Anyone here had a bad experience with suicide hotlines?

[Area Man]

I mean as in you try to explain your issues and they don't take them serious or are incredibly insensitive. If you have you can share your dumpster fire stories here.

My experience was some people identifying me as a 'pervy loser' and laughing about it in the background while relaying aspects of my personal information between themselves because I'd been doxxed. Whatever happened to me has gone viral but my evidence pool is dry so I might as well say I'm being gangstalked. Nonetheless that was a really bad experience I had recently. I made my first serious suicide attempt since.

 

[sharky]

I have not but you should report them. That's absolutely unacceptable to have someone laugh at you. Makes me angry tbh

 

[Eternity]

I'm sorry you had to go trough that :( morons.

I never called hotlines, but my mental health center has a crisis team hotline. I called, just a week after an attempt, and admitted I was severe suicidal again. Their response? I should practice gardening in my parents garden to calm down.
Never called again.

 

[jawdropped123]

Ive never called but i have chatted with them (anxiety yk :/ ) and at first i got immediate response. I was starving and dehydrating myself and i couldnt stop. After a little while they asked me if i was going to hurt myself atm i told them no and they ask if i had anything sharp with me i said no. So after that i didnt get constant response from them anymore so having a conversation was really hard and they closed the chat got closed before i could get any help. They nearly failed me.

 

[Area Man]

I have not but you should report them. That's absolutely unacceptable to have someone laugh at you. Makes me angry tbh

Not sure what good that would do. I've reported folks before for shit like this and that's what led to my doxxing in the first place. I'm just an unemployed dude with a bad reputation, I have no value to them.

 

[Shu]

They always have cops show up at my house.

 

[Fish Face]

I'm sorry you had to go trough that :( morons.

I never called hotlines, but my mental health center has a crisis team hotline. I called, just a week after an attempt, and admitted I was severe suicidal again. Their response? I should practice gardening in my parents garden to calm down.
Never called again.

Same experience as me practically but mine was go for a walk and get an Iceland £1 Iceland lasagne, i.e.the epitomy of depression in boxed food form. Now I just get the police, some of whom are nice but the last one was extremely insulting, but all just pretty useless. Everything is just geared to people who feel a bit down.

 

[Ready2GoNow2022]

I called the Samaritans once. After explaining what I was going through, they hung up on me.

 

[Al_stargate]

I called an official suicide prevention hotline in my country recently. The first thing I asked, is the number free. The person replied 'yes'. Then we talked about 12 minutes till I got disconnected because I used all my credits on my prepaid phone card. Luckily I called from a prepaid phone. So basically they make money when you call. That's fine but the person could be honest about it. There is another samaritan phone line in my country that is for free, but almost impossible to get a hold of someone. But there is no point anyway they can't help me, so why bother.

 

[Aeathelina]

I wouldnt necessarily say that it was bad but speaking to them made me realize that my life is so fucked because even if I receive immediate treatment.... I wouldn't be able to afford the follow up medication and/or therapy. So I've given up on ever calling the hotlines ever again

 

[OpheliasFlowers]

I called one a couple times years ago immediately (as in, within 24 hours) of my mom passing, and because of my isolated life/no friends/not close to other family, my severe anxiety and depression, I had no one else to talk to and I so desperately wanted to hear a comforting voice and simply be heard, even if only for a short while. Well, the experience of calling - both times - was frustrating, pointless, and made me feel worse, even angry. Both people I spoke to seemed disinterested (one moreso than the other) and were clearly following scripts, and the calls felt rushed and were in no way helpful. I know there have to be some truly caring people who work for/volunteer for these hotlines, but I think most of them are doing it for other reasons, like school or pad a resume, or they get burnt out by the calls but keep doing it. I don't know. I also felt, though desperate to unload/vent/be heard/get comforted/maybe even get some kind of help (I don't know what) very wary and nervous that I might say something that'd prompt a visit by the police or get me thrown into the psych ward and I'd only been in one 6 mos before my mom passing and I will *NEVER EVER EVER* allow or agree to that hell again if I can avoid it, so that fear probably colored my experience as well.

I know some people feel better after calling these phone lines, or text services, or whatever option they use, and I'm glad for them. But for me I'll never call again and talk to some uncaring, disinterested anonymous person following a script who doesn't sincerely give a shit, really. And the fear of negative repercussions of calling has increased for me, so that's another reason I'll never call one again.

 

[jakaranda3]

Best hotline is SS

 

[its-about-time]

Called a national hotline once here in US. Got disconnected after waiting for a person to be available. Actually called BACK and was able to talk to someone, who basically spent a few minutes pestering me for my exact location and refused to let me talk about what I was going through (literally, I said I just need to talk, and she said no lol). So, that was pretty pointless.

There's a 24-hour mental health crisis center really close to my house. I've gone a few times. They're pretty great. Therapists on staff 24/7, food and drink, ability to prescribe short term meds, you can stay for 24 hours, and they can admit you directly to the psych ward or other lesser respite services whereas normally you'd have to go to the emergency room for that. I'm not willing to go there anymore as I'm not interested in help, but it's a fantastic service.