Immediate danger
Call 911 now for immediate danger, medical emergency, or urgent safety risk.
This page helps route crisis support across the United States, including emergency help, 988, text and chat support, identity-safe pathways, and practical mental health support.
In the United States, 988 offers free, confidential crisis support 24/7 by call, text, or chat for mental health distress, suicidal crisis, substance use concerns, or emotional overwhelm. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
Call 911 now for immediate danger, medical emergency, or urgent safety risk.
Use 988 for urgent emotional distress, suicidal crisis, substance use concerns, or mental health crisis. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
988 also offers live online chat when speaking feels harder.
Support for suicidal thoughts, immediate emotional crisis, or fear for your safety.
Support for panic, emotional overwhelm, severe distress, or escalating mental health symptoms.
Support for substance use distress, crisis escalation, or concern about someone else. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}
Texting 988 can be easier when speaking feels too hard, too fast, or too overwhelming. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}
Online chat can offer quieter, lower-pressure crisis support with more time to process. :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6}
Written support can help when speech, sensory load, shutdown, anxiety, or overwhelm make calls harder.
Find support that feels safer around identity, gender, sexuality, culture, faith, and belonging.
Find calmer, clearer, lower-pressure support that is easier to process.
Find safer next-step support for housing, family stress, safety, and immediate practical needs.
Lower-pressure written crisis support when speaking feels harder.
Open text/chat supportFind support by age, identity, and support role.
Open audience supportIdentity-safe crisis support for gender, sexuality, and belonging.
Open LGBTQIA+ supportLower-pressure support for autistic, ADHD, and otherwise neurodivergent people.
Open ND supportReturn to North America crisis support.
Open North AmericaReturn to the wider crisis support hub.
Open crisis hubAspie Answers provides education, signposting, and supportive information. This page is not a replacement for emergency care, medical advice, therapy, legal advice, safeguarding, or professional crisis assessment. In an emergency, contact local emergency services immediately or use the safest crisis pathway available where you are.