Feeling in crisis?
If you are feeling in need of emergency support, and/ or feel you cannot wait for your regular appointment, there is help out there.
​If ever you are feeling hopeless, suicidal, or simply in need of speaking with someone, there are numerous free and anonymous hotlines with trained support staff available:
The mental health charitable organisation MIND suggests the following telephone and online services might be useful:
MIND are a useful source of information if you are struggling with mental health issues.
Samaritans are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to listen to anything that is upsetting you, including intrusive thoughts and difficult thoughts of suicide and self-harm. Their national freephone number is 116 123, or you can email jo@samaritans.org.
SANEline offers emotional support and information from 4.30pm–10.30pm, 365 days a year. Their national number is 0300 304 7000.
If you’re a man experiencing distressing thoughts and feelings, the Campaign Against Living Miserably (​CALM) is there to support you. They’re open from 5pm–midnight, 365 days a year. Their national number is 0800 58 58 58, and they also have a webchat service if you’re not comfortable talking on the phone.
If you are a student, you can look at the Nightline website to see if your university or college offers a night-time listening service. Nightline phone operators are all students too.
Switchboard, the LGBT+ helpline. If you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, Switchboard is available from 10am–10pm, 365 days a year, to listen to any problems you’re having. Phone operators all identify as LGBT+. Their national number is 0300 330 0630, or you can email chris@switchboard.lgbt.