Guides
The hard part is rarely the hour of the crisis. It is the weeks after — when the crisis team has gone, the waiting list is long, and nobody has told you what recovery is supposed to feel like. These are for that.
Supporting someone who is suicidal
How to ask directly, what helps, what to avoid, and how to keep going without burning out.
If someone has died by suicide
What makes this grief different, and where to find people who have been through it.
What to say when you can't find the words
Wording for texting a friend, telling a doctor, or starting with a crisis line.
Getting help without speaking
For anyone who cannot make a phone call — and why that is not a failure.
Grounding when a feeling is too big
Breathing, 5-4-3-2-1, and the cold water technique.
Being written
These are drafted but not published. We are not putting up placeholder pages for them — an empty page that ranks in search and then disappoints someone in trouble is worse than not existing.
- Getting a first GP appointment when you cannot face making the call
- Surviving a long waiting list — what to do in the gap
- What a mental health assessment is actually like
- Going to A&E or the emergency room for a mental health crisis
- The first 72 hours after a hospital stay
- Telling your employer, and what you are not obliged to say
- Sleep, alcohol and low mood
- Relapse and setbacks — why getting worse again is not starting over
- Money worries, debt and mental health