What you wrote matters.

If you are thinking about ending your life, you deserve to talk with someone right now. These people answer.

ERAN, emotional support (Israel): 1201, or WhatsApp 052-8451201

NATAL, trauma helpline (Israel): 1-800-363-363

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (US): call or text 988

In danger right now: your local emergency number (Israel: 100 police, 101 ambulance)

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You can keep writing here, or stop and come back. We'll be here.

No account. Nothing is saved unless you choose.

Inhale through your nose for four counts. Exhale through your mouth for six. The circle expands and shrinks with you.

Or try instead:

Cross your arms over your chest, hands resting on the opposite shoulder. Tap left, then right. Match the rhythm of the circles. Continue for one to three minutes.

Or try instead:

Foot rub

In a hard moment, the feet are easy to forget. Rub your feet with whatever is near: a sock or a tissue in your hand, the floor under them, or the grass. Slow circles, heel to toes, wherever it feels good.

Or try instead:

If you had to give it a name, what would you call it?

A name lets you look at the difficulty from a little distance, as something you are facing and not who you are.

What you write stays on this page unless you choose to keep it.

Start from what is visiting:

Others have called their problem:

If you'd like, there is one more small step.

What is visiting you right now?

Feelings come and go like visitors. When a feeling has a name, you can notice it without becoming it.

Some people say:

Keep what I wrote, too. Create your free account and it will be here whenever you need it.

In crisis: ERAN 1201 · NATAL 1-800-363-363 · 988 (US)
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