long series of unfortunate events...

My name is Jordan. Im 27 and would consider myself an ambitious, fun, outgoing, open minded, and determined person. I grew up in San Bernardino california with a great extensive family and surroundings. My parents had a successful hair salon and life was good. Until I turned 12 years old. The hair salon went out of business and after 16 years of sobriety my mother and father begin drinking and using again. The family completely disowned us due to how we reflected on them in the community. They are very conditional people. We lost everything in a matter of months and my brothers and I became subjected to such horrible abuse which up to that point was unfathomable to us. We lost the family, the house, everything in the house, and had nothing at all. We ended up moving to minnesota where nothing really improved, only worsened. Eventually my parents split up and I found myself in a world that was like nothing ive ever experienced. So I did what I thought was necessary to cope. In doing so I made many bad decisions leading me into a life that caused me to lose my sense of who I was. Drugs, alcohol, conditional exploitative friends, etc... Depression and anxiety set in deep. My mother moved to pennsylvania at a certain point and i left minnesota to be with her since she was having suck a difficult time. During this experience, i was 15, I dealt with a lot of abuse and also protected my mom as much as possible. She was repeatedly beaten and raped by different men who also would become aggressive toward me if I interfered. Of course that didnt stop me from interfering, I saved my mom from a lot of potentially devastating incidents. I loved her immensely. I ended up moving back to minnesota after a while with my alcoholic father. At this point I dropped out of school and basically ran the streets, a lost soul completely. Looking for a purpose and trying to find some kind of meaning to life. Things progressively got worse and I ended up in jail, then prison. In prison i worked and obtained my GED and took advantage of a few college courses they offered. After my release I violated parole under some questionable circumstances and ended up back in jail. I still had no sense of who I was, of what i wanted, let alone how to even live properly in society. pharmaceuticals played a big roll in this as well. At this time my mother was found dead in a storage unit in harrisburg pennsylvania. The article on her death can be found on pennlive.com under Losing Lisa: Losing Lisa: Woman trades success, family for alcohol | PennLive.com Having no family, being completely depressed and anxious and basically out of my mind, i just didnt care anymore. I bailed out of jail and ended up running back to california. It wasnt long that I was a fugitive. I was arrested here for a robbery charge and ended up sitting 4 years in prison. I was released on 2-27-15 and have been sober now 4 years and have developed a solid foundation of who I am and what I want out of life. I studied a lot of philosophy and psychology while i was in and did an immense amount of self-assessing. It is so liberating once you know who you are and what you want, and i am extremely excited that i have discovered this. I am now 27 years old and am doing everything I need to do to get my life in order. Its definitely a slow process. I am completely starting over from scratch, I have nothing. Have never even had a car or license. The only person in my life is my older brother who helps as much as possible but makes enough just to make ends meet himself. I guess im reaching out to anyone who may be able to sympathize and realize that it takes money to not only survive but to build a realm where you're able to express who you are and live your life comfortable with yourself. I am strong willed and will NOT fall back into old ways or habits. I just want to get on my feet and eventually have my own place and a car and my independence. Im going through the motions of SSI right now because I am considered unable to work from major depression and anxiety issues. In the meantime I am really struggling. I am a focused, strong, intelligent, person and have an intense desire to be successful. I could just use a little boost... Please, if you can find it in your heart to donate anything to me and help me build this realm where I can be me and enjoy life for the first time in a very, very long time... I'd appreciate it more than words can express. I am more than willing to speak on the phone to anyone or answer any other questions. There is so much more depth to this story, but it would take a novel to explain it all. I have plans to get back into school and also have business ideas, i am also considering pursuing a personal trainer career or web design career, or both ... I am really trying to get situated. Need to save for a car, place, laptop (for work mainly), clothes, food, and those are most important at the moment. Thank you for your time and consideration. JordanMulcahy1987@gmail.com

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