i-hope-you-choke-on-it:

epochryphal:

psa “here’s a #suicide hotline with zero context” is so unhelpful and upsetting

i need to know at a minimum if they’re
1. religious-based
2. lgbT-competent
3. risk-reduction or total abstinence
4. going to inform any authorities, call ambulances, that shit

jfc shoving a string of numbers at ppl with “this’ll fix it!!!” is so insulting and unrealistic, you have no idea how many folks have been failed by this shit already

moreover: tag your fucking suicide hotlines

ok this is the single most relevant, important thing ive seen on tumblr in fucking months i want to throw OP a fucking party

a good majority of these numbers you’re flinging at people have the most INSULTING approach imaginable, they basically will just repeat everything that you’re saying back to you (“it sounds like you’re really sad! :\”) and if you mention you are actively suicidal/in severe distress they either call an ambulance against your will or tell you they “can’t help you in this severe state” and hang up on you

literally, i am not joking.

i have yet to hear of a single hotline that does not have religious/cult motivations, is respectful of the caller’s wishes not to be contacted by EMT’s/police if they so choose, and is fully equipped to actually have a fucking functional conversation beyond repeating sentences back verbatim and spoon-feeding DISGUSTING and insulting advice/platitudes (“too many people love you, you have to think of them”, “look for the positives!” “be strong!!!!”)

After being let down by the mental health system so many times I’m practically fucking underground I am EXTREMELY passionate about this, PLEASE reblog the fuck out of this so people can gain a better understanding of what suicide hotlines actually are and will stop offering them to distressed people reaching out for help and then frolicking away thinking they were a super special helpful snowflake

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