Crisis Support
This page shares peer-led resources and community-based crisis lines from Thrive Lifeline. If you’re in distress, you deserve care that honors your voice, respects your autonomy, and affirms the truth of your lived experience.
Start where you are. There’s space for you here.
Crisis Support Notice
This site isn’t a crisis service and I can’t respond in real-time. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to turn, you deserve care that meets you where you are — without judgment or coercion.
Many traditional crisis lines involve law enforcement, which may not feel safe or supportive for everyone. If you’re looking for community-based, peer-led, or identity-affirming support, here are some options you can explore:
Warmlines & Helplines
✿ Fireside Project: 623-473-7433
Support before, during, or after psychedelic experiences. Identity-matching available for BIPOC, trans folks, and veterans. Open daily, 11am–11pm PT.
✿ Warmline.org
Directory of state-by-state warmlines for non-crisis emotional support. Visit warmline.org
✿ StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483
Culturally relevant, confidential support for Native American survivors of domestic and sexual violence. 24/7.
✿ The SQSH: 1-844-785-7774
LGBTQIA+ affirming support line. Open Fri–Mon, 11am–5pm PT.
✿ Project LETS Urgent Line: Text 401-400-2905
Peer support for folks at risk of psychiatric incarceration or hospitalization. Mon–Sat, 7am–1pm PT.
✿ A Call for Change Helpline: 877-898-3411
Anonymous, confidential support for people wanting to stop abusive behavior in intimate relationships. Daily, 7am–7pm PT.
Community-Based Crisis Lines
✿ Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 (US) | 877-330-6366 (Canada)
Peer support and crisis line run by and for trans people. Open Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm PT.
✿ Call BlackLine: 1-800-604-5841
Crisis support and a confidential avenue for reporting police or vigilante harm. Centering Black, LGBTQ+, and Black femme experiences. Available Mon–Fri, 6am–2pm PT, Sat–Sun, 4pm–8pm PT.
✿ LGBT National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
Confidential support for people of all ages exploring sexual orientation and gender identity. Mon–Fri, 11am–8pm PT; Sat, 9am–2pm PT.
✿ Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: 1-888-407-4515
Peer-to-peer emotional support from people with lived experience of trauma, addiction, and more. Mon–Thurs, 4–6pm PT; Fri–Sun, 4–7pm PT.
Other Peer Support
These resources offer peer support and connection outside of crisis. Many include virtual support groups, identity-affirming spaces, and non-clinical options rooted in lived experience. You don’t have to be in a crisis to reach out.
✿ Stronger U
❁Peer support and non-carceral wellness resources for multiply marginalized people.
❁ Support groups & Discord: strongeruwellness.com/services/stubborn-survivors
✿ Alternatives to Suicide Groups
❁ Peer-led spaces to explore suicidal thoughts without fear of involuntary intervention.
Find groups via:
❁ IG: @blackfullaalt2su (First Nations only)
✿ Kiva Centers
Daily virtual peer support groups for trauma, emotional distress, and substance use.
✿ Wildflower Alliance
Peer-led organization offering healing support for those impacted by trauma, homelessness, extreme states, and more.
✿ Peer Support Space
Community of peer support rooted in lived experience.
Virtual daily groups: Linktree
Other Resources
These tools and directories can offer grounding, reflection, or connection to non-clinical care—especially when you’re not sure where to start. Many were created by and for communities navigating distress, marginalization, and systemic harm.
✿ Peer Respite Centers
❁ Voluntary, non-clinical crisis support for short-term overnight stays.
✿ Abolition-Centered Care Provider Database
❁ Directory of therapists, social workers, peer supporters, and healers committed to non-carceral care.
✿ Don’t Call The Police
❁ City-specific alternatives to calling 911.
✿ Independent Peer Supporter Database
❁ Find peer supporters who offer anti-carceral care.
Self-Help Tools & Skills
✿ Safety Plan Workbook-Zine (by Call Bubbie)
❁ A printable workbook for building a personalized safety plan.
✿ Mad Survival Tools
❁ Resources from mad and queer communities for staying grounded.
✿ Stronger U Coping Tools
❁ Free worksheets and guides for navigating distress.
✿ Interactive Self-Care Guide
❁ Step-by-step decision support when everything feels like too much.
✿ Alternatives to Self Harm (by Project LETS)
❁ A list of grounding strategies to reduce harm.
✿ THRIVE Resource Database
❁ Curated tools for emotional support, harm reduction, and crisis care.
✿ For When You Want to Give Up Zine
❁ A soft and honest zine for hard moments.
✿ Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psych Drugs
❁ By Fireweed Collective — A compassionate guide for tapering with support.
Strategies to Reduce Involuntary Intervention
Note: These tips may reduce risk but cannot guarantee protection when contacting clinical or carceral systems (such as 988 or 911).
✿ Avoid disclosing self-harm thoughts, suicidal history, or current suicidal thoughts when possible.
✿ Use phrases like “overwhelmed” or “struggling” instead of saying “I want to die.”
✿ Ask the operator directly if you’re being flagged as “imminent risk.”
✿ Use a burner phone if you’re concerned about traceability.
✿ Call while walking or driving to avoid being easily located.
Informational Links:
✿ What happens during a wellness check?
✿ Look up your state’s laws on forced treatment
Acknowledgments
This list of resources was adapted from the community-centered, non-carceral crisis and support guide created by Thrive Lifeline. Their work uplifts peer-based, abolition-centered, and trauma-informed care.
I am deeply grateful for the energy, labor, and heart they’ve offered in compiling these resources.
✿ For a beautifully organized, peer-centered resource guide, download the official Thrive Lifeline PDF