I want to die. How will talking help me?
We’re experienced in listening to people with suicidal thoughts, feelings and plans and are here to support you:
- when you’re desperate or on edge, we can help you get through that moment
- we’ll help you make sense of what you’re feeling
- we can identify other forms of help if you think you want it.
- when you’re desperate or on edge, we can help you get through that moment
- we’ll help you make sense of what you’re feeling
- we can identify other forms of help if you think you want it
I want to die. How will talking help me?
We’re experienced in listening to people with suicidal thoughts, feelings and plans and are here to support you:
when you’re desperate or on edge, we can help you get through that moment
we’ll help you make sense of what you’re feeling
we can identify other forms of help if you think you want it.
They are there when all your friends are asleep and you are alone in the world, full of thoughts.
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Am I suicidal?
You might be experiencing some of the following suicidal thoughts and feelings:
feel sure that you want to die
desperately want a solution to your nightmare and can’t see any other way out
don’t care if you live or die and are taking more risks or living recklessly
don’t actively want to kill yourself but would welcome death if it happened. You might view death as a release or way of taking control
don’t know why you are having suicidal thoughts or suicidal feelings, and are completely powerless to know what to do about it.
We can talk with you through all of this.
Will you stop me killing myself?
We hope that, through talking to us, you’ll get to a place where you see your situation in a different light.
If you are not a child or adult at risk, we respect your freedom to make your own decisions, including the decision to take your own life. We’ll continue to talk with you if you’ve taken action to end your life.
Will you tell anybody I’m suicidal?
In most situations and for most people we are a confidential service and we won’t ever tell anyone about our conversation, or even that you called, unless you ask us to. However, there are important exceptions to this.
We won’t call emergency services, except for in these circumstances:
You ask us to, and you’re unable to call for yourself
You’ve already told us your address, location or phone number, and then become incoherent or unconscious during the call
You’re in one of our branches, and you’ve harmed yourself in a way that puts you in danger at that time
You are a child or an adult at risk
Your situation fits one of the reasons why we cannot maintain confidentiality.
