If you're struggling right now — or you're worried about someone you love — you don't have to figure it out alone, and you don't need money or insurance to start. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is free, confidential and open 24 hours a day.
Crisis Text Line — a trained volunteer, by text message, any hour.
If someone is hurt or a life is in danger this minute, call 911 and say it's a mental-health emergency.
Counseling, food, rent, transportation and local mental-health services in your own county.
We're a small nonprofit in the Glades and Heartland — we don't provide treatment ourselves. These are the national organizations we point people to, and they're all free to use.
NAMI has local affiliates across the country running free support groups and classes — for people living with mental illness and for the families around them. Their HelpLine will help you find what exists near you.
The federal agency for mental health and substance use. Plain-language guides on what treatment looks like and how to pay for it, plus a searchable directory of real providers at findtreatment.gov.
Articles and honest, practical guidance: how to start the conversation with someone you're worried about, warning signs worth taking seriously, and support for families grieving a suicide loss.
Most people who hesitate aren't afraid of the number — they're afraid of what it sets in motion. So here it is plainly.
We're not counselors and we're not a crisis line — but we are people in your community who have been through it. Abby Garcia founded Refuse to Sink after losing her son J.D., and she will pick up.
Call or text 863-233-9973, or email abby@refusetosink.org.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is confidential and available 24/7 for you or someone you love.