as small as a world and as large as alone, lantern-in-a-box: epochryphal: psa “here’s a...

2:35pm October 7, 2014

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

Seriously.
I went to a crisis chatline from one of those posts about online crisis lines, and they literally told me I was possessed.

I don’t post those posts about online crisis lines, even though they always have that air about them like “You’re an asshole if you don’t post this, look at all the lives you could save.”

My experiences with crisis hotlines have been decidedly mixed and I ended up involuntarily committed through one at least once, while all the way they were telling me I’d be admitted voluntarily and they were so proud of me for doing the right thing and getting help… then I got trapped in a hellhole of a psych ward. Like… my staff person had been in a state mental institution in the seventies, and she walked into the dayroom to visit me, and turned white, and said “these places haven’t changed one bit”. And this happened in like.. 2003.

Anyway, I don’t trust them, I’ve gotten horrible advice from them, I’ve gotten advice that would have led me to kill myself in another situation. And they will often have you committed. If they ask for your phone number, don’t give it to them unless you want them to be able to commit you.