to the drug. And I hope to God any parent that sees this really really tries to start making these things matter. I tried to get into rehab. I would call all the clinics around where I lived. The beds were always full.. I was told unless I was shooting up or pregnant that I would not be getting into a bed anytime within any year. My mom took me home and I quit here when cold, turkey and I’m eight years sober but it was literally only because I didn’t know anyone in the area that had any. I got claimed from heroin by a stroke of luck. I listened to the story today to remind myself of why. I’m quite sorry for your loss, but I have so much things in my heart for sharing it with us
This mother, this family did everything right yet this drug still got to them. What a tragic, senseless loss. I believe Kate would have been a wonderful doctor. You are doing a great service by telling her story so eloquently.
I'm so sorry for the loss of your baby girl. You are so correct. Our country has to step up and make this issue a priority.
What Kate's mum says is so true. Why isn't all of America screaming in unison at the loss of so many? I'm in the UK and so shocked at seeing video after video of pure grief. All of these beautiful young people just gone. This is just heartbreakingly wrong!
All of my love goes out to you Momma Bear❤️❤️
I lost my son at the age of 27 to a fentanyl overdose 2/28/2016💔 I don’t want you, or I, or ANYONE else (for that matter) that walks around EVERY DAY with the haunted look in our eyes combined with loss. It’s a terrible group to belong to…and I will keep you all in my prayers 🙏🏼
My deepest sympathies for your family. My cousin David was poisoned by fentanyl last year unfortunately my family was broken before his death. His mother, and my grandmother and my mother were too embarrassed by addiction to even begin to admit it was happening to them. They passed addiction down the line and yet his death was “his” fault. They did not have a funeral they just erased him. I watch these so I don’t forget. We can’t forget this can happen to anyone any family anywhere. We need specialized task forces, we need community outreach and we need awareness. Drug addiction and overdose isn’t a drug issue it’s a hurt inside that need’s safety to be expressed and extinguished. Why aren’t there mental health task forces, why is that an out there idea???!
😢I'm so.sorry about your cousins loss
Omg that's so sad
Blessings upon you and your family and your grief..Thanks for sharing..You never really get over it you just continue to live minute by minute..your life forever changes.A true Angel you now have..Again sorry for your losd
What an amazing concept. I need help with my son who has social anxiety. He needs a group to help him have fun and experience life. I’ve tried to get his first cousins to invite him along but one cousin did maybe once or twice in years. The others never did. I’m trying. Not quite sure what the counselor is doing but just taking my money.
@@meldenyse1970 i would look into group counseling in your area. It will give him a sense of normalcy. That way he isn’t telling this overly starched adult his issues instead he is sharing them with his peers and they can build off of and add to his statements and feelings allowing him to express himself TRULY and feel supported.
I lost my 29 year old niece September 17 2021, she was like a daughter to me and I love her so much, it was such a shock that she was gone and I miss her terribly 😢 that one pill that turns a family upside down, I'm so sorry for your loss!!!
I've seen the grief of a mother loing their child. It was an uncle of mine who had a heart attack and died. My grandmother had moved in with my parents so she had company. She hadn't grasped what had happened, until she saw her eldest baby's name in a newspaper obituary column. That haunting wail, a lament for the lost child is something that you never forget. I'm so, so sorry for your loss.
Anxiety seems to be a recurring theme, especially, these last few years. As someone who “has always” suffered from it, I can say that there are things one can do to lessen its impact. Our young adults should not be suffering from all this, but the state of the world, etc… Heartbreaking.💔 I loved watching horror movies, but had to come to terms with the fact that they worsened my condition and triggered the nightmares; they’re night terrors - not just prevalent in childhood. Of course, mental health issues are a conglomeration of all kinds of things we don’t fully understand. But, if we could see into the spirit realm, we’d probably lose our minds. There are doors that shouldn’t be opened, but I speak for myself. I can’t even try to convince my daughter about what she allows her children to watch. Everything these young minds watch is absorbed into their subconscious. And things DO GO bump in the night. My grandkid has always been highly sensitive to these kinds of things. I’m speaking from personal experience, treading carefully - not trying to offend or convince anyone. If we believe in God, we have to pray for a covering over these young people, in the name of Jesus. I’m not trying to convert anyone, but read the book of Ephesians (chapter 6). May God comfort and strengthen you. Thank you! - and ALL you parents sharing something that is so personal and raw for the sake of raising awareness.
Thank you for your comments.
Found your comment very helpful, thanks for sharing.
You are dead-on. 🎯
Yep, there is enough horror in the world. No need to watch movies that drop blo*d gratuitously all over the place. 😮
I lost a friend to fentanyl. He was my spiritual advisor always looking for a way to get closer to God. He was very experienced with psychedelics and helping military members with PTSD. I was researching after his death and happened upon this channel.
I immediately called my teenage granddaughter. She is fifteen. I think she may have smoked pot in the past but she had never heard of Fentanyl. I sent her a couple of these videos and explain to her what it was, and that she needed to share this information with everyone she knew at her school. I hope she did. I hope she took me seriously. She goes to school in Mid-Michigan.
I love that you sent this to her and encouraged her to pass it along. So many of the young ones don’t know and they trust the ppl they buy from. They think it’s and oxycodone or a Xanax and it’s not. Poor babies. But Thank you for being vigilant.
So good that you shared with your granddaughter. My older sister (13 years older) had a serious talk with me when I was about 16, about addiction (runs in the family), and how it's okay to experiment but to be sure and research anything i do before i do it. that conversation stuck with me and i think it kept me from doing anything dangerous.
this was 20 years ago when it was safe-ish to experiment. it is not safe anymore.
Reiterate to her that all of the pills and weed in today's world are being cut with fentanyl so essentially no drugs are safe.
@@kristymay9435 We can agree to disagree. I did plenty of ecstasy in my day although I certainly wouldn’t recommend it now. And a 15 year old should not have been taking drugs either way, of course it wasn’t safe for developing teenagers to take drugs. I’m talking when I was 20-22. Thanks for the lecture though, appreciate it 🙄
Your friend sounds like someone that I would really love hanging out with
My sincere and heartfelt condolences on the loss of your daughter Kate🙏 RIP Kate
Kate was so beautiful. I wish I could sit and talk with her…. I’m part of this group too, (addict) my family almost lost me
Thank you 💙
@@nancyfowler3001 I’m going to remember Kate, and I’m her loving memory and honor, you should publish the book “Bones!” It fascinates me that a third grader can think so much and articulate thoughts to a story like this, amazing.
It doesn’t matter how smart they are. How old they are! What they do for a living it doesn’t even matter if they are “addicted “ or not! Everybody can die! ONE PILL CAN KILL!
My daughter died 1/31/2018 at age 31. She didn’t know it was pure fentanyl!🙏🏽😘💔
She too wrote poetry. We used one on her prayer booklet for her funeral. 💞
They wouldn't die if they didn't I gest an illegal pill, worries me enough with generic ones for my daughter who takes psych drugs!
@@annabrahamson4320 Sorry to say, but the kind of legal psyche meds family docs (who are not qualified) casually dispense are no different from street drugs, they just take longer to kick in, and have a longer half life, so you don't get as sharp a comedown. They're as much 'gateway' drugs as weed or poppers. Cocaine addicts prefer Ritalin, and they used to give that to kids! All of them disturb the brain chemistry and change the way the individual behaves.
Why do smart people take those pills if they're smart?
@@JonnyLWarren1 for a headache. She would get migraines and then seizures that night.
@@JonnyLWarren1 Well, if you think about it, it's possible to be happy and smart, and miserable and smart, which shows us how those 2 parts of the human mind function separately from each other, and don't affect each other. As we begin to learn more about trauma (emotional brain damage) we can begin to understand how the bit of us which is suffering and in distress clouds and overpowers the bit which is all about logic. The way I see it is that, in the end, all anyone really cares about - intelligent or otherwise - is how they FEEL As humans we'll take action to feel better, even if it goes against what we know to be safe or right. People just want relief from their distress. All drug use is an attempt to bring relief, even if it's temporary. That's how intelligent people end up in the morgue right beside other less intelligent people. I hope this makes sense?
I live in Cypress,Texas so not far from you. I am so incredibly sorry for your loss….thank you so much for sharing your story. I have a 19 year old son and am always sharing these stories with him so he is aware. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers! ❤
I’m so sorry for the loss of your daughter…I’m 57 and couldn’t have kids…God Bless You….
I'm so sorry for your loss. We lost our son to fentanyl poisoning 2 yrs ago. My faith keeps me going but nothing can fix my broken heart. This is a crisis that has to be stopped, bless you for your strength to go out and talk about this. Prayers for you and your family. Peace.
That last family photo was so touching. May she RIP and may her family find peace
I'm sorry for your loss. I work in organ donation and see the devastation, the number of deaths first-hand from all over the country cause by Fentanyl ingestion. I stopped calling it an over dose a long time ago. No age descrimination. No race descrimination. Devastation in it's wake. Thank you for your testimony. If my listening to it help your cause to raise awareness then I will gladly lend myself to the algorithm. God Bless all of you.
I'm not a mom but I felt her pain. She did everything to help her daughter. I'm so happy she is speaking about this now so kids/teens know the real danger of what people are putting in everything. My heart goes out to her and her family!! ❤
G*d i love this woman.. Her strength inspires me as a recovering opiate addict.
i overdosed in 2016- my mother toke on MY responsibility of raising my daughter .
So many mothers have good intentions … and it’s very hard to save everyone . im speaking for myself as well.
I respect and admire this mom
and my own .. for what she went through with me .
I have to say recovery is a very long process, getting to the route of these issues that lead a person down this path takes a while
You’re incredibly kind. Thank you - and congratulations on your recovery!!
Great comment. I wish you all the best in your recovery. Stay strong. 🙏
Praying for you
I'm so proud of you!!!
So here we are didn't take long, the addict talking about their struggle blah blah I'm so amazing in my struggle...this is NOT about you do you understand , this is about a mothers pain the ugly face of a dead girl who just wanted her anxiety to stop. It does matter this girl probably had more strength in her little finger than you will ever have. She didn't want to get high like you or die she thought it was a Xanax , a sedative . She was tricked .
I got the knock on my door on 2/20/2024. It was a police officer telling me my son was dead from a heroin/fentanyl overdose. I am drowning in guilt, regrets, heartbreak and sadness. How do families get through this????
I am so very sorry for your loss!
I know how you feel. The guilt will kill you. But it's because we love our children and feel we failed at protecting them. I've been in the same boat but for another reason. Our bodies aren't built for guilt. It's the hardest part. I'm praying for you.
I lost 2 friends and my 15 yr. old niece to this. Her boyfriend gave her what he thought was a Xanax. She went to sleep forever. I miss her everyday. I think the government is in on it. It's a form of depopulation. You never get passed the anger. The grief yes, the anger No.
:( oh my gosh that's so scary.
Exactly , in some cities cops see it and don't address it. These type of people in the eyes of the government doesn't fit in their agenda. GOVERNMENT ALLOWS DRUGS IN FOR THAT REASON. My cousin died from a laced pill, the one good thing is she just fell asleep. Let's address the bigger issue most drug addicts, stuffer sexual, domestic abuse as children ( myself included). Invest , protect and support children, you will end up better adults.
Kate was an old soul, deep, deep heart. She still is, mom. She is now back into her essence. Be at peace, beautiful Kate, and, mom, your courage is inspiring. 🙌
The Bible is clear , those that have passed away lie in rest. I’m so so sorry for this young woman’s death but we need to cling to Jesus Christ and His word. Jesus Christ is the only way.
Kates mental health issues make her completely relatable. I suspect the majority of people alive today on earth are dealing with mental health issues. What happened to Kate could happen to anyone. I relate to Kate. I am an old lady now but from the time I was a child I suffered in a very similar way to Kate. I was a very sensitive child, creative, fun, loving, and very extroverted. I was tormented by nightmares through most of my childhood, and plagued with heavy anxiety and bouts of depression in my teenage years. By the time I was graduating high school I was self-medicating with marijuana. I did that for 20 years. It really didn’t help that much, but it did distract me. Also, I’d like to note that today’s marijuana is a lot different than the marijuana that I was smoking and I would encourage anyone with children to discourage their children smoking what is a highly engineered product and is also being used as a vehicle for fentanyl. Things didn’t turn around for me until I got on medication in my 40s. It took a while to find the right combination but today my anxiety and depression are under control. It took a lifetime to accomplish that. I send my best wishes for healing and prayers for peace to Kates family. May the sweet girl rest in peace. 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
I'm so sorry 😢❤prayers
Weed a vehicle for fentanyl?? Really? How
@@dmvconartists1855 I am 60. Its always been known weed is a gateway drug. You get used to it, you need more. You become numb to weed you move on to harder drugs. Ask anyone born in the 1960’s. What did you start with. What all have you tried. Except our drugs werent contaminated.
@@dmvconartists1855 there are many many cases of marijuana being laced with fentanyl. Google it I don’t mean to be rude, but it’s very pervasive. Take care of yourself. 🙏🏻
@@dmvconartists1855they put fent in the weed
Thanks for sharing your story. I remember when you lost your sweet girl. I live in Houston as well and had just lost my son 6 months prior. I remember when Michael turned 25 and I said to myself "I got him to 25 and based on science and the development of the frontal cortex, he will make good decisions now." Michael died 3 weeks before his 26th birthday. His story mirrors that of Kate in some ways and not in others. It's just all so heartbreaking. Sending you love.
I lost a niece and a sister to a drug overdose years ago it's a pain that never go's away.
Wow what a heart wrenching story. She is absolutely right, not near enough is being done about this! More and more of these stories are coming up and it's devastating! I pray for your peace. I'm so very sorry you lost your beautiful, bright daughter to this devil. May God bless your family 🙏🙏
Call Jack ass Joe. The border needs closed off. That would be a huge start. How many have died since 1/21/21? I bet a huge amount
Anxiety is very terrible it’s very hard to overcome. My heart goes to you and your husband
This is heartbreaking and proof that no matter how hard families may try to save their loved ones, they sometimes cannot get through to them. I am so sorry for all this mother and her family have lost.
My sister was diagnosed by therapist for mild depression. She got on meds but never got better, then she had a blood test to find her vitamin d was very low. Now she is very well
I lost my beautiful son Ian to fentanyl. We think he was self medicating with what he thought was a safe joint. My pain will never end.
I'm so so sorry for your loss. My heart aches for you!❤
I lost my daughter too. I loved that child more than life itself. Ive cime to terms with her death bc I KNOW i did everything i knew to do at the time. I also KNOW THAT SHE KNEW I LOVED HER LIKE NO OTHER. When the two of us hugged i literally could feel our ♡s pulling like magnets. She was drop dead gorgeous. Shevwas funny, kind, mouthy & a force to be reckoned with. Ill never know if somewhere along the way someone hurt her. I was super protective but i wonder what caused this force of nature to doubt herself. To need to quiet the noise in her head. She often asked why am i like this moma? I had no answer. All i could do was love her hard. Get help . I know so much more than i knew 5 yrs ago. Today we might have had a chance. 5 yrs ago it was crumbs compsred to the knowledge we hv know. God bless all parents,siblings & children who have lost someone they desperately need. I desperately need to feel our hearts pulling like magnets. ❤❤❤❤
This is so sad 😢.. My condolences to you & your family. May your daughter continue to R.i.p👏🏿👏🏿
This lady is such a good communicator. I totally believe her daughter must have been very smart too. Such a tragic, unnecessary and undeserved loss. Fly to Heaven baby angel! ♥️
VERY SAD! I can feel your pain through the phone. She was so beautiful and you can see how much you loved her in your eyes. Have faith that you WILL see her again! Much love and condolences!😢
My only brother over dosed and passed away 2 months ago. No…none of us want to be in “The club of darkness” as you say. Speaking out helps, being honest and helping other addicts with their struggles is the only way I have overcome the guilt and shame of my own addiction to opioids (five years clean this month) and the grief of losing a cherished loved one to this horrible epidemic. So very sorry for the loss of your beloved daughter. ❤
I am an adult with 2 minor children. I've been seeing this wave coming for over 5 years. I've watched countless stories similar to this one on news station specials and social media. I do believe a lot of these young people know the risks associated with taking pills that weren't verifiable. They just don't care. They don't think it'll happen to them. Sad nonetheless
I agree! in 2023! there’s been MORE COVERAGE on fentanyl than I can even imagine, BUT kids of ANY age are still “AT RISK!” of what could and for SO MANY “has happened!” and yet they STILL play Russian Roulette! a LETHAL GAME OF CHANCE! they somehow rationalize that it will NOT happen to them! MY GOD how SAD these stories are!!! 💔💔💔💔💔💔 I have 2 adult sons (38/34) and one of them is currently on meth and the other is struggling with an alcohol addiction!!!! I CONSTANTLY 🙏🏽🙏🏽WITH BELIEF! that God will DELIVER THEM BOTH from THIS MADNESS!!!! they can only receive help!! when they ADMIT to needing HELP!! these videos just CRUSH ME!!!!!! my heart 💔 and BLEEDS for these surviving moms & families!!!! I AM SO VERY SORRY for their loss!!! 😢 the sad part is although some of them may have education behind fentanyl, the REAL DRAGON AND BEAST is the addiction! so as one mom said in another same type video, they just want to TURN OFF their sadness, depression, loneliness, lowliness, emptiness, feelings of whatever for however long trying to mask the pain of whatever they’re feeling!!!! even while knowing the feeling of euphoria will only be a few fleeting minutes! the deep and VERY persistent cravings in the prefrontal lobes of their brains OVERRIDES EVERYTHING!! telling them to TAKE THAT RISK anyway!!! 😢😢😢💔💔💔I’m SO 🙏🏽🙏🏽 for these families! it HURTS beyond the telling of these stories! God PLEASE, heal, bring comfort & peace as ONLY YOU can!!! ❤
I understand your point of view, from my perspective many do care but they are numbing a painful trauma and truly believe overdose won't happen to them is the biggest take away.
@@lashurediscussion4970 the problem is. Too many parents think drugs and guns are the inner city problem. When all along a Chad or Karen down the street are selling and using drugs. They have to get pass the “ Not my kid” mindset. I find the more social the person is the more likely they are masking pain.
@@lashurediscussion4970Fentanyl was killing young teenagers when Trump was President, we noticed that, nurse in the ICU when Covid came, but my job was in the Emergency Department. It started around 5 / 6 years ago, before Biden became President.
It wasn’t in the news, we were pretty surprised, because of the amount of deaths and overdoses of Fentanyl.
We wanted to warn the Health Department, but were told that it wasn’t that serious, just like Covid, we couldn’t understand why so many were dying of lung infection, suddenly we had two Doctors die, some nurses, it took months before Trump told the truth, had known that it was a airborne virus, deadly, about 30.000 people had died around the States. The death toll of Fentanyl was out of control. When Biden became President, was when he received the real truth about the death rate of Fentanyl.
Many had no mental health issues, never tried drugs, just out of curiosity. If people had really known how long this had been going on, something could have been done earlier. It’s mostly was
coming from China then, and President Biden was able then to stop containers coming of ships from China, packed with Fentanyl, but then it started being smuggled from Venezuela, Peru, into Mexico, then packed into trucks, also from small speedboats packed usually with marijuana, were now packed with Fentanyl.
Many have huge laps, all over America, in huge mansions. You would think that it’s only immigrants, but, not true. Many, people you wouldn’t think about being involved with the making of this drug, are White American citizens.
Why l know this, my sister in married to a sometimes undercover drug dealer, but he is a Detective in the Narcotics Division. It’s to heavy to carry over the border from Mexico, Marijuana was easier, and didn’t receive a heavy sentence, and carriers
were dying from the fumes, because of the warm weather, etc.
Gladly now, after 5 /6 years, something is being done about this situation, but because they have been doing this for so long, without it being taken seriously, it’s out of control, and guess who’s getting the whole blame for this situation that started when he wasn’t even President? President Biden, when it was Trump who was President, but didn’t do anything to stop it.
I honestly don’t care who was President, but he should have done something about then, just like Covid, waited almost 3 months before he told America and how deadly the Virus was, he found out first week in December, but didn’t tell the American people until March, Countries in Europe were already closing there borders. 3 months in Europe, only Doctor, Hospitals, Drug stores and Grocery stores were open for 3 months. That’s why the death rate was low, America had over one million Americans die, and still dying.
It really hurts me, but it isn’t only Texas, Florida, California, all around America, people are dying from using Fentanyl, every day.
We had one day, 24 overdoses and 19 deaths.
Trump waited to long, and let President Biden deal with it and the blame, just like Covid.
Agree & My one shift from your perspective: Working w HS & college students, it's not necessarily a 'simple' not care; it's more a recognition::denial ratio of the risk. We process information w such complexity. For example, looking at a pill--especially a little blue or pink one, or having a brand/context, like 'it's a Xanax', can be a shrug or impulse + swallow. How lethal or the risk/s is hard to fathom. Even w everything about drinking & driving? People drink & drive--'just this once'; or 'it's not far', or 'I ate food, I'm ok'... Few drivers set out to be in an accident. Few think them in this car on this drive is lethal. The same is true w diabetes & insulin, or being sleep deprived, etc etc. I'm older & experienced & KNOW it can happen to me. Other people reason, rationalize or don't think---don't think it will happen to them---or won't THIS time. Regardless, it's heartbreaking how vulnerable we are.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I can feel your anger and frustration through the screen. RIP Kate. 💔
I am so sorry for your loss. I have a 30 yr old daughter who has had substance and mental health problems since about age 11 or 12 including fentanyl, which almost killed her twice. She relapsed about 4 months ago and last I spoke with her she was trying to get clean but having so much trouble finding mental health/drug treatment without health insurance and she didn't want to go into a rehab. I haven't heard from her in 3 months and have no way to reach her or know where she lives. I am expecting the worst, if I ever find out what happened to her at all. My deepest sympathies for anyone going through this. May God be with you.
My heart goes out to you, I can’t even imagine what all that worry is doing to your heart. I hope that your daughter finds healing and peace.
I am so sorry. So sorry. My heart aches for you. My son also died due to fentanyl. He was a self medicating schizophrenic.
It’s been two months. Its heart breaking.
So very sorry for your loss of your precious daughter,may Kate rest in peace.
My heart breaks for you and your family...💔
You are so right and so brave for sharing Kate's story...
Everyone should see this! Our leaders sure aren't telling us! God bless you...🙏🙏🙏
I lost my oldest child 9/21/22 from a fentanyl overdose. He was almost 32. I feel like a part of me is dead as well. This is a hurt like no other. 😢😢😢😢😢😢
I am so sorry! I cannot imagine. Lord have mercy and comfort this family.❤
Thank you for allowing yours and your daughter’s story to be told on here. I know the grief must be deep and long term, and I sincerely hope you get strength from telling her story. She wouldn’t want you to be depressed nor be quiet. Many prayers to you and your family.
I screamed and HOWLED TOO IT SEEMED SEPERATE FROM ME...... 😢 I HAVE FAITH AND KNOW WE WILL LIVE WITH OUR BABIES TOGETHER FOREVER IN ETERNITY ❤
We need to be on our knees fighting through prayer against these demonic possessions. Because thats all mental illness is. Seek The Most Highs face and deliverance
im telling you! its actually crazy what's going on.
No... there are no such thing as demons... this is avoiding reality.
Just an incredible woman. Honestly. As a former opiate addict (almost ten years) this was the reminder that has kept me alive. Just know as an addict, a mother, at one time incredibly mentally ill, you sharing this story is one of the reasons I am here every day. I cannot thank you enough for this awareness and for sharing your and your lovely daughters story. Big love. Annabel
Thank you for your comments. We also have a series of addiction recovery stories that you might find interesting. Here's a link to the playlist: From Addiction to Recovery - czcams.com/play/PLdCPA32W_p39Z8hi7xSIX3Fkqmhd7mRzj.html
@@TexasPicturesthank you so much ❤
This story was felt throughout my entire body. I felt her pain. This one broke me all the way down. I know the howl she speaks of… it happened for me when my husband passed and the police knocked on my door at 4 in the morning while I was 9 months pregnant.
I am so sorry for your loss. I know the heartache. My son was 22.
I’m so terribly sorry for your loss! I will pray for you and this country. Our young people are under attack!
I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my son to fentenayl too. Your story is so similar. And I hear the same over and over. The anxiety, and other mental health issues. You have raised intelligent thoughts and points. Thank you for sharing your story. I cried listening to it. So many bright, creative, wonderful souls lost, so many hurting because of that. Big hugs. How do we fight this???
Thank you for sharing who your daughter was- brilliant and talented, charismatic and loving. For so long addicts have been stereotyped as losers and criminals that are nothing but a pox on society. Finding oneself on the receiving end of that stigma, carrying the weight of other's judgement in addition to one's own shame and guilt, is devastating. Thank you for helping demonstrate that addiction doesn't discriminate, and gifted, bright lights like your daughter are afflicted too.
No one is immune to the disease of addiction.
Keeping you and your family in my prayers❤️
😢 Thank you for sharing your family's story! So sorry for your loss and for all the family that have suffered loss and grieving pain!
You did a fantastic job of getting across how special Kate was x
I am so sorry. I’m always talking to my H.School boys, every day and preparing them for today and the future. I’m
Educating myself as a Mother. You deliver a great message. Thank you.
This precious Mother’s grief and the impactful loss of her beloved Daughter, has truly touched my heart. May ✝️God Bless their Family and continuously Heal them of their pain and suffering.🕊️
Thank you for your dedication & hard work on this channel ❤❤❤ You’re saving so many lives in Florida as it’s just now beginning to creep into our state. God Bless 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for your comments. It is a privilege to us to get to create these stories.
At 6:54 in this video it really hit home with me! I have a 17 year old who is extremely intelligent (read the whole dictionary by age 3 at his own doing and if you randomly said a word he would tell you what it all meant) but he has struggled with mental illness since he was around 10 years old! His therapist also told us the same exact thing because their minds are going so fast with so much thinking going on in there that they don’t know how to handle the white noise. I’ve had to be his advocate his whole life especially starting at age 12 when I had to hospitalize him in the psychiatric unit. As a parent that was the start of my own guilt watching what was happening to the mind of my child and no one knowing if meds should be given or not.
You’re a strong fighting force to get her story out there and I hope you keep making your voice be heard as loud as you can for all of us parents regardless if our child has addictions or just mental health problems happening. Thank you for sharing her story ❤
How are you and your child doing now? I hope you are great.
@@laurawhite4118 everyday is a struggle with good days and bad days like most of us have. He’s learned to use his voice to help other teens know they can reach out even to myself if they need someone to talk to (if it’s life threatening I do what I need to get in contact with their parents) but through all of this it’s helped him realize that a lot of people have struggles they can’t/don’t talk about to others. He just got excepted into a college for engineering which makes me so proud because not going to lie I didn’t know if I was going to bury my child for a lot of years.
Thank you for asking, I really appreciate it ❤️
this sounds exactly like me. i was hospitalized at 12 and was reading the dictionary at 3… now i am 16 born in ‘07. crazy cool to recognize someone else like me
@@chaers2390 From a stranger mom to you always remember- you’re stronger than you feel, stronger than your mind makes you believe, you will always be needed in someone’s life, you will always be loved even if it feels you aren’t at that time, and there is a reason you were born so bright!
I remind my son all the time of the same thing and tell him if you see someone struggling to remind them the same with a note, text, or just to share his story!
You got this and even though I don’t know you personally I believe in you ❤️
I've lost a half brother a half sister and about 20 friends to overdose. I also struggled with my own addiction. I pray for everybody fighting this demon and I pray for the friends and family that have loved ones going through addiction. ❤
I pray that you can live to an old age , set free! ❤
Prayers go out to all who has lost loved ones
MY HEART IS BREAKING AS I WATCH YOU TELL YOUR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS STORY. THERE AREN'T WORDS SUFFICIENT TO HELP YOU IN ANYWAY & I KNOW THIS FROM TOO MANY LOSSES TO COUNT IN MY OWN LIFE. I WISH THERE WERE MAGICAL WORDS OR ANYTHING TO STOP THE PAIN. MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU & YOUR FAMILY. GOD BLESS THE CHILDREN. MUCH LOVE FROM VERMONT STATE.
Thank you so very much 💔
Anxiety and depression most of the time goes hand & hand.
So many people in this audience who has lost someone to Fentanyl and other drugs. I sincerely hope that the information given and stories relayed herein, is helpful to someone in need.
Thank you ror posting. God bless you.
Another heart-rending story. It breaks my heart to think of all the potential of these youngsters being snuffed out. Our world is going to be poorer for losing all these kids, who knows what they could have gone on to achieve.
I'm so sorry, to hear about your daughter she was such a bright light in a dark world! I lost two brothers to this poison a year ago and I tell you it's hard sometimes to go on, but we have to and we have to keep their memory alive. I know that your daughter would be proud of you for doing that. So, I must say you are a very strong woman and I wish you the best. God bless.❤
My deepest sympathies for the loss of your daughter. I've watched many of these Fentanyl stories and my heart aches for family and friends left behind after these deaths.
The daughter absolutely had an anxiety disorder. The way she describes things at 11:00 is spot on.
Absolute tragedy what happened to this family and what is happening to families all over America. I'm so saddened to hear about Kate's story and how deeply it is affecting your family and your network of friends. My good friend in Northern California lost her beautiful Son to Fentanyl poisoning not so long ago. The grief is horrific and doing what you are doing Nancy by spreading the word may very well save another family from this grief. Prayers from Ireland XOX
Thank you for your kind words. My heart goes out two your friend as well. There’s a book entitled “it’s ok to not be ok” which helped me quite a bit.
What is with this whole generation of kids suffering from anxiety? I don't know of a single person between 18 and 23 who isn't struggling with it. Craziness!!
Yeah, I agree. I don’t speak to people often (besides my immediate family,) but when I do, everyone who I speak to tells me they’re on antidepressants for depression and anxiety.
I expected a LOT of answers on this one! Even scarier
There are a lot of factors, society, family dynamics, pier pressures, not learning how to deal with issues (not blaming anyone for that) sometimes it just happens.
Vaccines
@@randihight9051 I'm 58. I was vaccinated as a child, as was everyone in my school, yet we had far fewer issues than kids today both physically and mentally
My dear friends lost their son to fentanyl poisoning. He had just graduated college and about to start an internship. Like so many of these stories he was smart, compassionate, funny, everyone's friend. Someone you just loved being around. Thank you for sharing Katie's story and keep up the good work you're doing. You are amazing. I am so, so sorry for your loss.
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Reading the comments and watching these videos has made me so emotional and just flat out sad and outraged. I am so sorry for all of the families that have lost loved ones . This is so heartbreaking
We also have a series of Recovery stories in our playlists. Those stories tend to have happier endings.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Your story touched me because I felt your heartbreak, frustration, love, anger. God bless you all. What a beautiful young lady. 💔
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Mama I would have loved to meet your daughter Kate. She sounds amazing. Thank you for sharing her mental health struggles. I and so many I know are dealing with depression and anxiety. It's important. I will cherish your story. I'm sorry she's no longer with us.
Awww I'm so sorry for your loss. I howled like that when my Dad died and they probably heard me across the parking lot because I was outside.
My heart goes out to you. I am so sorry for your loss. You are brave for speaking out.
This is so heartbreaking! I feel so much sympathy for this mama, and want to just hug her.