Why even call the suicide hotline

I get home from work tonight and I'm just sitting in my driveway thinking about I don't know how much longer I can hold on. I'm ready to give up. I thought about calling the local crisis hotline, but then I'm like why? What can they really do for me? They aren't really allowed to give advise. They'll ask me questions like why do I want to kill myself. Other than I'm tired of being sad all the time I really don't know why. I can't explain it other than I view it as a welcome release. They would recommend me to goto an ER or a local mental hospital which I won't do. So why even bother?

Please talk to someone. At least if you make the call you are talking to another human being - sometimes that is enough to get you through another day, week, month - at least get past this time. Sometimes that is all you can do - get past it.

I dont know how to add the trigger warning but what I will say is: me too.

Hang in, talk to someone please.

The reason to call them is that sometimes when you connect with another person and honestly tell them out loud how incredibly bad you're feeling, sometimes it actually does help. It's true they can't give you advice, but they can remind you that there are other human beings who believe that you are a worthwhile human being who deserves to be alive and suffer less.

For me, it was a waste of time. I was threatened with police showing up, no solutions were given (really, because there are none). Same goes with "The Samaritans", chat rooms, forums, "counselors", and of course, doctors.

**** all them people.

I know how they operate because I have volunteer there before. That's why I would use caller ID block. I would also not give them any info that could lead them to figure out where I was. I'm sorry you had such a bad experience.

I was on it last year when I was suicidal and it was utter garbage. First I got put on hold... which I'll admit got me laughing through my tears as it reminded me of Ministry's song 'Worm' where a help line call was basically mocked as a joke... and then the person I talked to was worthless at listening, and even more worthless at getting me the help that I needed. It's all vacuous posturing, to make it look like society cares. See also: Government employment assistance.

The mental health care system in our country is COMPLETELY BROKEN. We are a nation of people who don't give a ____ about those going through these types of struggles. I hate America and I hate it's lack of heart to help people in need. It's all lip service and no one putting the money (because that's why we don't make an effort, it's all about the $$$) where the collective mouths are. It's the same ____ when I approached HR at work about the issue. They could offer no help to me either... just "Find a therapist on your own". Yeah, been down down that snake oil path three times already. There's no way to even begin to find the right person to understand you, let alone who can give you the tools to solve your problems. Something needs to change.

/rant

In the UK they force the ugliest possible label on you and toss you out in the cold,
So many of them not only don't care but are hateful

Fuzzy I hope you're not in the UK

Yet, here all of us still are.

Thankfully!

Just remember if any of us end up doing it, there will be a hole in the Universe where we're supposed to be, and that will be a very sad thing!

Indeed!

I think in the US there is a large lack of emotional intelligence. There is a lot of stigma about mental illness and we don't get the help we need. I had a bad experience with the ER and a couple of therapists.

I did have some good experiences and there are good one out there. It sucks you have to try several times to get help before you find it.

Mental illness is just as real as physical illness. We can be in as much pain as those struggling with physical illness. We deserve to be cared about. It's hard enough for me to convince myself that, I don't need some terrible nurses making me feel like I shouldn't.

More people would be alive if they got treated with compassion at the hospitals rather than being a burden.

Adam_k hospitals, mental or regular, are all about the money. They don't care about their patients. I have seen this first hand.

I've called them several times. 9/10 it's the same script but there was this one time that it wasn't. She started out the usual talk but then part way through, she actually really started talking to me. Really listened and really fought to keep me together. It wasn't easy and took her nearly and hour and a half to get me to the point where I wasn't going to do anything but she did. She didn't call authorities and she didn't order me to a hospital. She simply said that if I ever feel like that again to call back and if it gets worse that I'll need some more help. She didn't make me feel crazy, she made me feel like the most sane person in the world who was just needing some help. There are those out there that will have your back like no tomorrow but some that are by the book (which isn't wrong). I don't know, I had the end of a barrel to my temple that night (which I didn't really confess on the phone) and I've since sold it. It can help.

I want to be done with it already. It can't be soon enough.

I called this hotline before and I found it to be people who really don't give a crap.

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