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Staying safe and reaching out
For understanding suicidal thoughts, asking for help, and making a plan for hard moments.
Living With Chronic Suicidal Ideation
Why Do I Feel This Way?
How Can I Help Myself?
How to Find Help
What to Say When You Reach Out
How to Build Your Action Plan
Finding Reasons to Keep Going
Mind, body, and treatment
Plain-language education to help you prepare questions and take a next step.
How to Regulate Your Nervous System
How to Find Medication That Works
Medication or Exercise?
Food and Mental Health
Getting Your Mental Health Better
Understanding OCD
How to Journal Your Way Back
What Does Mania Feel Like?
Understanding “Out of Control” Behavior
Autism, Suicidal Thoughts, and Support
Levels of care
Understand hospitals, day programs, and where to begin when sadness feels heavy.
Types of Support, Explained
What Is a Mental Hospital Like?
PHP vs. IOP: Levels of Care Explained
Feeling So Sad: Where to Start
Getting unstuck
For when life feels unbearable, treatment feels impossible, or you keep leaving before it works.
“I Hate My Life” — Finding What's Underneath It
“I'm Not Ready for Treatment”
Self-Sabotage in Treatment: Ending the Cycle
I Am So Angry All the Time
Managing Anger Without Acting It Out
When I Spiral: How to Handle Out-of-Control Episodes
Addiction and recovery
Understand coping through substances, recognize when use has become a problem, and find a safer way forward.
How Do I Know I'm an Addict?
I Use Addiction to Cope. Why?
What to Do About Addiction
Connection and community
Practical ways to make friends, build connection, and take part in your community.
How to Become Someone's Friend
What to Do to Build Connection
How to Make Connections
How to Get Involved in Your Community
The Benefits of Having a Pet for Suicide Prevention
Life after an attempt
Resources for moving forward and sharing your experience safely, if and when you choose.
How to Tell Your Story
These guides are educational resources, not medical advice or crisis care. If you are struggling right now, call or text 988 — free, confidential, 24/7.
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