Crisis Lifelines

Crisis Lifelines are numbers you can call or text to receive support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The person you talk to will be trained to help people who are in crisis, especially people who are having suicidal thoughts. You can also call when you’re not in a crisis, but still want support. Some of these lines differ in if/when they send crisis services like an ambulance if you don’t want one. You can always ask 9-8-8 to call an ambulance for you. The Trans Lifeline does not send an ambulance or police to you without your permission.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 9-8-8

  • The previous number still works too: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) 
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (español): 9-8-8 OR 1-888-628-9454 
  • National Suicide Prevention Textline: Text HOME to 9-8-8 OR 741-741
  • National Suicide Prevention Online Chat: https://988lifeline.org

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Resources for specific groups

  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing TTY Line: 1-800-799-4889 or dial 7-1-1 and then 9-8-8, or video call here.
  • LGBTQIA+ helpline: Call 9-8-8 and press 3
  • Native American, American Indian, Alaska Native Support: Call 9-8-8 and press 4
  • Veterans Crisis Line: 9-8-8 and press 1 OR 800-273-8255 and press 1  

Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line: Call or text 833-773-2445

The Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line is a group of trained health professionals such as nurses, clinicians, social workers, and psychiatrists who provide a range of services (and are not operated by law enforcement/police). You can call or text them 24/7 for their mobile crisis team, help finding therapy or medications or other supports, and crisis services.

Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860

Trevor Project Lifeline (a resource for LGBTQIA+ persons): 1-866-488-7386

THRIVE Lifeline

THRIVE Lifeline offers 24/7 text-based crisis support to anyone 18+ with specific focus on multiply marginalized communities. They do not engage in non-consensual active rescue and prioritize the texter's consent and autonomy.

  • Text: +1-313-662-8209

Call BlackLine

Call BlackLine® provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens. Call BlackLine® prioritizes BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color). By us for us.

  • Call: 1-800-604-5841

Additional helplines that are available at specific times (not 24/7)

  • Agora Crisis Center: 505-277-3013 (6 a.m.–midnight)
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Helpline: 1-800-950-6264 (Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. ET)
  • NAMI Textline: Text 62640 (Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. ET)
  • NAMI Online Chat: nami.org/help
  • LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 (Monday–Friday, 4 p.m.–midnight ET; Saturday, noon–5 p.m. ET)
  • LGBT Online Peer Support Chat: https://lgbthotline.org/chat
    Physician Support Line (for physicians and medical students): 1-888-409-0141 (8 a.m.–1 a.m. ET, 7 days a week)