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Where to call

If you are in that place tonight — if the quiet arithmetic has started to make sense — this call comes first. Before the course, before the book, before anything else on this site. The people on these lines take calls like yours all night, every night. That is what the lines are for.

If someone's life is in immediate danger, call your country's emergency number: 000 (AU), 911 (US and Canada), 999 (UK), 111 (NZ).

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Where to call.

Print this page and keep it where you would find it on a bad night. Phone numbers occasionally change; the organization names are the right starting points. All lines below run 24 hours unless noted.

i.

Australia

MensLine Australia — men's counselling, 24/7 1300 789 978
Lifeline — crisis support and suicide prevention 13 11 14
Emergency 000
ii.

United States

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988
Emergency 911
iii.

United Kingdom

Samaritans — free, any reason, any hour 116 123
Emergency 999
iv.

Canada

9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline — call or text 988
Emergency 911
v.

New Zealand

1737 — free call or text, trained counsellors 1737
Emergency 111
vi.

What to say if the words won't come

You do not need the right vocabulary. Read this line out, or hand it over at a doctor's desk:

“I'm functioning, but I'm not okay. I've had low mood and thoughts of not wanting to be here. It's been more than a month. I want to rule out physical causes and get a referral to someone trauma-informed.”

If the body is screaming too — chest, sleep, heart, weight — start with a GP and ask for bloods. Half of what gets called a mental problem in men is physical malfunction wearing a mask. And if you are not in crisis but the fog will not lift, the same lines still take the call. That is maintenance, not weakness.

This page is public and free on purpose. Print it, fold it, give it to a mate. One call outranks everything else on this site.