Urgent help

If you need support right now.

Sthiti is a daily practice, not a crisis service. If you’re going through something heavy, you deserve a real person alongside you. The lines below are free and confidential, and many are open any time.

If you’re in immediate danger

Call your local emergency number: 999 (UK) · 911 (US & Canada) · 000 (Australia) · 112 (EU & much of Europe).

Thoughts of suicide or self-harm

Someone to talk to now.

UK & Ireland — Samaritans: call 116 123
US & Canada — 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988
Australia — Lifeline: call 13 11 14, or text 0477 13 11 14
Netherlands — 113 Zelfmoordpreventie: call 0800-0113 (free) or 113

Anywhere in the world — Find A Helpline finds free, confidential help in your country and language.

Domestic abuse, or feeling unsafe with someone

UK — National Domestic Abuse Helpline (Refuge): call 0808 2000 247
US — National Domestic Violence Hotline: call 1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788
Australia — 1800RESPECT: call 1800 737 732, or text 0458 737 732
Netherlands — Veilig Thuis: call 0800-2000

If someone may be monitoring your phone, a call from a trusted friend’s phone, or the website chat, can be safer than a text — texts can be saved on a device.