Crisis Help Now
If you're in immediate danger or at risk of harming yourself or someone else right now, this page is the priority.
Your only goal is safer, not perfect.
A) Get physically safer (first aid for risk)
Pick the safest available step:
- Move to a more public or more supported space (near safe people).
- Put distance between you and anything you could use to harm yourself/others.
- If possible, ask someone to stay with you (in-person > phone > text).
- If you can't leave: go to a doorway / sit on the floor / keep hands visible / focus on "one safe minute."
B) Reach crisis support (U.S.)
- Call or text 988 for free, confidential crisis support (24/7/365).
- If there is immediate physical danger, emergency services may be needed (e.g., 911).
C) Then return to the skills flow
Once you're physically safer and the "red alert" drops even a little:
Go to: Check Into Your Body → Feelings → Change or Sit with It