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How to reach out for help with suicidal thoughts

I've been having thoughts about self-harm and I want to tell someone but I'm scared they'll overreact and try to hospitalize me or something.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The need for connection and the fear of consequences create an impossible bind.

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