If you need help now

If you are in immediate physical danger, call 911. The services below are free, confidential and staffed around the clock.

Nothing on this site is a diagnosis, and no test here can tell you whether you are in crisis. If you are not sure whether what you are feeling counts as an emergency, that uncertainty is itself a good reason to contact one of these lines. They are for people who are not sure.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Thoughts of suicide, emotional distress, or worry about someone else.

Call or text 988

Chat at chat.988lifeline.org

Spanish: 988lifeline.org/es/inicio

Deaf and hard of hearing: 988lifeline.org/deaf-hard-of-hearing-hearing-loss

Free and confidential, 24/7/365. 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Crisis Text Line

Any crisis, when talking out loud is not possible or not wanted.

Text HOME to 741741

Spanish: text HOLA to 741741

Chat at connect.crisistextline.org/chat

WhatsApp: send CONNECT to 1-443-787-7678

Free, 24/7, confidential. Crisis Text Line

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Abuse, coercive control, or fear of a partner or family member.

Call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

Text START to 88788

Deaf Hotline video phone: 855-812-1001

Free and confidential, 24/7. National Domestic Violence Hotline

SAMHSA National Helpline

Finding treatment for mental health or substance use, including if you have no insurance.

Call 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

TTY: 1-800-487-4889

Text your ZIP code to 435748

Free, confidential, English and Spanish, 24/7/365. Referrals to local treatment, support groups and community organizations. SAMHSA National Helpline

Outside the United States

These lines serve the US. Find A Helpline lists vetted crisis services by country, in over 100 countries.

What these services are not

A helpline is not therapy and does not replace a clinician. What it does is give you a person to talk to now, and, where you want one, a route to local treatment. Calling does not commit you to anything, and in most cases does not involve police or emergency services unless there is immediate danger to life.

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