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Old Dec 13, 2016, 04:25 PM
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i'm going to keep trying that one

it.... looks professional?

yeah.
Huh. You might be onto something. Either they're not professional or...wait-

"Volunteers of America: Western Washington"

I think this might just be a statewide thing. That or, according to the FAQ page, they're just that busy.

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Old Dec 13, 2016, 04:45 PM
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I think the Samaritans take 12 hours for a reason , if you are actually talking about things and having them heard and acknowledged most people are safe, more completed suicides are acts of impulse, heat of the moment type thing ,so in fact they are leveraging time on your side as you await a response, less likely to go postal, more time to process what your contemplating and realize this idea is just bad,more people talk themselves off of the ledge than jump, although suicide is at an alarming rate , it's the people who shut down who are most lethal, they don't talk they just think with deppression deepening and coloring a person's vision attempts are the "natural outcome" so to speak, which is why I don't understand all the help lines that are for suicidal people not talking one on one and engaging people in a true dialog about there feelings .talk to almost anyone who survived an attempt and there regret, is even attempting !


I used to know someone who worked for samaratans

she told me that even though she knew me outside her job, she can't let that interfere with her offering advice

I like that about them too

that they keep professional even if they know you outside of their work

point is they may hate you in reality, but when they are at samaratans, they have to be professional
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Old Dec 13, 2016, 04:47 PM
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Huh. You might be onto something. Either they're not professional or...wait-

"Volunteers of America: Western Washington"

I think this might just be a statewide thing. That or, according to the FAQ page, they're just that busy.


or an abandoned service

I can't remember what it was called now, but months ago I found 1 of these sites that claimed live chats and stuff, and all the operators were always offline

well: I actually left them a message with my email address, and you know?. they never wrote back

this was like 4 months ago

so I learnt from that just because a site says it's active and people are using it, not really strictly true
Thanks for this!
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Old Dec 13, 2016, 09:11 PM
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or an abandoned service

I can't remember what it was called now, but months ago I found 1 of these sites that claimed live chats and stuff, and all the operators were always offline

well: I actually left them a message with my email address, and you know?. they never wrote back

this was like 4 months ago

so I learnt from that just because a site says it's active and people are using it, not really strictly true
I never thought about that.
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Old Dec 14, 2016, 12:50 PM
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I wonder if anyone can suggest some UK alternatives to the samaratans

they are good, but it seems that these things in the UK seem pretty limited and i'd like to know what else is actually out their
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