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If you are in danger or thinking about hurting yourself, you don’t need to read the rest of this site. Contact one of these now.
United States
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org. 24/7.
- Crisis Text Line — text HOME to 741741.
- Emergency — call 911 if someone is in immediate physical danger.
- Veterans Crisis Line — call 988 and press 1.
- Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ young people) — call 1‑866‑488‑7386 or text START to 678678.
- National Domestic Violence Hotline — call 1‑800‑799‑7233 or text START to 88788.
Outside the US
The International Association for Suicide Prevention keeps a directory of crisis centres by country.
The chat assistant on this site is not a crisis service and will point you back to this page if it detects that you may be in danger.