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suicide prevention.
a collection of resources for people living with suicide
resources for people living with suicide:
click here for support for people living with suicide
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click here for information on talking about suicide
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click here for my emergency plan framework
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click here for tools i use to live w suicide and a precarious nervous system
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below are links to multiple alternatives to suicide meetings (held daily)
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click here to SUBMIT additional support resources
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click here to REQUEST additional support resources
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in support of people living w suicide, please consider offering support to the independent organizations listed. more info is included on each website.
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*antidote is centered in consent and harm reduction and does not support calling 911 for someone living with suicide bc of the harm i've suffered at the hands of law enforcement/911, involuntary psychiatric hospitalization, clinical care, and to my permanent public record. please understand next steps specific to geography if emergency services are contacted on behalf of someone living w suicide.
988 is connected to 911 geolocation through georouting.
useful apps:
please check with developer for up to date privacy and accessibility information
finch:
self-care pet app for executive function. take care of yourself by taking care of your pet. includes a wide variety of personalized self-care exercises.
virtual hope box:
upload personally supportive pictures, videos, and quotes (digital stay journal). includes positive activity planning, distraction tools, and interactive relaxation exercises.
antidote health:
antidote health believes the solution to suicide defies systems and can’t be monetized.
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antidote calls are centered in consent and harm reduction, opposed to carceral "care," and averse to clinical pathologization. there is no risk to participants of crisis intervention, reporting, or elevation in clinical care when sharing openly about suicide. participants can maintain anonymity, request accessibility needs, join and leave openly, and participate as desired (mic and camera optional). these calls provide space wo "trigger warnings." joining requires self-awareness, consent, and capacity. guidelines and values that are upheld: click here.
antidote offers support directly FROM members of our community TO members of our community of people living with suicide. each individual is equal. we give when we can and take when we need to with the goal of preserving and balancing the space for each other as an alternative to suicide.
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our facilitators are members of the alternatives to suicide community and share the mutual experience of living with suicide. if you’re living with suicide and interested in providing support, please contact antidote health to get involved. this work happens one moment at a time. every moment given to people living with suicide by people living with suicide is suicide prevention.
antidote calls are scheduled weekly with fluidity to echo the experience of living with suicide (outside normal business hours) and are based on the availability of facilitors. please check meeting times often as we test and refine our schedule to best fit needs. if you’re struggling at a time a meeting isn’t offered, there is 24hr/day peer support available through wildflower alliance's discord channel.
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most of antidote health's alternatives to suicide calls are reserved for people with the mutual experience of living w suicide. the saturday call welcomes everyone and is open to people with lived/living experience, loved ones of people living w suicide, clinicians, students, reporters, etc. the same guidelines and values are upheld; there is no risk of crisis intervention or elevation in clinical care on the saturday call.
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(antidote zoom meetings are set to end to end encryption)
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suicide noted is an independent podcast where suicide attempt survivors (and ideators) can actually talk openly and honestly without being fixed, shamed, stigmatized, threatened, criticized, patronized, compared, invalidated, pitied, diagnosed, judged or any of that b.s.
our primary goal is simply to help more people in more places feel a little less shitty and a little less shitty and less alone. please rate, review, subscribe and let folks know about us - thank you.
for more info: suicidenoted.com
wildflower alliance:
https://wildfloweralliance.org/
The Wildflower Alliance is a grassroots Peer Support, Advocacy, and Training organization with a focus on harm reduction and human rights.
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peer warmline:
phone number: (888) 407-4515
monday - thursday 7pm-9pm (eastern time US)
friday - sunday 7pm-10pm (eastern time US)
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alternatives to suicide calendar: https://wildfloweralliance.org/alternatives-to-suicide/
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discord server (24/7): https://wildfloweralliance.org/discord/
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the yarrow collective:
https://www.yarrowcollective.org/
Yarrow Collective is a by/for/with lived experience organization that builds non-carceral, consent-based alternatives to mental health services through peer support, recovery, and harm reduction. As a community, we: allow space for mental distress, awaken to the wisdom of our lived experiences, aspire towards healing justice, amplify our voices, & advocate for meaningful choice and change.
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online calendar: https://www.yarrowcollective.org/online-calendar
kiva centers:
We are a peer-run organization dedicated to community building and systems change. We recognize the enormity of the work ahead, which is why our four core programs are not just about recovery, they are designed to reimagine mental health altogether. We support those most impacted to lead, not only in their own healing but as the architects of a more just and thriving society.
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peer warmline:
phone number: (508) 688-5898
monday – friday, 8pm–12:00 midnight (eastern time US)
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online calendar: https://kivacenters.org/online-peer-support/
PAUSE (people addressing and understanding suicide experiences):
PAUSE Listening Spaces:
https://pauseint.org/listening-spaces/
Listening Spaces are free, monthly, welcoming spaces for open sharing about personal experiences with suicide (attempts, loss, suicidal ideation, caregiving, etc.) and are non-interventional spaces. People living with suicidal ideation experiences are welcome. Please be aware that the space for shared listening is not set up for experience management.
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PAUSE Suicide Experiences Panels:
https://pauseint.org/suicide-experiences-panels/
In this series of panel discussions, we’ll delve into the details of how suicide is experienced and prevented. Researchers, clinicians, and academics will explore suicidal experiences with people who have lived experience. Both previous attempters and those who have lost loved ones to suicide will have candid discussions about what suicide is, what it means, and how to survive.
national empowerment center:
Mission: To carry a message of recovery, empowerment, hope and healing to people with lived experience with mental health issues, trauma, and extreme states.
https://power2u.org/crisis-alternatives/
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directory of peer respites (short term stay):
https://power2u.org/directory-of-peer-respites/
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directory of peer warmlines:
https://power2u.org/peer-run-warmlines-resources/
thrive lineline:
Non-carceral crisis, warmline, and group support, centering multiply marginalized communities. Fully grassroots. Built by and for community.
aurem trauma experts:
https://www.traumaexperts.org/
Comprehensive anti-pathology, trauma-informed expert witnesses, registered professionals, and experienced consultants for you and your clients.
Family Court | Criminal Investigations | Complaints and Inquiries | Private Therapies and Support | Case Advice and Guidance | Assessments and Evaluations
the icarus project:
https://icarusprojectarchive.org/
The Icarus Project preserves and shares the radical legacy of a movement that re-imagined “mental illness” as a source of wisdom and community. Gathering two decades of zines, art, and stories, the archive honors a network that helped transform how we understand madness, healing, and collective care. It is not a memorial but a resource for educators, researchers, peer supporters, and anyone building new futures of radical mental health—both a record and a spark for those still searching for language, kinship, and possibility in the space between brilliance and madness.
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fireweed collective:
https://fireweedcollective.org/
Fireweed Collective offers mental health education and mutual aid through a Healing Justice and Disability Justice lens. We support the emotional wellness of all people and center QTBIPOC folks in our internal leadership, programs, and resources.
Our work seeks to disrupt the harm of systems of abuse and oppression, often reproduced by the mental health system. Our model for understanding ‘severe mental illness’ is community and relationship-based and divests from the prison industrial complex and psych wards.
sarah broas:
https://sarahbroas.com/peer-support-offerings/
online calendar w a collection of group offerings
'"i'm in memory" practice'
strategies to process traumatic memories contributed by a member of the alternatives to suicide community:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1vhxJHm-GHdUclp50d-H-8gElsEf-S-lHiH2iCiiy2_A/mobilebasic
care on our terms zine
"we hope this zine inspires you to dream up new desires for care and to build towards those desires in your own networks."
https://translifeline.org/safe-hotlines/zine/
mental health resources
collected and updated by a member of the alternatives to suicide community:
if i'm talking, i'm alive.