“I was afraid of death, thinking I’m going to die every day. I literally would feel like I was having a heart attack. It was a thought in my mind all the time: ‘Am I gonna die today? Am I gonna die today.’ The only way I can go about my day is if I wasn’t alone.” As a teen she found the company of boys and sex eased her anxiety. By 19 she was a high school dropout and making money as a stripper.
