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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
I texted a crisis hotline last night. I didn't find it helpful.
The girl I was talking to gave me the same scripted response to everything I said: "you're brave, you can do this!" I felt like I was talking to a robot...
I know the girl means well (because she IS a volunteer and DOES care about people's wellbeing), but i felt like I couldn't have a conversation. No matter what I said, I got the same response. (I assume she's trained/instructed to give certain responses, but still.) I felt like I was wasting my time.
I guess I just wanted someone to tell me "I understand" or "what's going through your mind?", not "you're brave for contacting us!" 8 times. I mean, I get that I'm "brave", but reaffirming 8 times seems kinda robotic, no? And of course she was pushing to end the conversation after 15 mins, when the entire time I just wanted to say why I wanted to kill myself...
Are all these hotlines like this?
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You're right. I had to call once too. Honestly, I think they do give their operators scripts, because that sounds like a carbon copy of what they said to me. In general, I really don't think that suicide hotlines are helpful because of that reason. Really sad. I'm so sorry you're going through this.