Crisis Resources
Immediate help when someone is in crisis or danger.
When to Seek Professional Help
Indicators it is worth seeking advice from the services here are:
- 1You feel uncomfortable with the situation you are trying to help for your friend, family member or colleague
- 2You are worried by what you are being told
- 3The person you are trying to assist is expressing medium to strong ideas of not wishing to be alive
- 4The person you are trying to assist is expressing definite intentions of self-harm
Important:
Promises to be safe ideally need to be assessed by a professional. Promises of confidentiality have to be put aside when you realise a life is in danger. Although perhaps upset initially, the vast majority of survivors are glad eventually that someone intervened.
A useful question/message:
"If our positions were reversed, and I had your problems, what would you advise me to do?"
Crisis Helplines Within Sri Lanka
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