Have you tried the suicide crisis line?
1 (800) 273-8255
Depending where you live (that one’s America I think)
I’ve found that trained professionals can offer a lot of good advice and are there to listen.
I’m always too nervous to speak on the phone but I never found emailing those places helpful. It’s helpful if you really have no one to talk to, but you can only talk for so long before there’s nothing left to say. They’re only allowed to say certain things, and you can never talk to the same person again.
Anyone who does want to call one of those numbers, I heard of one major crisis line (it was in the US) where they apparently track your location and send an ambulance to you without any warning. That was only one, but still. It’s worth knowing who you’re talking to. People rely too much on those lines though – anytime someone’s suicidal they’re sent to them, and all they can do is talk and offer to send you immediate medical help. Nothing lasting.
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Have you tried the suicide crisis line?
1 (800) 273-8255
Depending where you live (that one’s America I think)
I’ve found that trained professionals can offer a lot of good advice and are there to listen.
Are you serious? I was in need of a REAL FRIEND not some suicide hotline with a “trained professional”. I’d never call one of those places anyway.
why? they can be somewhat helpful sometimes man. anonymity is so nice
I’m always too nervous to speak on the phone but I never found emailing those places helpful. It’s helpful if you really have no one to talk to, but you can only talk for so long before there’s nothing left to say. They’re only allowed to say certain things, and you can never talk to the same person again.
Anyone who does want to call one of those numbers, I heard of one major crisis line (it was in the US) where they apparently track your location and send an ambulance to you without any warning. That was only one, but still. It’s worth knowing who you’re talking to. People rely too much on those lines though – anytime someone’s suicidal they’re sent to them, and all they can do is talk and offer to send you immediate medical help. Nothing lasting.
My spoken english is atrocious, otherwise i would have bored you for a couple of hours, maybe someone whose first language is english could chime in?
Call my WV phone nmber I gave you
Thank you for the talk last night. I really enjoyed it. Hope you did too
Wish I had the guts to post something like this I don’t have the guts and I don’t trust any1 but I would like to.
Sorry for wasting your time and disturbing you.
bloodsacrifice@hotmail.com