If you or someone you know is struggling, don’t be afraid to ask for help, also if you’re showing signs and/or symptoms of anything out of the ordinary, seek professional help from a medical team as soon as possible.   Here is a comprehensive list of suicide hotlines, crisis lines, and helplines from all around the world. In times of need, reach for the phone. You have nothing to lose. Every drop of kindness, care, and understanding makes a difference. Note: All helplines, crisis lines, and suicide hotlines play an essential role in allowing people to communicate in their way and at their time. People feel a sense of control and are free to discuss matters far too risky to share face-to-face. In general, helplines, crisis lines, and suicide hotlines have three things in common: 1) They are often available to call 24 hours a day, seven days a week 2) They don’t cost you anything 3) They are confidential Calling a helpline, crisis line, and or suicide hotline is a great way to be heard and get sound advice on how to approach your problems. When help is needed, this is an excellent place to start. Below is an extensive list of helplines, crisis lines, and suicide hotlines from all around the world. Please choose your country and call the appropriate number. Please also let me know if I have missed any services around the world as you also could be saving someone’s life. Note: Below here will be broken down even further for easier to read of where you are from to reach out to your support on the helplines in your country. Austria   Emotional support helpline Emotional support helpline is an Austrian helpline that provides emotional support to adults who are suffering from loneliness, are in a state of psychological crisis or thinking about committing suicide.Tel: 116123   SOS KINDERDORF-Rat auf Draht SOS KINDERDORF-Rat auf Draht offers 24-hour service, free of charge from all over Austria. Psychologists answer your questions and advise you on problems concerning children and adolescents.Tel: 147   Telefonseelsorge Telefonseelsorge offers 24-hour free, confidential support for people who are looking for a competent, empathetic, and confidential person to talk to.Tel: 142   24-Stunden Frauennotruf 24-Stunden Frauennotruf offers 24-hour free and confidential support for women and girls who have been affected by sexualised, physical, and/or psychological violence – no matter how long ago the experience of violence happened. violence including Sundays and public holidays. Tel: 0171719   Jedmayer Krisentelefon Jedmayer crisis hotline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Tel: 01 4000 53799   KIZ – Kriseninterventionszentrum für Kinder und Jugendliche in Not KIZ – Kriseninterventionszentrum für Kinder und Jugendliche in Not offers 24/7 support for youth and parents in Austria.Tel: 0 512 58 00 59   Kindernotruf hotline Kindernotruf offers 24-hour support if you have a problem or notice that a child in your area is having difficulties.Tel: 0 800 567 567   Männernotruf hotline Männernotruf hotline offers support for men in crisis and violent situations and can be reached from all over Austria.Tel: 0800 246 247   Kidsline Kidsline offers free of charge advice for young people from landlines and mobile phones. The helpline is available daily from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tel: 0800 234 123   Time4friends Time4friends is the youth platform of the Austrian Red Cross and Austrian Youth Red Cross You can reach them daily from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on WhatsApp.Tel: 0664 1070 144   Initiative for Development Crisis Hotline Initiative for Development Crisis Hotline offers support for the youths in Austria who are having serious problems including mental health problems.Tel: 510-66-36   Belgium Community Help Service Community Help Service is an anonymous, confidential, 24/7 telephone service that provides support in English to people who do not speak French or Dutch. Tel: 32 (0) 2 648 40 14   Zelfmoordlijn Centrum ter Preventie van Zelfmoord offers a 24-hour service for Dutch speakers in Belgium who are looking for help or information about suicide and its prevention. Tel: 1813   Tele Onthaal Tele Onthaal is a 24-hour support line in Belgium for Dutch speakers who are experiencing emotional problems of any kind. Tel: 106   Télé-Accueil Bruxelles Télé-Accueil Bruxelles lines are open 24 hours a day to any French speaker who needs to talk. Tel: 107   Centre de Prévention du Suicide Centre de Prévention du Suicide provides psychological support to French speakers experiencing problems and personal crises through dialogue to prevent them from taking their own life. Tel: 0800 32 123   103-Ecoute-Enfants 103-Ecoute-Enfants responds to children and adolescents who face difficulties and ask questions. The line is accessible from 10:00 to 24:00, every day. Tel: 103   Alcooliques Anonymes Alcooliques Anonymes offers support for alcoholics who want to recover. Tel: 78152556   Centre de Prévention des Violences Conjugales et Familiales Centre de Prévention des Violences Conjugales et Familiales offers support for people in Belgium ho have issues related to domestic violence. The line is available from 9am to 5pm. Tel: 02 539 27 44   Awel Youth Helpline Awel Youth Helpline offers support to children and young people in Belgium and is available from 4 pm to 10 pm, except on Sundays and public holidays. On Wednesdays and Saturdays, you can call from 2 pm. Tel: 102   Telefonhilfe Telefonhilfe offers 24-hour anonymous life support in the German-speaking community. Tel: 108 Chat: https://telefonhilfe.sittool.net/chat Email: https://mailberatung.telefonhilfe.be/accounts/login/?next=/ Belarus   Belarus Emergency Hotline Belarus Emergency Hotline offers 24-hour service to people throughout Belarus who are in an emergency situation or is at risk of suicide. Tel: 102   Минский областной клинический центр “Психиатрия – наркология” (Minsk Regional Clinical Centre ‘Psychiatry-Addiction’) Минский областной клинический центр “Психиатрия – наркология” (Minsk Regional Clinical Centre ‘Psychiatry-Addiction’) offers 24 hour support for people in Belarus. Tel: 375 (29) 899 04 01 (telegram,whatsapp viber) 375 (29) 101-73-73 (A1) 375 (17) 311-00-99 (landline phone)   Telephone Children’s Helpline Telephone Children’s Helpline provides 24-hour support for children in Belarus who are having a problem including mental health issues. Tel: 8 (801) 100-16-11 (calls from landlines are free)   Bosnia and Herzegovina Plavi Telefon Plavi telefon