Tag: help
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When to Involve Parents Into Your Friends’ Mental Health Discussion
Editor’s note: If you experience suicidal thoughts, the following post could be potentially triggering. You can contact the Crisis Text Line by texting “START” to 741741. Here’s a truth you don’t hear everyday: sometimes parents aren’t helpful. Or sometimes it takes some time to accept them as helpful. As teenagers, we have two contradicting feelings toward ... -
Counseling Student Becomes Crisis Text Line Volunteer
“I want to disappear”. That is the first message I received upon logging onto the Crisis Text Line platform. Although this is a common phrase to see when dealing with a crisis hotline, it still takes me a couple of seconds to get in the right headspace to deal with the situation. With this message, ...