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If you need help now
This website and our messages are not monitored around the clock, and we are not an emergency service. These numbers are.
Call or text 988
The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline answers any time, day or night. Call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org.
Call 988In an emergency, call 911
If you or someone near you is in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
Call 911Veterans
Veterans and their families can call 988 and press 1, or text 838255.
Text with a counselor
Text HOME to 741741 to reach the Crisis Text Line.
If you want to start counseling
A message to us is not read right away, so it is the wrong tool for a crisis. For anything else, we reply within one business day.