Kennedy Bingham

And so that's definitely what was happening.

And so I was just like, I don't really care.

But luckily I still had enough self-respect from my parents.

I was like, okay, like I'll keep it in reins.

And I still was a good kid, but I was also struggling with depression at this point.

I had thoughts of like suicide very often, just like, oh, it would be so much easier.

I had an eating disorder.

So I'd go all day, every day off of energy drinks, gum, and just

maybe one meal a day just because I don't know I just was like in a really really hard mental spot so that's what's I think so empowering about my story is like then I go through something so horrific and then how I came out at the end so I just like really put my time into my friends and distance myself from my family a lot and that's just like where my focus was and I think that's kind of what like

also probably got me there just with the poor decisions and there's always a quote I look back on and it says the pain you've been feeling can't compare to the joy that's coming because I wish at that point in my life I could go back and tell myself that and I would probably be like what do you mean there's no way right but it's true and so then to get to the accident it happened on May 22nd of 2021 so the five-year anniversary is literally coming up so soon it's crazy it's even been five years it feels like forever ago but at the same time like oh my gosh still five years isn't that long no

No.

And I actually, we have like really good friends, been friends for probably a year, if not longer.

And he had like no idea it had been five years.

And he was like, I thought that was like, I'm not going to lie, like eight years ago or something.

And I was like, are you okay?

And I was like,

yeah, I'm good.

He was like, that's just like so short and like where you're at.

And I was like, yeah, it's just crazy.

Like, I just have been cruising ever since trying to accomplish things, but I definitely should have lost my life that day.