If tonight is bad
You do not have to be in crisis to call.
The people on the other end of these lines are trained, free, and will not judge you. Most callers are not actively suicidal — they are just having a week they cannot carry alone.
Outside the US or Canada? Find a verified helpline in your country. In immediate physical danger? Call 911.
Answered 24/7
Lines that are staffed right now.
Every one of these is free, confidential, and open at whatever hour you are reading this.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Free, confidential support for anyone in distress, 24/7. Call or text. You do not have to be suicidal to use it.
Crisis Text Line
Text with a trained volunteer Crisis Counselor. Useful if talking out loud feels impossible.
988 Lifeline online chat
The same trained counsellors, over web chat. For anyone who will type but will not pick up a phone.
Veterans Crisis Line
Staffed by people who understand military service. You do not need to be enrolled in VA care.
Emergency services
If someone is in immediate physical danger, do not wait for a helpline.
Find A Helpline
Verified crisis lines in more than 130 countries. Pick your country and it tells you exactly who to contact.
The directory
Everything else, sorted by what you are dealing with.
Filter by situation or search by name. Nothing here costs money or requires an account.
- For men
r/GuyCry
Around 200,000 men, active around the clock. The community behind Legacies of Men.
Free · anonymous
- For men
HeadsUpGuys
Evidence-based information built specifically for men experiencing depression, including a self-check.
- For men
Movember — Real Face of Men’s Health
Research and practical tools on men’s mental health, including how to have a hard conversation with a mate.
- For men
Man Therapy
Mental health information for men that does not talk down to you. Includes a confidential 20-point head inspection.
- For menFind a therapist
7 Cups
Free, anonymous chat with a trained volunteer listener, 24/7. No account needed to be heard.
- For men
Men’s Minds Matter
Self-help strategies built specifically around preventing male suicide, from a clinical psychology team.
- FathersOutside the US
Fathers’ Mental Health / Dad Matters
Support for new and expectant fathers struggling with the transition, including after a difficult birth or loss.
- Money & gambling
NFCC — nonprofit credit counselling
Free or low-cost debt counselling. Financial pressure is one of the strongest predictors of male suicide, and it is fixable.
- Veterans
VA Mental Health Services
The full range of VA mental health care, and how to access it whether or not you are enrolled.
- Veterans
Make the Connection
Thousands of veterans telling their own stories, searchable by what you are going through.
- Youth
JED Foundation
Mental health support built around teens and young adults, including a resource centre by topic.
- Addiction
Alcoholics Anonymous
Free peer meetings almost everywhere, most days, including online.
- Addiction
SMART Recovery
A secular, science-based alternative to twelve-step programmes, in person and online.
- Grief & loss
Alliance of Hope
Support specifically for people bereaved by someone else’s suicide, including a 24/7 forum.
- For menAbuse & violence
1in6
Built specifically for men who have experienced unwanted or abusive sexual experiences. Anonymous chat available.
- Find a therapistFor men
NAMI Connection support groups
Free peer-led groups running in person and online across the US, for anyone living with a mental health condition.
- Find a therapist
Psychology Today therapist finder
Filter by insurance, cost, speciality and whether they take new clients.
- Find a therapist
Open Path Collective
Therapy at $40–$80 a session for people who cannot afford full rates.
- Find a therapist
Mental Health America screening
Free, anonymous, clinically validated screening tools — a useful first step if you are not sure what is going on.
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Legacies of Men is peer support, not treatment.
We are men helping men, working through a structured curriculum together. That is genuinely powerful and it is not a substitute for a clinician. Many men use both — and for a lot of them, a meeting is what finally made the doctor's appointment feel possible.