Help
If you or somebody you know is currently struggling, please please please take 10 deep breaths and reach out to somebody.
- Text "BRAVE" to 741741 to contact the Crisis Text Line
- Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK
- Call 310-855-4673 or Text "TEEN" to 839863 for TeenLine
Below are a few of the many other resources available.
hotlines
If you need to call and talk with someone right now, please call one of the numbers
organizations
The organizations listed are local to your towns and have wonderful people ready to support you
Australia
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Call or Chat. Lifeline is a national charity providing all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.
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Call, Email or Chat. Kids Helpline is Australia’s only free, private and confidential 24/7 phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25.
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Call, Email or Chat. Beyond Blue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live.
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batyr is a for purpose preventative mental health organisation, created and driven by young people, for young people.
Brazil
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Text, Chat or email. An emotional and suicidal prevention support NGO founded in 1962 in São Paulo, Brazil, and recognized as Federal Public Utility in 1973. It offers voluntary and free support, with all communications being confidential.
Canada
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Jack.org is Canada's only charity training and empowering young leaders to revolutionize mental health in every province and territory
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service partnership between Kids Help Phone and U.S.-based crisis line and technology pioneer Crisis Text Line, providing young people in Canada with the first ever, 24/7, free nationwide texting service
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Call, Text or email. Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7, national support service
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Call, Text or Chat. Crisis Services Canada (CSC) is a collaboration of distress and crisis centres from across Canada, offering Canada’s first nationally available, regionally delivered suicide prevention service.
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Chat or Text. Youthspace is a place for any youth across Canada, under 30, that is experiencing any sort of crisis to come and talk.
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Trans Lifeline is a national trans-led 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving the quality of trans lives by responding to the critical needs of our community with direct service, material support, advocacy, and education.
England
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Provides confidential, non-judgemental emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those that could lead to suicide. You can phone, email, write a letter or in most cases talk to someone face to face.
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With support and understanding, Mind enables people to make informed choices. The Infoline gives information on types of mental health problems, where to get help, drug treatments, alternative therapies and advocacy. Mind works in partnership with around 140 local Minds providing local mental health services.
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Time to Change is a growing social movement working to change the way we all think and act about mental health problems. We've already reached millions of people and begun to improve attitudes and behaviour.
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SANEline is a national out-of-hours mental health helpline offering specialist emotional support, guidance and information to anyone affected by mental illness, including family, friends and carers
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Our helpline is for men in the UK who are down or have hit a wall for any reason, who need to talk or find information and support.
France
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Call or Chat. SOS Amitié is a Federation of 44 regional associations with 50 telephone, messaging and chat rooms
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an organization founded in 1994 and dedicated to suicide prevention, provides a 24-hour “listening line”
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The listening team at SOS Help is made up entirely of volunteers. We're trained by professional psychologists, who provide continued training and support, but who do not work on the line. We're trained to listen to you, and not to judge, label or diagnose you.
Germany
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National Hotline in Germany
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Nummer gegen Kummer eV (NgK) is the umbrella organization of the largest free telephone counseling service for children, adolescents and parents throughout Germany.
Hong Kong
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The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong (SBHK) was formed in 1960 by a group of volunteers. Starting from 24-hour emotional support hotline, they now extend their services to suicide crisis intervention, life education and professional training
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We provide online support and interventions, based on global best practice, to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
Hospital Authority Mental Health Direct
The Hospital Authority and the Mental Health Association of Hong Kong maintain 24-hour hotlines for people who need help with mental health problems.
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Since its inception in 1995, the "Lifeline" has helped more than 520,000 people
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Youth Outreach is dedicated to helping at-risk youth grow into responsible members of our community
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The Samaritans is a non-profit, non-religious organisation giving confidential emotional support to people who are suicidal or are in general distress. The service is provided to anyone regardless of age, creed, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.
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To provide a wide range of information, assistance, and ways of treatment, referrals and face-to-face counseling services to people suffering from emotional disorders so as to reduce the number of suffering people by providing them proper treatment in time.
India
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At Mpower, we proactively champion mental health causes, create awareness, advocate prevention and provide services through a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach.
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The foundation seeks to champion the cause of mental health in India, with a focus on depression in particular. Besides spreading awareness, it also aims to support and carry out various on-ground activities
Sneha
Sneha is a suicide prevention organisation that offers unconditional emotional support for the depressed, desperate and the suicidal. Sneha offers total confidentiality for its callers, their volunteers are non-judgemental and the services offered by them are free.
iCALL
CALL provides emotional support, information and referral services to individuals in psycho-social distress, across the life span and across different gender and sexual identities.
Lifeline
Lifeline offers a free tele-helpline providing emotional support to people who are in despair, depressed or suicidal. Face to face befriending with prior appointment is also available
Sumaitri
Sumaitri is a crisis intervention centre for the depressed, distressed and suicidal
Samaritans Mumbai
Need someone to talk to? Call us if you are disturbed, stressed, depressed or suicidal. We provide complete anonymity and strict confidentiality. You can talk to us about your innermost thoughts without fear of being judged or criticized
Indonesia
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Into The Light Indonesia Suicide Prevention Community for Advocacy, Research, and Education (SP-CARE) is a community of young people who focus as a center for suicide prevention education and mental health education in Indonesia.
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Saveyourselves is a community that aims to raise awareness about mental health. Our three main services are education, supportive counseling, and suicide prevention
Italy
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voluntary organization that since 1967 has been listening to anyone who feels loneliness, anguish, sadness, despondency, anger, discomfort and feels the need to share these emotions with a friendly voice
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When living becomes too heavy and there is no one to turn to, when the problems seem unbearable, the Samaritans are ready to give you emotional support, in absolute confidentiali
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Call or Chat. Telefono Azzurro promotes total respect for the rights of children and adolescents. With its activities every day promotes their potential for growth and protects them from abuse and violence that can jeopardize their well-being and growth path
Japan
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Every day for 45 years TELL Lifeline has been providing important connections and support to people all across Japan.
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We are a volunteer group whose purpose is to provide emotional support to those who are thinking or committing suicide. We mainly perform activities such as telephone consultation, meeting of self-death bereaved sharing and lecture
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Stonewall Japan is a community organisation providing support for, and enhancing the lives of international Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQIA+) people in Japan desiring an outlet for expressing their gender and sexuality
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The Nagoya Life Phone is a phone consultation that can be used "anytime," "anywhere," and "everyone."
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Telephone consultation since 1985
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Telephone consultation since 1971
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Japan's only 24 hour non-profit, nationwide emergency assistance service for international residents
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Every day for 45 years TELL Lifeline has been providing important connections and support to people all across Japan.country’s growing mental health care needs.
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The main hotline in Japan is called Inochi no Denwa, which means lifeline in Japanese. There is a branch in every prefecture.
Malaysia
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Befrienders is a not-for-profit organisation providingemotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to people who are lonely, in distress, in despair, and having suicidal thoughts - without charge.
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The Malaysia Lifeline Association was established in 1989 and registered in 1993 as a non-religious, non-political, non-profit organization that provides counselling services, social care, and social education to the general public.
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Befrienders provides confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide
Mexico
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SAPTEL is a mental health and Distance Medicine service with 30 years of operation. SAPTEL is a professional program attended by selected, trained, trained and supervised psychologists who provide counseling, referral, psychological support, psychotherapeutic counseling and emotional crisis intervention through the telephone for free.
Netherlands
Philippines
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Silakbo PH is an effort by the Filipino youth to uplift stories in the context of mental health awareness
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Knit Philippines is a company that recognizes the benefits of general mental health care and utilizes public health models in providing innovative solutions to mental health veering away from the traditional and outdated clinical systems.
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non-profit organization in the Philippines dedicated to bringing depression to light through the use of educational lectures, confidential crisis lines and referrals to partner mental health professionals.
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In Touch Community Services is a leading provider of Mental Health Services in the Philippines. Established in 1980, it is a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to promoting mental health and offering care and treatment to persons suffering from mental and emotional distress.
Tawag Paglaum-Centro Bisaya:
(24/7 suicide, depression, and emotional crisis intervention hotline)
Smart/Sun: 0939-9375433 / 0939-9365433; Globe/TM: 0927-6541629
Mood Harmony
(Makati Medical Center Support Group for Mood Disorders)
Hopeline
Hopeline is a 24/7 suicide prevention and crisis support helpline.
PLDT: (02) 804-4673; Globe: (0917) 558-4673; Toll-free for Globe/TM: 2919
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The University of San Carlos, through its Community Extension Service (CES), launched KAUBAN, a support group for people manifesting symptoms of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideations. The first mental health support group in Cebu
Wellbeing Cluster
Network of Mental Health Organizations in Cebu
Tawag Paglaum-Centro Bisaya:
(24/7 suicide, depression, and emotional crisis intervention hotline)
Smart/Sun: 0939-9375433 / 0939-9365433; Globe/TM: 0927-6541629
Poland
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Phone support is support in a difficult life situation, related to illness, family crisis, lack of means of subsistence.We help people who are suffering, lonely, sometimes desperate, those who have no one to understand, accept and give spiritual suppor
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We help young people deal with difficult matters.
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24-hour line and free for callers. The psychologists of the ITAKA Foundation, providing advice and directing callers to the appropriate help center in their region, are on call, e-mail and cha
Singapore
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Counseling hotline and Building hope and promoting well-being of individuals and families in community through social and health care services.
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LGBTQ Peer-led Suppport Group and Hotliine. These confidential services provide an active listening ear and emotional support for people who would like to share about issues troubling them, such as sexuality, identity, relationships, mental health and sexual health.We also provide information on LGBTQ+ community resources and LGBTQ-affirming professional resources.
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Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) is dedicated to providing confidential emotional support to individuals facing a crisis, thinking about suicide or affected by suicide. Non-religious and not for profit, our work focuses on crisis intervention and suicide prevention.
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IMH offers a comprehensive range of psychiatric, rehabilitative and counselling services for children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly
South Korea
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The Love Counseling Center was established in 1981 as a specialized social welfare counseling organization.
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Korea's first telephone consulting agency - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. To spreads respect for life and practice suicide prevention.
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The establishment and operation of the Center for the Prevention of Central Suicide began in 2011.
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National Hotline
Sweden
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Call, Chat or Email. Mind is an independent non-profit organization working for mental health
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National Hotline
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Children's Rights in Society, is one of Sweden's leading children's rights organizations, which every day struggle for a better society for children
Taiwan
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National hotlines throughout Taiwan
Thailand
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Samaritans is an association that serves as a friend to talk on the phone.
US
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Crisis Text Line is free, 24/7 support for those in crisis, connecting people in crisis to trained Crisis Counselors. Our first priority is helping people move from a hot moment to a cool calm, guiding you to create a plan to stay safe and healthy. YOU = our priority.
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Text, Chat or Call. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
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Trans Lifeline is a national trans-led 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving the quality of trans lives by responding to the critical needs of our community with direct service, material support, advocacy, and education.