HELP

Immediate Support for When You Need It

If you’re here, you might be in crisis.

Or you might just be at the edge of your limit.

Either way — we’ve got you.

For real-time tools, referrals, and resources that meet you exactly where you are — without shame, delay, or fluff.

🔴 Urgent Resources (U.S.-Based)

📞 National Domestic Violence Hotline

Call: 800-799-7233

Text: START to 88788

Visit: thehotline.org

Free. 24/7. Confidential. They won’t pressure you — they’ll support you.

📱 Crisis Text Line

Text: HELLO to 741741

Visit: crisistextline.org

For any emotional crisis — anxiety, panic, trauma, or overwhelm.

🏥 Find Emergency Shelter

Visit: https://www.domesticshelters.org

Search by ZIP for immediate access to shelter, housing, and local advocates.

⚖️ Legal Aid & Protective Orders

Visit: https://www.womenslaw.org

Legal info, support chat, and protection strategies in plain English.

🧠 Mental Health Support Directory

Visit: nami.org/help or call 800-950-NAMI (6264)

The National Alliance on Mental Illness offers help, education, and connection.

🧭 What Help Looks Like Here

Not everyone can leave right away.

Not everyone has family support.

Not everyone has the words yet to name what’s happening.

This page holds space for:

• • Emotional survival tools

• • Grounding techniques for panic, flashbacks, or shutdown

• • Guides to get through the next 10 minutes, 10 hours, or 10 days

• • Low-barrier mental health resources

• • Survivor-led directories and safety planning tools

💬 You Don’t Have to Be “Sure” to Reach Out

You might still be wondering:

• • “Is this really abuse?”

• • “What if I’m just too sensitive?”

• • “What if it gets worse if I speak up?”

Those questions don’t disqualify you from support.

They mean you’re already in the storm — and help is still valid.

🛠️ Immediate Tools You Can Use

🧘 Grounding Techniques

→ Try the 5-4-3-2-1 method to calm your nervous system fast.

📓 Boundary Scripts

→ “I’m not comfortable with that.”

→ “Let’s revisit this when we’re both calm.”

→ “I need time and space right now. That’s not up for debate.”

📬 Documenting Abuse

→ Use apps like DocuSAFE to safely log texts, voicemails, and incidents.

💬 Helping Someone Else

→ Share your story.

🧡 Final Word

You’re not alone.

You’re not crazy.

You’re not weak for needing help — you’re wise for reaching for it.

Even if you never come back here again, let this be the moment you remember:

Help was always allowed.

And you never had to earn it.