I hope this doesn't dissuade people from using distress center services. The intention of sharing this is to inform others - so that they can make a truly informed decision.


If the distress line worker deems you a danger to yourself, others, or children - they have legal jurisdiction to bypass privacy and contact law enforcement. If you wind up being brought into court someday - a judge can subpoena all logs - as they can compare your phone logs to the calls made to a distress line. I have heard of this happening, thought I am unsure how often.

I hope you are all okay! Please be safe and do not feel scared to reach out to distress lines - they are there for us. Just be mindful that they are strangers - and boundaries are important to set with everyone, even distress line workers...

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