5 resources
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Nationwide / online
Free 24/7 call, text or chat with a trained counsellor for suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, or when you simply cannot cope. No emergency required.
Institute on Aging Friendship Line
Nationwide / online
Free 24-hour warmline for people 60 and over — you can ring simply because you are lonely and want to talk to someone, not only in a crisis.
LGBT National Senior Hotline
Nationwide / online
Free peer support line staffed by LGBTQ+ volunteers specifically for older callers — coming out later in life, isolation, elder abuse, HIV worries, family estrangement. Monday to Friday 2–11pm ET, Saturday 12–5pm ET.
Trans Lifeline
Nationwide / online
Peer support line staffed entirely by trans and non-binary operators, with a firm policy of never calling police or emergency services without your explicit request. Monday to Friday, 1–9pm ET.
Veterans Crisis Line
Nationwide / online
Free confidential 24/7 support for veterans and service members from responders trained in military experience. No VA enrolment or benefits needed.
These organisations are independent of this community. We list them because members have found them useful, not as an endorsement of any particular service or advice they give.