Feeling Unsafe

(at risk of harm to self or others)?

  • Call loved ones who are not triggers.
  • Call your outpatient therapist.
  • Call your outpatient prescriber.
  • If your outpatient therapist or prescriber are away, ask to talk to the ‘on-call’ person.
  • Call a sponsor or clean & sober fellow AA/NA/GA/XA attendee (not of gender you are attracted to) who has kindly provided their phone number to you.
  • Walk to the nearest Emergency Room.
  • Call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) or 988.
  • Call 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
  • Español/Spanish: Call 1-888-628-9454 OR 1-800-273-8255 Press 1.
  • TDD/TDY (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf): Call 1-800-799-4889.
  • Text HOME or GOT5 or DESERVE to 741741.
  • AIDS Crisis Line: 1-800-221-7044
  • American Association of Poison Control Centers: 1-800-222-1222
  • LGBT Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
  • Lifeline Crisis Chat (on-line live messaging)
  • National Council on Alcohol & Drug Dependence Hope Line: 1-800-622-2255
  • National Crisis Line: 1-800-233-4357
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
  • National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (1-800-656-4673)
  • Planned Parenthood Hotline: 1-800-230-PLAN (1-800-230-7526)
  • Self-harm Hotline: 1-800-366-8288
  • Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860
  • TREVOR Crisis Hotline for LGBTQIA+ Youth: 1-866-488-7386
  • Veterans’ Crisis Line
  • You have the power to say: “This is not how my story will end.”.
  • If you are looking for a sign NOT to KILL YOURSELF, this is it:

PLEASE DON’T KILL YOURSELF.

7/18/25 update: With the removal of the “press 3” option when you call 988, Hey Sam wants to remind you that Youth ages 15-24 can text Hey Sam at 439-726 | 9AM-midnight ET. [from Samaritans, Inc.]