Rev3rze t1_j27vjmf wrote on December 30, 2022 at 7:21 AM

>Netherlands, dial 9000113

This won't work, it's either 0800-0113 or just 113.

Reapersfault t1_j282eqg wrote on December 30, 2022 at 8:49 AM

There is also the 113 website. Very helpful stuff.

Verlepte t1_j2854gk wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:26 AM

Also, why is Holland on the list as well, with a different number?

UltimateBronzeNoob t1_j28p12o wrote on December 30, 2022 at 1:26 PM

We do have two numbers to call for suicide prevention, or battling depression in general. The 113 is the emergency I-need-help-now-because-I-am-about-to-kill-myself hotline, there's another one (not sure if it's the one listed under 'Holland') for less emergent situations

TomServo30000 t1_j277e8o wrote on December 30, 2022 at 3:32 AM

Is the United States the only country with a call/text option?? I'm very happy to see a majority of the world have hotlines to call into, but is that because there is more of a prevalence of TTY outside the US or some other reason?

Kondrias t1_j2793l0 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 3:45 AM

I think it was a recent change in the US when they recently changed the suicide prevention hotline to 988. But I could be wrong so it may just be other countries not up to speed on it.

NetDork t1_j27hfbm wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:53 AM

Very recent change, like last year or early this year IIRC

SirHaxe t1_j27osmp wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:04 AM

Germany got that too, but I think it's a separate number

wiqr t1_j2851e0 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:24 AM

For Poland, slight correction.

527 00 00 is regional hotline for city of Olsztyn, and it's an obsolete number - it lacks directional number of 89. In order to reach it, you actually need to dial 89 527 00 00.

But an actual, national mental help hotline is avaliable at 116 123 for adults (mon-fri, 14-22) and at 116 111 for children and youth (24h/7)

Brolafsky t1_j280mwu wrote on December 30, 2022 at 8:25 AM

For Iceland;

The Pieta organization (Most known organization in Iceland fighting for mental health and suicide prevention) 5522218 or pieta.is

The red-cross helpline is 1717.

Both phones are open 24/7.

tremynci t1_j27x5nn wrote on December 30, 2022 at 7:41 AM

Thank you, neighbor! Since May, you can dial 024 in Spain, and in the UK, you can call the Samaritans on 116 123.

ThatGIRLkimT t1_j27uhvq wrote on December 30, 2022 at 7:08 AM

Thank you for sharing! It helps a lot

Ultraviolet_Motion t1_j28xmi9 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 2:37 PM

Why do you have Holland and the Netherlands? Is the Holland one different somehow?

SomethingOfAGirl t1_j28xi7b wrote on December 30, 2022 at 2:36 PM

Love that some countries have a three or four digits phone instead of a fuckton of numbers to remember.

mr_marshian t1_j28zb76 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 2:49 PM

That Irish number calls a phone in the UK. It is best available at 116 123

Nileghi t1_j29h113 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:50 PM

Lebanon's suicide hotline shut down this year due to not being able to afford the electricity.

DuckonaWaffle t1_j295td0 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 3:35 PM

> Things will change. Things WILL get better.

These lies don't help anyone, they just make it worse. You cannot guarantee that things will improve for the better.

Please refrain from language like this in future if you want to help people. You're hurting as much as you're helping.

> But please, spend a few minutes talking to someone before you make a irreversible decision- you have nothing to lose by talking.

This is another lie. It may be true for specific 'hotlines', however in many countries admitting that you've considered suicide can lead to your rights being torn up and you being incarcerated against your consent.

Please consider what you're saying in future.

Taier t1_j2b679s wrote on December 30, 2022 at 11:27 PM

Have either of you had any professional training in counseling a suicidal individual? Have you any credentials in supporting people at risk ? I have, and do., and speak from experience.

These are not lies, but rather proven trends. A Gallup Research Poll of individuals who have attempted suicide clearly indicates that 96% of respondents indicate they were at a low point when considering suicide, and things rebound for the better shortly after they pass that low point. “Things will change” is not only a viable promise, it is also a certainty. (One could argue that change is inevitable in any state, but besides from that, >95% of those who attempt suicide state that this is exactly what they experience after the attempt.)

DuckonaWaffle t1_j2bgo4h wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:42 AM

> Have either of you had any professional training in counseling a suicidal individual?

No.

> Have you any credentials in supporting people at risk ? I have, and do., and speak from experience.

I speak from experience as well.

> These are not lies, but rather proven trends.

They're lies. Things may get better for some people, but that doesn't mean they're guaranteed to improve for everyone.

> A Gallup Research Poll of individuals who have attempted suicide clearly indicates that 96% of respondents indicate they were at a low point when considering suicide, and things rebound for the better shortly after they pass that low point.

So for 4% didn't rebound, thus proving the original statement to be false.

> “Things will change” is not only a viable promise, it is also a certainty.

You're lying. It is not a certainty, and you've just admitted as much.

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DuckonaWaffle t1_j2bgwa6 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:43 AM

You should be ashamed. My statements are objectively true.

Telling suicidal people that things are guaranteed to get better only gives false hope and makes things worse when they inevitably don't "get better".

Lies like that are just harmful.

TIL that calls directed to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline rose by 27% after the release of 1-800-273-8255 by American rapper Logic.

Taier t1_j270mlz wrote on December 30, 2022 at 2:41 AM