Suicide

Suicide Help

Those who struggle with anxiety may have suicidal impulses.

If you have thoughts or plans to harm yourself, please trust me and take the risk of reaching out.

There are several ways to reach out.

Go to an emergency room

All emergency room personnel have special training to help in times of emotional crisis.

Chat online

Go to 7cups.com at https://www.7cups.com/. You will find an option to online chat and/or find help to connect you with cost-effective counseling.

Go to www.imalive.org/. You will find a button to begin a live online chat.

7 Cups and IMAlive are free, anonymous online text chat services with trained listeners, online therapists, and counselors.

Text a counselor

Send a text to the number 741741.

Text any word you like: “talk” or “help” or “hi”.

A side note for those who wonder: When you text, your phone number will show as anonymous and the messages will be completely anonymous. No one will intervene unless you request them to.

Call a hotline

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 Less than 3% of calls require intervention.

SAMHSA Treatment Referral Hotline, 1-800-662-4357 free, confidential support for substance abuse treatment.

Call the RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline, 1-800-656-4673, for confidential crisis support. Additionally, there is the option to chat online at https://hotline.rainn.org/online

Call Trevor Lifeline, 1-866-488-7386, a free and confidential suicide hotline for LGBT youth.