Suicide Awareness and Prevention: Resources
Important to note: While Ready to Hope is run by a trained mental health counselor and our mission is to normalize the conversation surrounding mental wellness, these posts are not intended to be a substitute for seeking professional help. If you or a loved one is in immediate or imminent danger of self harm, please go to the ER, connect with your therapist or medical doctor, or call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
All this month we are bringing all the attention we can to Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month.
Suicide is real, and it hurts. And we absolutely prioritize prevention and awareness and support- whether for you or whether it is you helping a loved one.
A month of conversations about how to prevent suicide could feel challenging and difficult, but our goal is to make it hopeful.
While suicide is of course a difficult topic, our mission is one of hope. We know we have to have hard conversations, but we also know that by having hard, loving conversations, we help others and ourselves through the struggle and toward the light.
So far this month we have moved through the hardest part about suicide awareness- the warning signs and action steps- and now we want to spend the remainder of the month with a message of hope.
Today’s post is all about resources!
Let’s dive in!
988 is a lifeline for anyone who is struggling, from general day to day all the way to suicidal thoughts. They offer text, chat, and phone support.
Samaritans Hope offers more than just their text, phone, and chat services for those in need. It also offers a number of services from peer-to-peer chat services for those under the age of 24 to support groups to community outreach and events. Click the link for more info!
For LGBTQIA+: The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is devoted to suicide prevention and mental wellness in our LGBTQIA+ youth.
You can check out their link for resources, or their text number is 678678, phone number is 1-866-488-7386.
For Transgender Individuals: Trans Lifeline
Run for trans people, by trans people, encompasses not only suicide prevention but overall mental and physical wellness and safety. 1-877-565-8860
Similar to Trans Lifeline, they are police caring for police peer support, and are available for any and every issue from “having a bad day” to suicidal thoughts. 1-800-COPLINE (267-5463)
Blackline is a call line and an app for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) seeking peer support, counseling, and suicide support. 1 (800) 604-5841
A warmline is, according to Mental Health America, “a phone number you call to have a conversation with someone who can provide support during hard times… Warmlines are free and confidential.”
You can call a warmline if you are in crisis, but their main purpose is support!
(Is it just me or do more people need to know about this?!)
The link above is a directory, so you can click through to find a warmline in your area!
This list is by no means exhaustive! There are individuals and organizations everywhere devoted to supporting and caring for those struggling with suicide, mental illness, or even just sadness or having a rough day or week.
As we keep saying: suicide is a tough topic, and a tough road to walk no matter if you’re the one feeling suicidal or the one caring for a suicidal loved one. But there is so much hope in seeing all of the resources out there and the many thousands of individuals donating their time, money, and expertise to the cause!
And Ready to Hope is doing our part as well. Our mission is to normalize talking about hard feelings, so that we can all feel less alone and lean on one another and share resources and tools!
We do that in the form of our workshops, clubs, and events.
To find out more you can check out the links below!
Carmel High School Ready to Hope Club
About our workshops (and sign up to find out when workshops are happening)
Or follow us on social and stay up with all the latest!
And as always: please don’t ever hesitate to just drop us a message.