What happens when someone calls a suicide hotline?

You will be connected to a very loving, kind, understanding person who will help you cope with your feelings and hopefully make you feel a lot better

I don't really know. I never had one called on me. My parents didn't know and very people knew about me being suicidal.

When Someone calls a suicide hot line, A trained personnel answers the call and listens to your situation. they May give you Calming techniques or give you recommended groups to visit or other trained personnel to help you!

When you call they will just ask you a few general questions for example how are you feeling, what's the reason etc they will basically be there as a from of support to talk to you in the hopes that you will choose to change your mind

they will have to talk to the person on the other end and the person on the other end will likely ask them to talk about how they're feeling

They will ask you a lot of questions about you, what is around you and in my experience they began asking me to describe certain things. "Tell me what is on your shelf." "What colors are in your room?" There main goal is to distract your mind and then they will try engage you in detailed conversation.

A person will talk you through steps in order to help you and make you feel better. If they are worried that you are in immediate danger of yourself, they will call an ambulance to your house.

Someone who is warm and genuine will answer the phone and tell you what hotline you've reached. They'll have to ask you if you're thinking of killing yourself, or if you've thought about it recently. They'll talk you through whatever is going on that made you call, and talk to you about the actual concept of killing yourself. Basically they're there to help you in the moment and give you someone who will listen and understand what you're going through.

When someone calls a suicide hotline they will be connected with someone who is trained to support and offer solace to those who are experiencing suicidal thoughts. They will help the person to think clearly about the situation, give hope and understanding to the person, and help them in making a safe plan to make sure they are going to be safe. They may also provide them with trusted resources such as contact information for a counsellor or mental health professional before the end of the call.

They say hello you say hello they ask you how you're doing then you talk about your problems and they try and help