988 for Mental Health Support

Jul 15, 2022 12:02 PM

The suicide prevention hotline (800-273-8255) just got a lot easier to dial.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/15/1111316589/988-suicide-hotline-number

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That's nice and all but the one time I actually needed them, they hung up on me. Ended up driving to a friend's house at 3 a.m. instead

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Might want to mention this is only the USA. Traffic on imgur is around 70% not American

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I'm a moron. This is good, but I heard "they're launching a new crisis number" and I made a panicked "oh no" noise like it was a threat.

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I mean..*gestures at the world around us"..it's an understandable gut reaction.

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ha, I feel ya. I thought "oh crap, what do I do when they call?" ...oh. Right.

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