While we encourage all of our members to express themselves in times of distress, anger, or sadness as it can help deal with powerful emotions, we are neither trained nor equipped to handle significant mental health issues. Threats of violence against oneself or others, blatant or subtle references to the intent of committing suicide, or other serious matters are inappropriate here. If you are having a difficult time and need someone to talk to, we urge you to speak with your friends, family, personal therapist or one of the following organizations*:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
TrevorLifeline: 1-866-488-7386
Samaritans (UK): 116 123
*If you live in a country outside of the United States or United Kingdom, Suicide.org contains a list of international emergency numbers that may prove useful (click
here to view the list). Please note we cannot vouch for the efficacy/validity of these numbers as we cannot test them. Please research appropriate emergency numbers for your country.