Need help now?

Here's where you can get help if you're feeling really bad right now. If you’re feeling suicidal or have plans to take your own life, please speak to someone as soon as you can.

  1. Samaritans  Open 24 hours a day on 08457 90 90 90 and you can also email them at jo@samaritans.org.
  2. Breathing Space Scotland Open from 6pm - 2am Monday to Friday and 24 hours a day from Friday evening to Monday morning on 0800 83 85 87. Website: www.breathingspacescotland.co.uk
  3. Saneline  0845 767 8000 Open 6pm - 11pm every day of the year. Website:www.sane.org.uk or you can email them at SANEmail@sane.org.uk  
  4. NHS 24 is a general medical helpline on 0845 24 24 24
  1. Childline Free helpline for children and young people up to age 19. You can call to talk about any problem 0800 1111. 
  2. HOPELineUK 08000 68 41 41 - Open every day. Practical advice and information by qualified professionals for anyone worried about a young person, or young people who feel suicidal.
  3. Get Connected 0800 808 4994 open 1pm – 11pm, email them via their website or get help via web chat every evening from 4.30pm – 10.30pm. For people under 25.

Many areas have a local mental health crisis team who can help when you feel really bad. Call your local hospital and ask.

If things are really bad you can always go to Accident and Emergency and ask to see a member of the psychiatric staff. If you are really ill and unable to go on your own, call 999 and get an ambulance.

If you have taken an overdose get help as soon as you can by calling 999 and asking for an ambulance.

If you're not in the UK, the Befrienders website has a list of helplines throughout the world.

Read the page on helping a friend who is suicidal.

If you're experiencing cyber bullying or are concerned about the behaviour of someone online, you can report it on the CEOP website or call 999 and speak to the police if you're really concerned.

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  1. One person in 20 in Scotland will have suicidal thoughts
  2. Suicide may seem an escape route from an awful situation, but it is a permanent solution to a temporary problem 
  3. People do recover from depression. You won’t always feel like this
  4. Life could become very good in the future but when you’re feeling crap it’s hard to see that

"I thought that being dead would be the answer...suicide seemed like the only way out at that point because I felt so low all the time. I was lucky; I can see that now. Not only did someone find me and take me to hospital.... (and) … I did gradually recover."