Are you thinking about ending your life?
If you are thinking about suicide, please tell someone. You do not have to face this alone.
Need urgent help now?
For immediate support, call Samaritans free on 116 123 at any time.
If you are aged 18 or over, you can also visit a Kent and Medway Safe Haven for drop-in mental health support. Visit www.mhm.org.uk/kent-safe-havens to find your nearest one.
You can also call NHS 111 and select the mental health option.
If there is an immediate danger to life or safety, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E department.
You may feel overwhelmed, exhausted, trapped or unable to see a way forward. These feelings can be frightening and isolating, but support is available. The way you feel now can change.
Please take these steps now
- Tell someone how you are feeling. This could be a friend, family member, colleague, teacher, GP, support worker or another person you trust.
- Stay with other people if you can. Move to a safer place and stay with someone if you can. Try not to be alone while the thoughts feel intense.
- Put some distance between you and anything you could use to harm yourself. Do this only if it is safe and possible for you to do so.
- Get urgent support. Call Samaritans free on 116 123 at any time. If you are aged 18 or over, you can also visit a Kent and Medway Safe Haven for drop-in mental health support. Visit www.mhm.org.uk/kent-safe-havens to find your nearest one. You can also call NHS 111 and select the mental health option. If there is an immediate danger to life or safety, call 999 or go to A&E.
- Focus only on the next few minutes. You do not need to solve everything today. Concentrate on getting through the next few minutes or the next hour and reaching out for support.
If speaking feels difficult
You do not need to explain everything at once. You could say:
- “I am not feeling safe.”
- “I am having thoughts of suicide.”
- “I need you to stay with me.”
- “Please help me contact urgent support.”
If you are a child or young person
Tell an adult you trust as soon as you can. This could be a parent or carer, teacher, school nurse, GP, youth worker or another trusted adult.
If the first person does not understand, keep telling people until someone does.
People you can contact
- Samaritans: Call 116 123, free, at any time.
- Shout: Text STAND to 85258 for free, confidential text support in Kent and Medway.
- Childline: If you are under 19, call 0800 1111 for free confidential support.
- Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service: Call 0800 011 3474 for the Kent and Medway Single Point of Access.
- Release the Pressure: A free and confidential service for people aged 16 and over living in Kent and Medway. Support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
