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Suicide Help and Prevention Support

Find help here. You are not alone.

We’re here to connect you with trusted suicide help, emotional support, and mental health resources, whether you need immediate suicide crisis help, ongoing professional care, or community-based support.

You don’t have to have the right words or talk about everything right away. Sometimes simply being connected to someone who listens, taking a small step, or finding a moment of distraction can help ease the weight you’re carrying. Learning more about suicide prevention and breaking stigma can be a meaningful first step toward understanding and hope.

Seek Immediate Help
Ongoing Professional Help
Find a Support Group
Substance Use Disorder Help
Community Resources for all
Helpful Podcast Suggestions
Books on Suicide & Grief

Immediate Suicide Help & Crisis Support

If things feel overwhelming or unsafe, immediate help is available. You don’t have to navigate this alone. Free, confidential suicide help is available 24/7 through call, text, or chat.

When depression or suicidal thoughts make it hard to cope, reaching out to a suicide hotline can provide immediate relief, understanding, and safety, day or night.

Crisis Text Line

Text HOME to
741741
Connect with a trained Crisis Counselor via suicide hotline text

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Call 988

Free, confidential suicide help hotline available 24/7
Press 1 for Veterans

The Trevor Project LGBT Lifeline

866-4-U-TREVOR
(866-488-7386)

Warmlines

Peer & family mental health support by phone, weekdays M-F 9 am – 5 pm

If calling feels hard, texting or chat can be a powerful first step.

Where there is Help, there is hOPE

Find Professional Suicide Prevention Help

Psychology Today

Find the right therapist for you

ZOCDOC

Find local doctors who take your insurance

American Psychological Association

Find the right psychologist for you

If you’re not sure how to start the conversation, explore our conversation starters for mental health support to help open honest, life-saving dialogue.

Find a support group near you

There are hundreds of support groups that meet in person and virtually. For families experiencing deep loss, including those who have lost a child to suicide, connecting with others who truly understand can be a vital source of comfort. Support can also take many forms, grounded in compassion, connection, and shared experience.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Counseling Services Locator + Suicide Support Group Locator

Grief Share

Support groups led by people who understand

Compassionate Friends

Supporting families after a child dies

compassionatefriends.org

 

The Leftover Pieces

Guidance, comfort, connection & support after suicide loss

theleftoverpieces.com

 

Suicide Bereavement COachING

with Caro Brookings Personalized, compassionate coaching for those navigating loss after suicide.

Mental Health Resources for all Communities

Hotlines, Therapy, Counseling, Communities, Books, Podcasts and more…

Youth Suicide Prevention Help

AAKOMA
Jed Foundation
Youth Tech Health
...more youth resources available

Adult Mental Health Support

MentalHealth.gov
Mental Health America
Alcohol Rehab Guide
Veteran & Active Duty Resources
Tragedy Assistance Program For Survivors (TAPS)

Veterans & Active Duty Suicide Help

Tragedy Assistance Programs For Survivors

Resources to all those grieving a death in the military or veteran community

Wounded Warrior Project

Mental Health Services for Veterans

Veterans Crisis Line

Dial 988, then press 1

veteranscrisisline.net

 

VA Mental Health Services

 

va.gov

 

BIPOC Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Resources

Support and resources for Black, Indigenous, and people of color

Asian American Health Initiative
Black Girls Smile
MANA - A National Latina Organization
104 BIPOC Mental Health Resources
...more BIPOC resources

LGBTQ+ Suicide Help & Crisis Resources

Resources for people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and queer or questioning

The Trevor Project
Trans Lifeline
LGBTQ National Hotline
...more LGBTQ resources

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Helpful Podcasts for Suicide Loss & Healing

Listen in on powerfully helpful, hopeful, and healing conversations related to suicide loss.

Podcast cover for The Leftover Pieces featuring hands holding a white mug, focused on suicide loss conversations and healing.

The Leftover Pieces; Suicide Loss Conversations

Real conversations with other loss survivors, healers and mental health experts

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Good Mourning Grief

 A grief support group in a podcast, it’s a space where you’ll feel understood, connected to others and even have the odd ‘aha!’ moment where everything you’re experiencing starts to make more sense. Most importantly, you’ll feel less alone.

Podcast cover for Grief Seeds with minimalist black background and white text, focused on planting hope through grief.

Grief Seeds

Intuitive Grief Guide and author Shelby Forsythia offers insights, reframings, metaphors, and visualizations to plant seeds for your healing in life after loss.

Illustration of a kneeling figure drawn in pencil with the words “Not Allowed to Die,” expressing emotional pain and grief.

Not Allowed To Die By Daniel D Maigler

A therapist answering questions about therapy, mental health, coaching, and other related questions.

Podcast cover for Grieving Parents Sharing Hope featuring a lighthouse at sunset, symbolizing guidance and healing after loss.

Grieving Parents Sharing Hope

The Grieving Parents Sharing Hope podcast is an outreach of the national organization GPS Hope, which provides support and resources for bereaved parents, especially those who are struggling with their Christian faith after the death of their child.

Helpful Books for Suicide Loss & Grief

Cozy up with a good read that will help you along your journey of suicide loss and grief.

Book cover of Grieving a Suicide by Albert Y. Hsu, showing a reflective landscape symbolizing loss, comfort, and hope.

Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One’s Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope by Albert Y Hsu

While acknowledging that there are no easy answers, he draws on the resources of the Christian faith to point suicide survivors to the God who offers comfort in our grief and hope for the future.

Book cover of Bruised and Wounded by Ronald Rolheiser, focused on understanding suicide and emotional healing.

Bruised and Wounded: Struggling to Understand Suicide By Ronald Rolheiser

With chapters also on “Removing the Taboo,” “Despair as Weakness Rather than Sin,” “Reclaiming the Memory of Our Loved One,” and “The Pain of the Ones Left Behind,” Fr. Rolheiser offers hope and a new way of understanding death by suicide.

Book cover titled A Survival Guide with an ocean shoreline image, focused on coping in the early days after suicide loss.

A Survival Guide: Facing Life After Suicide Loss by Melissa Bottorff-Arey

This guide includes part of her story and some things she learned to help you navigate your way through so much uncertainty. It includes sections on the first days, the first weeks, the first months, ideas for self-care, many resources, and quotes that helped her.

Book cover of Aftermath by Gary Roe, featuring cracked earth imagery representing grief and recovery after suicide.

Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces After a Suicide by Roe Gary

Aftermath was written to...
* Be a companion for you in this unwanted, heart-crushing process that has been thrust upon you.
* Provide practical tools to help you pick up the pieces and begin to rebuild your heart and life.

Book cover of Too Soon to Say Goodbye with a peaceful river and sunset, symbolizing healing after suicide loss.

Too Soon to Say Goodbye: Healing and Hope for Victims and Survivors of Suicide

Too Soon to Say Goodbye offers a renewal of courage and faith for families and friends grieving the loss of a loved one to suicide. Written by three women all uniquely affected by suicide, the book explores the aftermath from a wide range of true stories.

Book cover of No Time to Say Goodbye by Carla Fine, focused on surviving the suicide of a loved one.

No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One by Carla Fine

With No Time to Say Goodbye, Carla Fine brings suicide survival from the darkness into light, speaking frankly about the overwhelming feelings of confusion, guilt, shame, anger, and loneliness that are shared by all survivors.

Book cover of Touched by Suicide by Michael F. Myers and Carla Fine, focused on hope and healing after loss.

Touched by Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss by Michael F. Myers & Carla Fine

In this definitive guide book, the authors combine their perspectives as a physician and a survivor to offer compassionate and practical advice to anyone affected by suicide.

Book cover of The Gift of Second by Brandy Lidbeck, featuring a wrapped package symbolizing healing after suicide loss.

The Gift of Second: Healing from the Impact of Suicide by Brandy Lidbeck

Explore the ins and outs of grief and trauma -Release the guilt and shame survivors carry -Recognize how to take care of yourself -Gain practical tips for enduring the first year -Discover what helps other survivors -Determine when to seek professional help -Stop replaying the past and blaming yourself -START healing in a healthy way

Book cover of Shattered by Rebecca Tervo, showing a woman with an umbrella symbolizing grief and resilience.

Shattered: From Grief to Joy After My Son’s Suicide by Rebecca Tervo.

This book tells how Rebecca reacted to the event that changed everything for her and her family. It describes the unrelenting and nearly unbearable grief and loss. Her grieving process is all laid out with raw honesty, but is told as if she was sitting with you on the front porch with a cup of coffee.

Book cover of When Your World Falls Apart by Dr. David Jeremiah, featuring a lone tree representing hope and restoration.

When Your World Falls Apart by David Jeremiah.

If you are struggling with anything in your life that is pulling you down or pulling you apart, this book will not only lift your spirits but remind you that God is walking with you. When Your World Falls Apart is an invaluable source of help and encouragement for people facing major obstacles in life.

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Take action for your Mental Health

The Honor Project is a platform to learn about mental health, access suicide prevention support, and share real stories that reduce stigma and save lives. Caring for your mental health can also mean being kind to your mind, building mental health capacity, and learning practical tips for enhancing mental wellbeing in everyday life.

Mental health doesn’t exist in isolation. Understanding how mental health affects physical health can help people recognize when additional care or support may be needed.

By sharing your story, you help others feel seen, heard, and less alone. Community, movement, and shared experiences, like walking together and talking about mental health, remind us that healing doesn’t have to happen alone. Through shared stories and resources, you can explore reflections on breaking the silence after loss and learn why the language we use around suicide matters.

Learn more here!

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