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RE: Some Guidelines for Approaching Posters who are Severely Depressed / Express Suicidal Ideation

Hi @freecompliments !

It's always good to hear your voice in this space 🥰

I'm looking for a sheet that* *has suicide hotline contact data for several countries.

Tag me if you or our readers might have that. I want to have that info at the ready.

Keep going! Good work!!

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That's a great tool to have! I think I had an old link with multiple hotlines - might have to dig around a little bit for this.

I've heard from people's personal experiences that these hotlines essentially just try to hold them off from taking any drastic actions but don't really listen to them, and they're also reluctant to use them because they might end up hospitalized in a psychiatric facility. While technically warranted, these are things that I'd keep in mind when offering the hotlines. Hopefully we'll be able to offer a bit of a supporting hand "outside of the system," so to speak, and I think our decentralization can help with this.