 |
| FAQ/Help |
| Calendar |
| Search |
|
Legendary Wise Elder
Member Since Jan 2015
Location: USA
Posts: 26,543
(SuperPoster!)
9 95k hugs
given 
|
Sep 03, 2022 at 03:03 PM
#1
I wanted to ask if anybody had experience with 988 that they were comfortable sharing. I text 741741 myself because I know I can be honest and they won’t come drag me out of the house. Interested in other perspectives. Thanks.
|
|
 Reply With Quote
|
 *Beth*, Aurelius710, bizi, Nammu, tecomsin
|
 tecomsin
|
|
Veteran Member
Member Since Jul 2013
Location: Boise
Posts: 701
10
|
Sep 03, 2022 at 09:06 PM
#2
I have tried two different times and it never put me through to a perso to text with.
Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk |
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| bizi, downandlonely, Sunflower123
|
|
Sunflower123
|
|
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
4 23.7k hugs
given
|
Sep 03, 2022 at 09:58 PM
#3
My experience with 988 was, I hope, not typical. I was in either a manic or mixed state, posting here a lot, and Nammu so kindly told me that I could do a chat with 988. I don't like to text and I was in no shape to talk. Anyway, there was a problem with their website and the person I has started to chat with told me to restart my computer. Seriously? I couldn't even think of how to push a button. So I just logged off.
__________________ |
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| downandlonely, Nammu, Sunflower123, tecomsin
|
|
Sunflower123
|
|
Veteran Member
Member Since Jul 2013
Location: Boise
Posts: 701
10
|
Sep 03, 2022 at 10:36 PM
#4
Quote:
Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk |
|
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| Sunflower123, tecomsin
|
|
tecomsin
|
|
Elder
Member Since Oct 2015
Location: US
Posts: 5,626
8 1,674 hugs
given
|
Sep 04, 2022 at 12:21 AM
#5
This might have been due to my mental state at the time (hypomania with a fair share of agitation), but I found the guy who answered my last 988 call irritatingly slow. Not just slow, but tentative. Almost afraid to engage. For someone who finds alot of help in talking out their trains of thought, slow and tentative doesn't offer much aid. Hypomania doesn't offer other people the chance to keep up much either.
I will say I've had people on 988 be refreshingly direct in a "Let's get to the heart of your troubles and make sure you're safe." For me, it suppose it depends on the person I get connected to. __________________ "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." -Litany Against Fear (Dune) |
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| Sunflower123
|
|
downandlonely, MaverickLovesYou, Sunflower123, tecomsin
|
|
Monster on the Hill
Member Since Sep 2020
Location: by the river
Posts: 4,094
(SuperPoster!)
3 4,819 hugs
given
|
Sep 05, 2022 at 05:06 AM
#6
I used the online chat and it was frustrating. I too had an elevated mood and was frustrated at how slow the person was. I was super paranoid and it took an hour and a half of me explaining the situation only to get a "call your mental health providers" response.
__________________ If any chord that I could strum Make me feel less like a man I'd slam my fingers in the doorway And shatter all the bones So I could never strum again |
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| *Beth*, downandlonely, Sunflower123
|
|
MaverickLovesYou, Sunflower123
|
|
Legendary
Member Since Mar 2018
Location: United States
Posts: 10,760
(SuperPoster!)
6 10.6k hugs
given
|
Sep 05, 2022 at 06:07 AM
#7
I have not tried 988 yet, but I did call my local crisis line. I find it helpful sometimes and not others. Depends on who you get.
|
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| Sunflower123, tecomsin
|
|
*Beth*, Sunflower123
|
|
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
4 23.7k hugs
given
|
Sep 05, 2022 at 02:40 PM
#8
Pffft, sounds like 988 could use some work.
__________________ |
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| MuddyBoots, Sunflower123
|
|
MuddyBoots, Sunflower123, tecomsin
|
|
Legendary Wise Elder
Member Since Jan 2015
Location: USA
Posts: 26,543
(SuperPoster!)
9 95k hugs
given
|
Sep 06, 2022 at 01:40 PM
#9
Quote:
|
|
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| *Beth*
|
|
tecomsin
|
|
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
4 23.7k hugs
given
|
Sep 06, 2022 at 02:48 PM
#10
Quote:
My hope is that things will get ironed out/improved after a while, since it's a new service. x fingers crossed x __________________ |
|
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| Sunflower123
|
|
Sunflower123, tecomsin
|
|
Crone
Member Since May 2010
Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system.
Posts: 71,285
(SuperPoster!)
13 53.6k hugs
given
|
Sep 06, 2022 at 02:56 PM
#11
From my understanding of how it works the 988 is just a way to quickly hook people up with local services. So you are still using the same existing service it’s just an easier one fits all number that now includes text and chat. So me here in Minnesota will be hooked up with the local mh crisis line, Beth will be hooked up with California services. So it’s only as good as the local services. To improve there needs to be broader awareness and money funneled into making it better.
__________________ Nammu …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann |
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| Sunflower123, tecomsin
|
|
*Beth*, Sunflower123
|
|
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
4 23.7k hugs
given
|
Sep 06, 2022 at 03:05 PM
#12
Quote:
Huh, interesting. That's good information, Nammu. __________________ |
|
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
|
Magnate
Member Since Oct 2017
Location: canada
Posts: 2,007
6 736 hugs
given
|
Sep 06, 2022 at 07:51 PM
#13
Quote:
__________________ BP 1 with psychotic features 50 mg Lyrica 50 mcg Synthroid 2.5 mg olanzapine |
|
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
|
*Beth*, Nammu, Sunflower123
|
|
Member
Member Since Jul 2008
Location: Geneva, Ohio
Posts: 243
15 6 hugs
given |
Sep 13, 2022 at 09:40 AM
#14
I used 988 this past Sunday. I chatted with someone on my laptop. I had a good experience with it. She gave me two websites with listings for possible counseling service companies. She also made sure I didn't need to have help sent to my location. I would use again if I felt i needed it. I like texting better than talking. I am a bit of a shy person. But it is a new service so they are probably trying to work out all the kinks.
__________________ DX: Bipolar 1, GAD and PTSD RX: Celexa, Lamictal, Rexulti and Buspar |
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
|
*Beth*, Sunflower123
|
|
Magnate
Member Since Oct 2017
Location: canada
Posts: 2,007
6 736 hugs
given
|
Sep 14, 2022 at 11:37 AM
#15
I am afraid to contact any of these services because i think they will send people to my house to make a 'wellness check', which has happened before when i reached out for help.
__________________ BP 1 with psychotic features 50 mg Lyrica 50 mcg Synthroid 2.5 mg olanzapine |
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| Sunflower123
|
|
*Beth*, Sunflower123
|
|
Legendary
Member Since Oct 2004
Location: usa
Posts: 11,196
19 2,739 hugs
given
|
Sep 15, 2022 at 05:46 PM
#16
Quote:
__________________ Bipolar 1 w/psychotic features or schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety OCD celexa, prazosin, Lybalvi and prn zyprexa and klonopin |
|
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
| *Beth*, Sunflower123, tecomsin
|
|
*Beth*, Sunflower123, tecomsin
|
My Support Forums is the online community that was originally begun as the Psych Central Forums in 2001. It now runs as an independent self-help support group community for mental health, personality, and psychological issues and is overseen by a group of dedicated, caring volunteers from around the world.
Linear Mode
