#Helplines
Gentle reminders this Christmas 🤍

🎨 IG: Fightthroughmentalhealth
December 24, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Reliable source at the highest possible level has just told me huge increase in calls to suicide helplines because of the threatened benefits cuts.
March 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The noise I made
May 17, 2026 at 1:56 AM
You absolutely *know* that graham linehan regularly calls trans suicide helplines to shriek sexual harassment and death threats at the operators.
September 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I haven't been able to stop thinking about how much it would mean to have even 25% of Dems in Congress (and state houses!) put together helplines and distributed volunteer clinics in neighborhoods, shelters, and community centers to help people navigate the paperwork burdens. Lives saved.
Given how much of this is supposed to be done through imposing administrative burdens on the overburdened, my hopelessly utopian dream is for a minor civil society revival of organizations and trained volunteers working to help the victims navigate the system, building social connections so doing.
As horrific as this bill is, this is not our forever future. Our friends and neighbors are going to need us when the final form of these cuts rolls out—immediately, and over the coming months and years. We're also going to have to reorient to fix this mess and the underlying failures of governance.
July 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Please share - Mental Health Helplines UK
November 26, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Hi friends,

You are not alone. 💚

Here are some helplines that can help with stress.

Click image for full list.

xo, FTB⚫️
November 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Accountants regularly call government helplines for really basic tax advice. I give them the minimum help as I know they will end up billing their clients for the effort. If you want free tax guidance just call the government directly, don't pay someone to do it for you.
April 18, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Vorbildhafte Berichterstattung zur unfassbaren Tragödie in #Graz. Danke @derstandard.at für die Helplines an prominenter Stelle!
June 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
an amazing artistic representation of my mental state during university

(this is not a cry for help please don't send the helplines after me)
December 4, 2024 at 8:27 PM
In case Christmas isn't a happy time for you or someone you know. Please share
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Tech companies want to replace search engines, legal and health websites and customer support helplines with the thing that made this.
April 14, 2024 at 12:19 PM
They fired people answering helplines just when Texans needed them the most
July 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
2/ Why now? More people are betting on sports than ever.

But as the industry soars close to $17B in revenue, calls to gambling helplines have also skyrocketed.
September 26, 2026 at 2:01 PM
And here's the direct link to the doc: National warmlines and community-based support helplines.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Peer Warmlines and Specialized Support
docs.google.com
September 20, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Americans stranded in UAE vent anger at US government support ft.trib.al/CxKhDFk
Americans stranded in UAE vent anger at US government support
People stuck in the Gulf complain of ‘very disappointing’ communication and defective helplines
ft.trib.al
March 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
A distressed sixteen year old sends an impassioned letter explaining how fear of the withdrawal of her gender affirming care has left her suicidal.

But it’s ok, NHS Sussex ICB are on it with a dedicated helpline. That should fix things. The evidence for the efficacy of helplines is legendary.
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Today is a difficult day, just another one among very difficult days. Don’t give in, get through… even it it’s a rage that guides you. You’re not alone, and we will get through this together.

Other flyers and national version of helplines available for free

ko-fi.com/pailbn/shop/...
June 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
An unspoken requirement to access suicide prevention care on helplines is a person must 1st overcome fear of disclosing to a counselor @danielcoppersmith.bsky.social @kathrynfox.bsky.social & I call for self-guided DMHIs like safety planning to be accessible on helplines along w/counselor support ⬇️
The ethical imperative of self-directed tools in crisis helplines to prevent suicide at scale
Nature Mental Health - Using the US National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline as a case example, we discuss the tacit requirement that users of helplines disclose suicide-related thoughts and behaviors...
rdcu.be
January 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This seems to happen incredibly often to the transphobia community.

From missing mattresses, helplines that are never open to help, women who wheesht with all the money…

…that’s before you even look at the dodgy claims rather than the outright scams:
Tantrums in terf town
June 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Whilst Christmas should be a time for joy and celebration, for some, it can be the hardest time of year. I’m pinning a directory of mental health helplines for any UK folk who need some more support this Christmas.
Mental health helplines
Find contact details for mental health helplines. Learn how these services could help if you are struggling.
www.mind.org.uk
December 24, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Dedicated helplines are like tourniquets. They're good at helping with crises but rely on one too long and that does its own damage.

Trans youth requires real, sustained support. No emergency fixes.
A distressed sixteen year old sends an impassioned letter explaining how fear of the withdrawal of her gender affirming care has left her suicidal.

But it’s ok, NHS Sussex ICB are on it with a dedicated helpline. That should fix things. The evidence for the efficacy of helplines is legendary.
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

@nhsengland.bsky.social destroyed kids lives by forceably detransitioning them.

This should be front page news (It won't be of course).

Please share this widely.

Cc @pinknews.bsky.social, @itsjoshmilton.bsky.social or @goodlawproject.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Since the government repeatedly signposts trans people to helplines I searched for evidence for their effectiveness in reducing distress in people with gender dysphoria, who cannot access medical care. There isn’t any.

I thought this government and health secretary was all about evidence.
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Und: Passt auch bei Helplines auf euch auf, ihr wisst leider nie, an welche Mitarbeiter*innen ihr geratet und wie sensibilisiert diese für die Arbeit mit queeren Personen in Krise sind.
July 25, 2026 at 10:11 PM