988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
United States
Call or text 988. Free, confidential, 24 hours. For yourself or for somebody you are worried about.
If you need help now
The Other 10K is not a crisis service and nobody reads what you write here. These are staffed by people, free, and available right now.
Crisis Text Line
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland
Text HOME to 741741 in the US. A trained volunteer answers by text, which is easier than speaking for a lot of people.
Samaritans
United Kingdom and Ireland
Call 116 123, free, 24 hours. You do not have to be suicidal to call them.
Emergency services
If someone is in immediate danger
Call 911 in the US, 999 in the UK, 112 across the EU, or go to your nearest emergency department.
Somewhere else in the world
We would rather say we do not have a number for you than give you one that has changed. findahelpline.com lists free, confidential services by country and keeps them current.
Your own therapist
If you are seeing somebody, most practices have an out-of-hours number or an answering service, and a lot of therapists would rather hear from you between sessions than find out afterwards. Whatever you have written here will still be here later.