Have you called a crisis line? Do you call often? What was your experience? How long did you talk for? Did they help? How? Were you suicidal? Did they call an ambulance for you? Which crisis line did you call?
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Yes.
A crisis line from the biggest local mental health organisation was called on me multiple times and once i myself called. They came with ambulance and sometimes police to put me in a ward. Whenever someone now threatens to call them i freak out and want the person out of my house.
A common helpline occupied by volunteers. Some were wonderful. I had the best lady calmly talk me through a crisis once for maybe half an hour. Some were not a help at all. One guy told me his whole life story, told me of paranormal stuff and it ended with him sobbing and me comforting him. :-/
So…varying experiences!
You need a bit of luck, call again to speak to another person if they dont help and be clear in what you need.
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I called a crisis line when I had a delusion that my neighbors were planning to kill me. They were not super helpful and seemed to think I was just making it up or not really in a crisis or something.
Meanwhile Im in the bathtub brandishing a knife waiting for the killers to show their faces lol not a good look
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I call all the time. It’s local, they get back to me quickly. They came to my house once but usually they’ll talk things over with me, talk to the on call doc and they tell me what to do. They never came to my house unless I gave them permission. They call back if I need to be checked up on, and sometimes the on call case manager will call/text me. I’ve only called 911 twice (edit just remembered 3 times). Crisis line saved me so many times, from psychosis/anxiety.
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I’ve never called one before. Not because i haven’t been in crisis. I’ve just been able to get an emergency appointment to see my pdoc at mental health.
Are you okay @FlyingPurplePeopleMeeter? I am asking because you’re asking about crisis lines.
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I’ve tried several different lines and they were all ■■■■. I’ll never waste my time again.
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I called the crisis line once and said that I couldn’t go to sleep because it was nighttime and that if I slept at night time, I’d die of an extremely painful heart attack. Mind you, it was like 2 in the morning and I told her I was 14. This bi tch legit asked me if I’d had a heart attack before and said that she couldn’t really help me because I’m not suicidal or depressed. She said that I should be able to sleep because “it’s technically morning, not night.” I hung up.
note: At this point in my life, I was prone to doing this sort of dreaming while I was awake sort of thing, and since I was alone, no one can confirm whether or not this actually happened, so take this story with a grain of salf.
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I’ve never called a line, I’m lucky enough to have a family that serves as a crisis line. Whenever I need help, I just text my dad.
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So the fact you thought you had a heart attack, was a daydream? I don’t think they are all like that. If you call the right place, they know who you are already before you talk to them
No, I never had a heart attack. I was afraid that, if I went to sleep during the night, I’d have an extremely painful fatal heart attack. That fear was real. Anything that happened after that is iffy.
I remember calling crisis because I was freaking out because I was really tired but I couldn’t allow myself to fall asleep until dawn, and even if they weren’t entirely sure of what to do, I can’t imagine these volunteers would treat anyone like that. Why volunteer if you hate it? Makes no sense. The other thing that makes me question whether or not this actually happened is that we had thin walls and my brothers had their rooms on each side of my room, and I didn’t want them to know anything was wrong, so why would I actually call a crisis line when there was a text line available?
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The texting just started. Plus it takes them like two hours to get back to you. I wouldn’t second guess calling them. I called them at 5pm 2 years ago because I couldn’t look out my windows and I kept saying “they’re coming, I don’t want to go to jail” I don’t know why I was saying that, I kinda do, but I don’t know why I reacted that way. I had issues where I thought I was dieing, I feel your fear. You were afraid, but they should have gave you coping skills, not say it was morning and hang up. You can call whenever
What country are you in? It might be different. In the US, the text line started in August 2013, and I first texted them in December 2013, a little bit before this heart attack deal started, and I was hospitalized. I’ve never had to wait more than 15 minutes, even back then. This memory takes place in 2014; I know because of the house we were in at the time. I may have called, I’m not sure, but I can’t figure out why I would’ve done that in the middle of the night with everyone home.
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I’m in the US
" don’t go looking for the reasons, don’t go asking Jesus why. We’re not meant to know the answers. They belong to the by and by"- Chris Stapleton
So, you’re saying that I called the crisis line because of the powers that be?
Maybe… Sometimes we do things and it helps us in some way or another
Okay… I’m sorry but I don’t want to talk about this. I cannot get psychotic again, especially while my mom’s away on an interview because she’s been having to work from home due to her father’s declining health, so instead of giving her a break, they fired her. Plus, I’m planning to go see my aunt this summer and I can’t do that if I’m out of my mind. And, I’m ready to go to college this fall, but I won’t be able to if I have to recover from another psychotic episode. And all that is assuming that I actually recover. Sometimes, people don’t come back.
Sorry. I think I went through so many, I didn’t come back, so I don’t want to be the cause of someone going through what I deal with daily. Sorry, I don’t mean to trigger. Take it easy! You will rock college!!! It’s an exciting time
Also, prayers for your grandfather
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Thanks, it’s okay. It’s not like you meant to trigger me. It’s just, I know that if I allowed myself to discuss this, I’d come out of the conversation in a worse state of mind, possibly because I forgot to take my afternoon meds and now it’s too late to take them (final dose in an hour and a half). You seem pretty cool though, from your replies here and elsewhere, just pretty obsessive but not quite delusional. That’s good considering.
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Ugh, don’t even bother. He’s been saying he’s going to go to the doctor “next Tuesday” for the better part of a year, then he lies about going. For 3 days in a row, he told me that he went to the ER and they told him to “come back tomorrow.” After that 3rd time, my mom went off on him for lying because we all know that it’s a fu cking ER and that turning him away without checking him out is called malpractice. If there are no beds, he or a healthier patient would be transferred to a different hospital. He hasn’t mentioned it since.
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I have called a crisis line around 6 or 7 times. 50% of the time i get to talk to someone who is very nice and understanding and actually helps me through my struggles. Twice they have called ambulance on me, neither of which times they informed me of doing so. Basically if they put you on hold, they are calling an ambulance. 25% of the times i hang up on them because they were either not helpful and annoying or the tone of there voice felt judgemental and impatient. Only once did i call them instead of a suicide line and that was one of the times i hung up and an ambulance was called to my old address they had on file. I called the alberta crisis line, which for local residents you just dial 811.
Oh but one time i got someone who although was nice, actually made my paranoias worse. Basically i said that i was worried people were reading my mind to which she replied that we dont know what other peoples psychic abilities are, essentially implying that people were possibly reading my mind. A few days later and they called me back “randomly” wanting feed back on my experience.
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