ring....ring....rin-
a boy picks up the black desk telephone as soon as he possibly could and presses the cold plastic to his ear.
"hello! this is 1-800-suicide prevention, what seems to be the problem?" the boy chirps into the phone, maybe he shouldn't radiate such happiness, but he had just got off the phone a few minutes ago and he felt extremely proud as he had stopped a suicide. at least he hoped he did.
the boy could hear nothing over the phone except for shaky breaths being released and sniffles. then he hears a cough and a few seconds later a weak, broken voice speak.
the boy was used to hearing such broken voices, but this one was different.
it was simultaneously low and high pitched, it sounded like they had been fighting for far too long.
like they had the world's biggest burden upon them and they had been struggling for years. but at the same time they sounded so young.
"i-i w-want to, i 'anna die." the fragile voice came out, loud sniffing coming after. the boy could hear the snot in the person's nose being sucked up.
the boy frowned, "could-" he cuts himself off when he hears his voice crack and restarts his sentence. "could you tell me why?" the boy asks.
"i-i can't live l-like, like this anymore. everything's s-so messed up and i hate myself a-and my family and i-i just can't do this anymore!" the voice on the other end cries and stutters their way through.
the boy working sighs, he wishes people didn't feel like this. he wishes the world wasn't cruel and mean.
"you can do this, okay? take a deep, slow breath...." the worker says gently, a practiced yet soothing voice.
he waits till he hears the breathing slow a bit to ask a question.
"what's your name?" he asks calmly, contradicting his body that was sitting on the edge of chair, on tense and nervous.
"l-louis. m'names louis." the voice says.
the boy nods, "that's a nice name. my name is harry, what's made you feel this way. could you tell me what happened this night?" harry asks. he grabs a thin, blue rubber band and ties his curly brown hair in a tight-yet messy bun.
"m-my mom hit me again b-because her s-stupid boyfriend touched me again, everything is too much tonight with everything that's going on at-" suddenly the voice is cut off, going deathly silent.
harry can hear a door open faintly and a dark voice yell something that sounded like, "get the fuck off the phone! you're using minutes you ain't pay for! if i tell ya again, you'll see what'll fucking happen!"
harry doesn't hear anything next, just slight movement on the phone and then a stifled cry.
"i-i have to go. i-i'm sorry, um, harry.".
the phone disconnects before harry had a chance to say something.
and let's just say that harry's mood had gone down a whole lot...
hello! welcome to my brand new story! 1-800-SUICIDE. i hope you guys enjoy this story!
uhm, it means a lot to me and i hope if you are reading this you aren't thinking about doing such a thing. it's not worth it, if you ever need some help, i am ALWAYS going to talk. you won't bother. ever.
list of numbers and websites for depression, suicide, anxiety, panic attacks, abuse, etc. even bullying and substance abuse. i'll be honest, i didn't even know they had so many for so many different reasons. but, they do and i'm glad.
SUICIDE:
- (1-800-273-8255 ) (English)
- ( 1-888-628-9454) (Spanish)
- (1-800-784-2433)
- (1-866-4-U-TREVOR) for LGBTQ Youth
- https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
- https://www.chatzy.com/suicide
- www.suicidestop.com/suicide_prevention_chat_online.html
- www.suicidestop.com/suicide_prevention_chat_usa.html
- https://www.imalive.org/
- https://www.contact-usa.org/chat.html
- https://www.crisistextline.org
DEPRESSION:
- https://www.depression-chat-rooms.org
- https://www.aplaceofhope.com/about-us/faqs/depression-hotline/
- samaritansnyc.org/24-hour-crisis-hotline/
- https://depression.org.nz/get-better/who-else-can-help/
ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS:
- https://www.mentalhelp.net/articles/anxiety-hotline/
- https://www.psychguides.com/guides/anxiety-hotline/
- https://teenhealthandwellness.com/static/hotlines
- https://www.crisistextline.org/anxiety/
- www.informationvine.com/Anxiety+Hotline
- https://www.lifeline.org.au/get-help/topics/panic-attacks
- www.anxietysocialnet.com/emergency-resources]
- 1-800-950-6264
ABUSE:
- www.thehotline.org/
- 1-855-4-VICTIM
- https://1in6.org/helpline
- https://supportgroup.1in6.org/#/terms-of-service
- (207-236-8858)
- (1-800-422-4453)
- ( 1-800-656-4673) online hotline for this one: https://hotline.rainn.org/online/
- (1-800-799-7233) or (1-800-787-3224)
- https://www.childhelp.org/hotline/
- https://www.dosomething.org/us/about/hotline-list
- www.joyfulheartfoundation.org/learn/sexual-assault.../hotlines-and-more-information
i hope i have helped in some way. the links most likely won't work on here and if you don't wanna copy and paste, ill post it on my feed.
written: june 24th, 2018
published: october 14th, 2018
11:34 PM
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1-800-SUICIDE
Short Storyin which harry works at a suicide prevention hotline and louis calls there when life gets to be too much. *lowercase intended *trigger warning *short chapters *slow updates
