Crisis Text Line provides free, confidential mental health support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, through text messaging. If you’re struggling with your mental health, feeling overwhelmed, experiencing anxiety or depression, having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, or simply need someone to talk to, help is just a text away.
How does it work?
- Text HOME to 741741 from your phone.
- You’ll receive an automated response and be connected with a trained volunteer crisis counselor.
- The counselor will listen without judgment, help you work through what you’re experiencing, and support you in identifying healthy ways to cope and stay safe.
When should you reach out?
You don’t have to be experiencing a crisis to use Crisis Text Line. You can reach out when you’re feeling stressed, anxious, lonely, sad, overwhelmed, or worried about yourself or someone else.
You don’t need to know exactly what to say, and you don’t have to explain everything perfectly. The person on the other end is there to listen and help.
Text HOME to 741741 — Anytime. Anywhere.
Asking for help is a sign of strength. You are never alone, and someone is always available to listen.
*Conversations are confidential, with limited exceptions when someone’s safety is at serious risk*