If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, or feeling suicidal, please contact your doctor immediately.

If you are feeling suicidal then we know that you are in a great deal of pain and suffering. We would like you to get through this, as many others have (many that have felt as you are feeling now). Is there someone that you could talk to? Talking does help. There are people and organisations that want to help and support you. Please take the time to look at the list below and make contact with one of these organisations or agencies (or have a look at the page for your area).

Contacts and support for those who are suicidal

Note: The links are provided as a convenience only and should not be taken as an endorsement of any website, content, product or service. Visits to linked websites are at your own risk.

Suicide prevention contacts worldwide

www.befrienders.org: Befrienders Worldwide provide emotional support for people in distress and have suicide helplines in many different countries around the world.

Suicide prevention contacts in the UK and Ireland

www.papyrus-uk.org: resources and support for those dealing with suicide, depression or emotional distress – particularly teenagers and young adults.

www.samaritans.org.uk: Samaritans offer 24-hour support for people in distress or despair, including those feeling suicidal. They have branches all over the UK and Ireland and most branches are able to offer services via telephone, email, letter and face to face.

We sincerely hope that before reaching this sentence you have made a call for help - if you haven't please do. At the very least, take some time to read this.