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 ...

“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, ...