Reaching out

[Lalafeelinghopeless]

Hello everyone! I’ve never spoken or asked for help, I’ve been feeling suicidal the last few days , mainly from financial stress, can anyone give me any advice on what or who helps them ? Thank you

[Sophie_M]

Hi Lalafeelinghopeless,

Welcome to our friendly online community. We understand that it can be difficult asking for help, so thank you for reaching out here. We're so sorry to hear that you've been feeling suicidal. We're checking in with you privately.

Can we ask if you are receiving any mental health support, or have you in the past? If you would like some help finding mental health support, we would recommend that you get in contact with the Beyond Blue Support Service. They are available 24/7 by phone on 1300 22 4636 or on Webchat 3pm-12am AEST on our website: www.beyondblue.org.au/getsupport  One of our friendly counsellors will be able to talk through these feelings with you and can offer support, advice and referrals.

You might also be interested in our page on "Feeling suicidal", or checking out one of the shared community threads, ‘What’s kept or keeping you here?”.

Thanks again for reaching out here. Please feel free to tell us more about what you've been thinking and feeling here on your thread. 

 

[smallwolf]

hi and welcome to the forums.

I am glad, though in unfortunate circumstances, that you have started to speak about what you are going through. And the people here are supportive and non-judgemental. Financial stress is one of the most stressful things, and I think if you can talk to someone about this you have another options to resolve the problem. In relation to your question, perhaps the best starting place is

national debt helpline (https://ndh.org.au/)

Peace to you, Tim

[Lalafeelinghopeless]

Thank you! I’ve been feeling overwhelmed and emotional about my situation, I’m finding it hard to do normal things and being socially active .

[Lalafeelinghopeless]

Thank you Tim, I’m hoping by talking about it in here it will help me open up and get help , I find it hard to ask for help so Here I am .