If you need help right now.
In immediate danger — for yourself or someone else — call the emergency number now: 112 anywhere in Europe, 911 in the US and Canada.
If you are thinking about harming yourself, or you just cannot carry this moment alone, the lines below are free, confidential, and used to exactly this kind of call. You don't need the right words. You can say it in whatever language comes out.
For any country not listed, findahelpline.com lists verified helplines for over 130 countries.
Crisis lines by country
| Germany | TelefonSeelsorge — 0800 111 0 111 or 0800 111 0 222, free, 24/7 (German; English available) |
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| Austria | Telefonseelsorge — 142, free, 24/7 |
| Switzerland | Die Dargebotene Hand / La Main Tendue — 143, 24/7 |
| Netherlands | 113 Zelfmoordpreventie — 0800 0113, free, 24/7 |
| Sweden | Mind Självmordslinjen — 90101, and chat at mind.se |
| United Kingdom & Ireland | Samaritans — 116 123, free, 24/7 |
| United States & Canada | Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988, 24/7 |
| Serbia | Centar „Srce" — 0800 300 303, free, and chat at srce.org.rs |
| Croatia | TESA psychological help — 01 4828 888; in acute danger call 112 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Emergency medical help — 124; for helplines in BiH check findahelpline.com |
| Montenegro | Emergency medical help — 124; helplines at findahelpline.com |
What to expect when you call
A trained person answers, listens, and stays with you on the line. You don't have to give your name. Calls to the numbers marked free don't appear as costs on your bill. If the first line is busy, try again or try another — that happens, and it isn't a sign to give up.
Not an emergency, but heavy?
If this is about a weight you've been carrying rather than this moment — that is exactly what therapy is for, and doing it in your own language helps. That's what Saudade Therapy is being built for. This page, though, is for right now: if in doubt, call.