#warmlines

[hellyeahscarleteen]

Some important resources for those in the United States

We want to make sure that you know about -- and share -- some more safe direct help resources available on Scarleteen and elsewhere, as well as some content on our site that might now or soon be particularly relevant to you if you live in the United States:

These images include the following resources:

Direct Help Resources That Don't Call the Police:

Call Blackline: 800.604.5841 (centers BI&POC)

Deaf IGNITE at Willow Domestic Violence Center: 585.348.7233

Domestic Violence Support: thehotline.org

DEHQ: 908.367.3374 (centers the South Asian community)

LGBT National Help Center: 888.843.4564

Scarleteen: Text 206.866.2279 or visit scarleteen.com/ask

StrongHearts Native Helpline: 844.762.8483 (centers Native Americans and Alaska Natives.

Thrive Lifeline: Text “THRIVE” to 313.662.8209 (trans-led text-based support line centering marginalized communities)

Trans Lifeline: 877.565.8860

Abortion Resources:

Pregnancy Support:

All-Options Talkline: 1.888.493.0092

Scarleteen: Text 206.866.2279 or visit scarleteen.com/ask

If You Need an Abortion:

Plan C: www.plancpills.org

Aid Access: aidaccess.org

I Need An A: ineedana.com

Abortion Funds:

National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org

Support Before, During, or After Abortion:

Hesperian: The Safe Abortion App

Dopo Co-Op: wearedopo.com (abortion doulas)

Exhale Pro-Voice: Text 617.749.2948 or visit exhaleprovoice.org (focuses on post-abortion support)

Miscarriage & Abortion Hotline: Call or text +1.833.246.2632 or visit mahotline.org

Scarleteen: Text 206.866.2279 or visit scarleteen.com/ask

Legal Support:

Repro Legal Helpline: 844.868.2812

To Identify and Avoid Crisis Pregnancy Centers:

crisispregnancycentermap.com

Content at Scarleteen That May Help:

Rebel Well: A Starter Guide to a Trumped America

The Scarleteen Safety Plan

How to Access a Safe, Self-managed Medical Abortion

Abortion and Digital Privacy: How to Protect Ourselves

Self-care Amidst a Deluge of Anti-trans Legislation

You can also always use Scarleteen’s direct services to get one-on-one, tailored help (always by people, never AI) or to get help finding additional resources. ❤️

[gilamasan]

WARMLINE THAT DON'T CALL THE COPS Copied over from Bluesky. I want you to be able to stay safe out there.

[decispark]

Keep in mind that both the NSPL/988 and the Trevor Project can call the police on you, and can send you to the psych ward against your will.

More Resources

[pmdd-and-it-showz]

I know there are time when pmdd and all the hormone related disorders can be very overwhelming. So I want to make a resource post. It's an international helpline finder.

Click your country and issues and it will help you find hotlines/warmlines/resource lines in your country For support. This is not for pmdd alone but anxiety, depression, distraction from voices etc. I cannot promise anyone anything *use at your own risk*. But I have be very successful with warmlines as they are usually peer run and you hopefully will be met with people who are or have been in a place you have.

Find A Helpline | Free emotional support in 130+ countries

Global vetted directory of helplines, hotlines and crisis lines. Chat, text or phone support with suicide, anxiety, depression, domestic vio

[unofficialchronicle]

Unlike a hotline for those in immediate crisis, warmlines provide early intervention with emotional support that can prevent a crisis – and a more costly 911 call or ER visit. The lines are typically free, confidential peer-support services staffed by volunteers or paid employees who have experienced mental health conditions themselves.

[risingphoenix87]

Why Therapists and Mental Health Workers Collude with the Police, and Ways to Cut Ties: a Call to Divest

Blog Post posted by Inclusive Therapists about Why Therapists and Mental Health Workers Collude with the Police, and Ways to Cut Ties: a Cal

Therapists, counselors, coaches, and mental health providers: we're all trained to rely on and defer to the police. We're conditioned to collaborate with law enforcement and carceral systems - I imagine many of us know this.  Can we dig deeper and be honest with ourselves for a moment? Besides our training, what are some reasons that the mental health field colludes with law enforcement, especially when we're entrusted to tend to folks in their most vulnerable moments? Why do we default to telling people to call 911 or 988 during mental health crisis?  Understandably, some of us simply are not aware of alternatives to the police. Being unaware is by design - it is a reflection of the system, and is not an individual problem. I invite us to interrogate why our education and training purposefully does not equip us with other community-oriented resources and modalities (such as harm reduction or peer support). While many of us may individually divest from the police, safety should be the standard of this field, not the "alternative".  For those who know that sending the police can lead to arrest, involuntary institutionalization, police violence, or even death, what compels us to remain complicit? 

[thecommonpoorwill]

[phone]

this is the number to the teen warmline in california (english and spanish). they accept calls from all states. i called terrified and shaking and i felt like i was goimg to pass out and i talked to someone for almost two hours and now i am fine. the person i talked to was understanding and funny and really, really helped pull me out of it. i beg yall if you're a teenager who's struggling this line is amazing. the conversation was genuinely fun after a while and they gave me resources specific to my issues at the end of the call. if you need to talk about family or school or life or whatever you're going through please please call.

[aquamirage]

Although this program is based in NYC, it accepts callers/texters from all over the US (and also not the US, but don’t quote me on that). As far as I know, hotline-style peer support is a fairly new thing and this one comes equipped with text if you’ve rather not talk on the phone.

If you’ve had a bad experience with a traditional suicide or crisis hotline, do not find the way they function to meet your needs, and want a different kind of support based on lived experience, from someone who has maybe been through similar things as you, this is a great resource to know about.

“Warmlines” share a similar purpose via phone, Google warmline + your town/city