Help Kit Start A New Life

Update February 2024:

I've been doing much better this past year thanks to all of the amazing people in my community that have shown endless amounts of support. My mental health is improving and I'm getting my life back on track. There are times when I feel like I'm finally becoming more normal and times when I feel myself shutting down. The latter has been happening much less often so I'm definitely improving! I'm finally at a point where I can provide for myself financially and I'm so happy for that! Thank you so much to all of you who have supported me and given me positive words of encouragement. Words that seems small can actually have large effects on our lives, the more we compound them, the more of a difference it can make. One thing I haven't really talked about was my dad recently passing away. There are a lot of issues with my family that I don't need to go into detail with here. Even though I don't see them, or really even speak with them often, I feel that the very least I can do is send financial help to my family as that event was life-changing for them in many ways. What they need now is the same type of support that I was given that helped me through my lowest points and encouraged me to try harder each day. Now that I can support myself financially, I've decided to keep this fundraiser indefinitely open to help others. Once they can get back on their feet, I know of other victims of domestic violence that I'd like to help out next. Then I'd like to move on to assisting DV victims in emergency situations. Eventually, I'd like to find something to do to make a difference on a larger scale. I won't really be promoting this GFM as I would like to try my best to earn what I can and take it from my own pocket first. My plan is to help people get to a point where they won't have to stress so much about monthly bills and can instead have a little extra time to focus on learning new job skills and improving their futures ("teaching a man to fish" scenario). Just know that 100% of future contributions here will go towards assisting with immediate needs and changing the lives of people who truly could use the help. Again, thank you all for your support, it really changed my life for the better and I'm so thankful for learning to how to make lemonade out of lemons and learning to fish...and adding lemon juice to the fish because that's yummy too. Basically, life is what it is. It's hard but you can get through the hardest parts a little bit easier if you have support - even online strangers can make a huge positive difference! I'm very grateful for you all <3 Thank you!

Update 1/2/23 :

A LOT has happened in the last year so I'll skim through it...I escaped the trafficker who held me captive for 8 years and was reunited with my family. My trafficker knew where to find me, moved within 10 mins of my family, stalked me, and chased me like the psycho that he is through the streets until I led him to the police station where they arrested him for 1 day (he got bailed out and is free to endanger and ruin more lives for the time being). Because of that, my parents kicked me out within a couple of hours after getting home from the police station (great support system) I became kinda homeless and had to use all of my GoFundMe money to move into a hotel (far away from where he could find me) and try to find a place to live - which is really difficult when a human trafficker has ruined your finances, credit, reputation, history, and has threatened to kill anyone who might help you. Not to mention, finding a job after all this has been laughably sad, with my PTSD issues and I can only work from home because I can't risk having a routine outside of the house or having job information pop up online (yay for lack of internet privacy). If he finds me again he'll most likely murder me. Plus the entire situation kind of makes everyone I know uncomfortable and awkward around me - I'm fun to hang out with but not worth dying over lol After some time, I was finally able to find a place to live. I'm currently in hiding, isolated from my remaining family and friends, but doing everything I can to rebuild my life, work on my mental health, and get my trafficker in prison where he belongs. I'm very thankful for the friends, family, and GFM contributors who have helped me get to where I am today! My situation is far from ideal but it's a start and I am oddly the happiest I have ever been! Even with so much stress. If it wasn't for everyone's extreme generosity, I'd be homeless and I wouldn't have been able to start streaming on Twitch. I'm extremely grateful to you all! Luckily, I love streaming and content creation so doing this kind of work is good for me! I know the goal amount here seems quite high but apparently just existing is expensive (even if I'm literally eating ramen every day lol at least I like cheap ramen, yay cheapo taste buds!) this fundraiser will stay up until I'm fully able to focus on work and support myself. Just have a lot of legal and medical things I need to clear out of the way first. I'll try my best to get there asap and maintain a positive attitude throughout 2023! Hopefully I'll be able to post some content that you'll love. Thank you so much for supporting me in every way possible! <3 wubs you all

GFM is zooming in reeeaaaaallly close on my pics so enjoy my zoomed face pics I guess!?

My original post is below if you'd like to read it...

Hi, thanks for visiting my GoFundMe page.

Some of you already know me, but for those who do not, you can call me Kit. For the past 7 years, I was a streamer. As a streamer, I did what I could to build up my community online, keep the mood upbeat, and provide a safe, comfortable environment for my viewers. My community meant so much to me and their happiness and mental health was top priority. What no one knew was that behind the scenes, I was suffering through the most terrifying and traumatizing years that I will hopefully ever experience. For safety reasons, I did my best to hide it. Though there were many times over the years when I mentioned that I was working on a project that would change my life. That “project” was escaping from the man who was holding me hostage and forcing me into slavery since 2014. A Human Trafficking survivor is now one of the many “survivor” labels that I’ve come to realize will be attached to my identity for life. Unfortunately, these traumas will forever be a part of me. My newfound freedom has been devoted to turning all of these negative experiences into something positive. My life finally belongs to me now and I’ll do whatever I can to make the most of it.

This is where my GoFundMe steps in…I escaped with my pets and the clothes on my back. I’m completely starting over from scratch - I don’t have income and I can no longer rely on family to financially support me. I know that I am asking for a lot, but every bit helps, and I could really use the help to get back on my feet. My priority will be using this money to pay back my family members for all of their help, put it towards renting a new place for myself, medical expenses for my pets and I, a new streaming set up, and attorney fees to help bring him to justice.

I know that I am asking for a lot, but I will need all the help I can get if I am to ever recover from what he’s done to me. I want to be self-reliant, healthy, and normal. I just need this as my initial boost to rejoin society. Please only give what you’re able to and nothing more.

For transparency, all funds will go to the following: Therapy to treat my PTSD, medications/veterinary bills, home security systems for my family and I, rent + living expenses, clothes, furniture, health insurance, streaming equipment so I can work from home, attorney fees, a new car, an education, and paying back those who have taken care of me during this time.

My plans: Move to a safer location where he won’t be able to find me, go back to school, and start streaming on Twitch so that I may continue to support my viewers just as they’ve done for me all these years. I’d also like to provide help to other victims of Human Trafficking or Domestic Violence.

To anyone from my community that might be reading this: I’m sorry for hiding something like this from you. Thank you all so much for supporting my mental health throughout the years. Without that support, I may not have been able to preserve who I am at my core. You became my family when I was taken away from my real one. I look forward to reuniting with you all in the near future. Wubs <3