Thinking about suicide? Ok! Now let’s talk about it. Help each other out.
España/Spain:
www.telefonodelaesperanza.org
Atención en Crisis: 902 500 002
USA
1 (800) 273-8255
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
En Español:
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/gethelp/spanish.aspx
UK
0800 068 41 41
PAPYRUS
www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Suicide/Pages/Getting-help.aspx
México
01800- 290- 00- 24
Línea de Intervención en crisis
suicidologia.org.mx/podemos-ayudarte/
Australia
13 11 14
Lifeline Australia
www.lifeline.org.au
66 comments
Nah
I called one of those things once and they PUT ME ON HOLD.
I hung up.
I’ve heard of that happening ..and the police being called.
the one time I called one of those I instantly hung up when a person answered…. I wasn’t prepared for that, they sounded so aggressive. It scared me.
That’s because you didn’t get me on the phone… LOL, nah 😉
C’mon guys, we know there isn’t a universal fix for all, and what may work for some, may not do so for others. The point is, try everything at hand to get help.
But I already got “help” from my local crisis center when I was sent there -_-
the people there were actually really nice and it wasn’t a phone, which is a plus…. :/ Phones are scary.
Well, these tend to be for acute situations and usually with impulsive suicides. I am not even close to that.
Absolutely right on the money, mysteriousvisitor.
I would never ring such a thing… Be very careful what you voluntary tell people yall cause they will use it all agents you while justifying locking you up.
I strongly oppose involuntary commitment except in truly extreme circumstances (person chasing people down the street with a knife, unable to even feed themselves, catatonic, that sort of thing). It is extremely difficult to check in voluntarily and involuntary admission is sometimes used to compel insurance companies to pay.
Oh for sure yer, If people are a danger to others then absolutely. But, just from a depression, suicidal thoughts point of view… Ringing something like this can do you more harm then good. Being locked away like an animal I feel would make me even more suicidal and even more determined to do a proper job of it to avoid such a situation.
@all
I agree with all of you here in terms of involuntary commitment. In particular with Ant’s statement, whereby he advises about disclosing too much personal information.
You can have an entire platoon of therapists, Psychiatrists, NASA, angels, and aliens. If you’re not ready, if you’re not open to getting help, it’s not impossible to help somebody, but it sure is more difficult.
The sole fact that a person calls one of these helplines means that you are open to discuss your alternatives.
But that phone call doesn’t need to be to one of such numbers. Call a friend if that works for you. Don’t feel like talking? Chat. IM. Email if you want. For all I care, you can send me and others like me smoke signals, and we’ll try to be there for you.
Please take care everyone.
I sent you a smoke signal… did you get it?
Cordless my dear, it’s raining here, so your little smoke cloud got lost in the mix… or are all these dark clouds your signal??? Holly frijoles, you have a huge fire to put out!!! 😀
Don’t forget the three extra smoke puffs at the end: Extra pepperoni and NO anchovies.
(ext pep… aaaand… nnno anch… k. Cash or cre- wait, I almost forgot. “Puff – puff – puff?” (cash or credit ma’am?)) LOL
You do a great job at reaching out and trying to help people HERE4UOK. If people are ready for that level/kind of help with the possibility of being sectioned then yer by all means gave it ago.
The warning is more for people thinking they can call up divulge lots of personal informational and think it ends at that lol. do be expecting a knock at your door from people coming to put you in a padded room :0)
Thanks Ant.
Careful what you wish for, eh? Sometimes the pill is bigger than the fever, ain’t it? 😉
I like areas where they support groups or centers where you can walk-in and just talk. No news chopper, no fire engine, no cops, no “I love me”-shirts, etc.
That is so much more effective…
You guys should look at your area’s info on that. A little research does the trick.
Actually, I find “I love me” t-shirts to be quite effective. I own 14.
Hahah be careful what you wish for indeed. The idea of giving up all my human rights to barbarians and being treated like an animal in hope that during that time the suicidal thoughts may have passed doesn’t really appeal I wont lie to you… The support groups do sound more appealing though :0)
I wonder if anyone has ever called a suicide prevention line and tried to order a pizza. That would be kinda funny.
Counselor: Hello, how can I help you?
Caller: I’d like a large pineapple and ham deep dish pizza.
Counselor: (Pause) What did you say?
Caller: I’m ordering a large deep dish pineapple and ham pizza.
Counselor: You dialed the wrong number. This is a suicide prevention hot line.
Caller: Oh. What are you wearing right now? You sound kinda hawt. I’m getting a pizza, you wanna come over after your shift ends?
*click*
Caller: Hello? Hello? Damn, we got disconnected.
What are you wearing, Jake from State Farm?
Pffff HAHAHA!!!
Nah, that’s just a standard issue cheesy line horny males ask when engaged with a telephonic romance prospect.
People ask that on the phone when speaking with someone they’ve never even seen a photo of? Really? That seems dicey. I’ve had guys ask me that online, but they had seen a picture of me already.
A sexy voice can be very appealing.
Hey Nepheliad…..what are you wearing right now? You should toss up a picture post.
I had to search YouTube for that commercial just so I could laugh at it again.
youtube.com/watch?v=72JuJY3vweI
Hee!!
Thanks for the thought Morris, but you’re starting to sound like one of those guys who send unwarranted d*ck pics. Go to Google and I’m sure you’ll find enough photos of chubby Asians to suit your needs.
As far as I can tell, the wrong answer is “I’ve been into yoga a lot lately, and right now I’m wearing my own ass for a hat.”
Caller: I’m suicidal
Jake: May I offer you a discount life insurance policy? Oh ……no ……wait a minute
LOL!
(I shouldn’t have laughed but I did anyway.)
😮
I thought that taking yoga classes would allow me to contort enough to perform auto-fellatio.
Nope, total waste of money and time. I still can’t suck my own dick.
Hopefully you were at least able to sell the videos anyway.
The videos of me attempting to perform auto-fellatio? Oh no, those aren’t for sale. They’re priceless.
So I should probably be asking a lot more for them on eBay, then…
Please. You’re far too polite to bear witness to such unholy shenanigans. Methinks thou doth jest.
That was almost a compliment!
I’m honored.
@morris: true story, I have a friend that can suck his own dick. He showed me once. Disturbing shit.
Once I briefly dated this guy, who was a guitar player in some band, who said he could *nearly almost* do that (like… he could reach it…). I wasn’t that into him though so it ended before I could see for myself.
@HDS; Your friend belongs to a special 1-2 % of the population. That’s a niche market in porn, there are people who take yoga classes so they can contort enough to achieve this feat. (I read about it on the internet so I’m sure it’s true).
In the next life I’m hoping that God will make me more limber than I am now.
@morris: I totally believe that is a major niche market. I thought I was special because I could roll my tongue under like a little straw because only one in 100,000 can do that to which he replied “Oh really, watch this”.
Oh to be 17 again.
Wow.
There’s a back-story to all of this I’m hesitant to ask about. Two 17 year olds, ones got a talented tongue and the other can stretch.
@Hazy I can do that too. I have some double joints as well and used to be pretty flexible back when I took dance classes. I’m not sure my body is capable of the same things today, though. (But yeah… it would have taken me a lot more work to able to perform the female version of the topic at hand.)
The first rule about yoga tongue club is:
Don’t talk about yoga tongue club.
@neph: there are some things no matter how limber I got I was never capable of doing. auto-cunninglingus was never within my scope.
BTW do NOT google that. At least before 9pm. Or at work. Or at a elementary school assembly.
Hahaha.
I hope to reincarnate as a gymnast with incredible abilities to contort.
I always wondered if he did it a lot in private. I mean that is masterbation on steroids. I would like to myself…OMFG what if I got caught???? I mean everyone gets caught at least once by the parents right? Or almost caught. Imagine getting caught doing that? LMFAO. I mean HOW does a parent even address that right?
I know what I would say….”carry on”….slowly close door, go to fridge, put the Soco bottle to my lips and just swallow about seven times.
If you get caught doing that, you say “I was checking for cancer. This is how the self- examination is done,right”?
“Hey. Haven’t you ever heard of knocking first? Get the fuck outta here”.
@Morris, you almost got kicked started the morbid, dark-humored me..!
(biting my tongue, biting my tongue… biting my m’fing tongue..!!!)
Those numbers leave you on hold, record your convo and/or track your phone number, and if youre not poor or a woman or a child or on state assistance, and if you dont have a gun pointed at your head, all they say is to go get therapy. Thanks but i think ill suffer without that bullshit.
I hadn’t thought about them tracking the number, but yeah, I suppose they could (and would).
Who posted this original comment? I cant tell.
It was HERE4UOK.
Me 😉
I’m not knocking these organizations, if you are about to kill yourself, if you can’t control yourself, if you are confused, if you have nobody to talk to and you don’t want to die, these are the people to call.
These type of hot lines are geared to only one thing, stopping you!! key words “prevention” “life” , they don’t think of anything else but to stop you, if that means lock you up, by all means they will lock you up, they will gather enough information to find you and put you in a strait jacket against your will.
Why not? you called them! that’s their job. 🙂 they truly believe that nobody should die no matter what’s going on.
That’s why i like this place SP, you can talk freely and not worry about getting locked up.
i actually don’t like them advertising on this site, they can be found all over the internet. how about we advertise on their site? don’t call them, come to SP?
That’s my opinion.
Amen Rocketman. Every word is gospel. I think its gonna be a long long time before i ever call one again.
Yep soon as you ring you have pretty much signed away your rights and they will do what they feel necessary. same as if you have a living will not be resuscitate but make a 999 (911) call in an emergency, since you made the call you now have no rights over what help is given and they can choose to resuscitate. It can be a bit miss leading posting the advert here, anyone could ring up thinking it is just a confidence call that wont go any further if they don’t wish and then end up more suicidal then they did to begin with. I guess mental institutions need to get their victims somehow though or they would be out of a job.
I’m having so much fun with the thought of SP adds on their sites ^_^
@rocketman
Just for the record, I don’t represent any one of these orgs. The groups I volunteer at have policies I don’t fully agree with.
And I am ROTFLMAO at your marketing suggestion!!! 😀
@all
There are some really good ones that aren’t as invasive as others. It all comes down to the person you get on the phone.
I won’t thrash them, but those who pay “volunteers” to do a job are more at risk of providing unwanted help or overdoing it.
I like how they work in some countries other than the US. I’ve had the opportunity to work with a couple in EU and South America.
HERE4UOK, These organizations are needed for those that are truly confused, they do serve a real and good purpose, like calling the fire department. if i come across a individual on here that sounds like that “confused” about to do something stupid! i would suggest that they call them.
I LOVE THE SP!
Thanks for the laughs, y’all. It’s been a stressing week only two days in, and I been enjoying your comments on my post so much..!
It doesn’t matter if you want to grab it and burn it (with me in it). I’m just happy it’s brought out the humor in you and for a moment we’re busy having a good time just talking.
Cheers SP! 🙂
We can thank Morris for turning almost every thread into X-rated discussions… 😛
@nepheliad
LOL, that naughty Morris…
Or drinking. Snacking.
pretty basic though. Fuck, Drink, Snack. the three cornerstones of the soul pyramid.
Yup, would NEVER call one of those hotlines. Hell, I’ve had police turn up on my doorstep TWICE, because “well meaning” family members called for “help”. They wanted to lock me away. That, in my opinion, definitely does more harm than good.
well meaning and family. Total oxymoron.