If you need help right now.
This app can't call anyone for you, and no one here is reading what you write. If you're in danger right now, the numbers below reach people who can actually come.
In United States
- 988 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Free and confidential support, by phone or text, run under SAMHSA.
- 911 Emergency services
Ambulance, police or fire.
Things you can do right now, on your own
Breathe out for longer than you breathe in
In for four. Out for six. Some people do this a few times and notice their shoulders drop. If counting is too much right now, just breathe out slowly.
Name five things you can see
Then four you can hear, three you can touch, two you can smell, one you can taste. It does not matter if you lose count.
Cold water on your hands
Run your wrists under a cold tap, or hold something from the fridge. Some people find the change in temperature gives them something else to pay attention to.
Put both feet flat on the floor
Press down a little. Notice the floor pressing back. You do not have to do anything else for a minute.
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