Safety before engagement
You deserve support that protects your dignity.
stranger is for peer support and human connection. It is not therapy, medical care, or a replacement for professional mental-health care or emergency services.
If someone may be in immediate danger
Move toward real-time, local help now.
Contact emergency services, a qualified mental-health professional, or a trusted person nearby. Stay with someone if it is safe to do so. We do not diagnose people, and a community room cannot provide emergency intervention.
Emergency services
If there is immediate danger, contact your local emergency service now.
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If you can, move toward another person and tell them you need support right now.
Make a simple planHow we show up for each other
- 1Listen before judging.
- 2Don't minimize someone's feelings.
- 3Don't force advice.
- 4Don't make someone's struggle about yourself.
- 5Don't share a conversation outside its room.
- 6Don't ask for personal information.
- 7Don't pressure anyone to reveal their identity.
- 8Don't encourage harmful behavior.
- 9Respect different experiences.
- 10Be the person you would want to meet on your hardest day.