For anyone feeling suicidal, depressed or just overwhelmed during the holidays – or any time.
Text HOME to 741741, any time from anywhere in the United States. Crisis doesn’t just mean suicide: it’s any painful emotion for which you need support. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds. You’ll then text back and forth, but you never have to share anything you don’t want to.
The Crisis Counselor will help you sort through your feelings by asking questions, empathizing, and actively listening. They can provide support, but not medical advice. The goal of any conversation is to get you to a calm, safe place. Sometimes that means providing you with a referral to further help, and sometimes it just means being there and listening.
A conversation usually lasts anywhere from 15-45 minutes.
