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Must Reads
The Body Keeps the Score-by Bessel van der Kolk M.D
High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy-by Judith Joseph M.D.
Self-Care for Autistic People
-by Dr. Megan Anna Neff
Rest Is Resistance: Free yourself from grind culture and reclaim your life- by Tricia Hersey
Suicide and Mental Health Crisis Resources
That Don't Involve the Police, 911 or 988:
The police are NOT equipped to offer mental health support and may even pose danger to BIPOC, Trans, Mentally Ill, Neurodivergent, and Disabled People. We make this disclaimer clear throughout our website, especially because the mental health field is complicit with carceral systems, such as law enforcement and involuntary institutionalization.
We hold in our hearts:
Easter Leafa (16)
Sonya Massey (36)
Victoria Lee (25)
Yong Yang (40)
Win Rosario (19)
...and the many more precious people killed this year alone by the police during so-called “crisis response”.
Below are some warm-lines that do not use police intervention, and offer transparency about their reporting and tracing policies.
Call or text: 1-800-604-5841
​Blackline: Peer support and counseling prioritizing BIPOC, with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens. "We do not trace or send any type of intervention under any circumstances without consent."
US: 1-877-565-8860
Canada: 1-877-330-6366
Oprime 2 para hablar con alguien en español.
Trans Lifeline: Trans peer support for Trans community that’s been "divested from police since day one. Run by and for Trans people."
Call: 1-888-407-4515
Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: Warmline answered by a trained peer supporters. "We do not trace or send any type of intervention under any circumstances without consent
National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
Coming Out Support Hotline: 1-888-688-5428
Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-7743
Senior Hotline: 1-888-234-7243
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LGBT National Help Center: free and confidential support for LGBTQIA+ people and those with questions about sexual orientation and/or gender identity. "We will not contact any authorities or other services or programs on your behalf."
Call 24/7: 1-844-762-8483 or chat online
StrongHearts: 24/7 confidential and anonymous culturally-appropriate domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans. "advocates do not request or record the contact’s identification and/or address."
Text 24/7: 1-313-662-8209
Thrive Lifeline: Trans-led and operated, focusing on people with intersecting marginalized identities. Does not "engage in non-consensual active rescue"