If you’re in crisis, you don’t have to be here.

The Long Light is a quiet place. It is not where the help you need right now lives. The numbers and links below connect you to people whose work is to be with you in this hour.

Call, or text, or click. The light will stay. It will be here when you come back.

Immediate help

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

For anyone in emotional distress, or thinking about suicide.

Call 988 · Text 988 · Chat online

24/7, in English and Spanish. Free and confidential.

Crisis Text Line

For text-first support, if calling is hard right now.

Text HOME to 741741

24/7 in the US, Canada, UK, and Ireland. Free and confidential.

911 — Emergency

If you are in immediate physical danger, or someone you love is, call 911. Outside the US, dial your local emergency number.

If you’re looking for something more specific.

Postpartum Support International
For the weight of new motherhood, postpartum depression, anxiety, and the parts of it no one named for you. Call 1-800-944-4773 · Text 800-944-4773 · postpartum.net
Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support
For miscarriage, stillbirth, and the loss of an imagined future. Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support: 1-800-821-6819 · nationalshare.org
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN)
For survivors of sexual assault, recent or long past. Call 1-800-656-4673 · rainn.org
SAMHSA National Helpline
For mental health and substance use — treatment referrals, information, support. Call 1-800-662-4357. 24/7, free and confidential, in English and Spanish.
Veterans Crisis Line
For veterans, service members, and the people who love them. Call 988, then press 1 · Text 838255
The Trevor Project
For LGBTQ+ young people in crisis, or anyone holding questions of identity in a hard moment. Call 1-866-488-7386 · Text START to 678-678

En español

Línea 988 — Prevención del Suicidio
Para cualquier persona en angustia emocional. Llama al 988 · Escribe AYUDA al 988. 24/7, gratuito y confidencial.
Línea Nacional de Violencia Doméstica
Llama al 1-800-799-7233. 24/7, en más de 200 idiomas.

Outside the United States

If none of these is the right one for what you’re carrying, that’s all right. Finding the right help can take more than one call. Keep going. You are worth the effort it takes.

The light is patient. It will be here.