About & safety
What this is
Stay With Me is a small, quiet place to get through a few very hard minutes. It asks nothing of you: no account, no explaining, no promises about tomorrow.
What it can't do
Stay With Me is a supportive self-help resource, not emergency medical care, professional treatment, or a substitute for emergency services. The website cannot assess injuries, poisoning, overdose, or other medical emergencies and cannot guarantee anyone's physical safety. If you have already seriously injured yourself, taken an overdose, are having difficulty breathing, are losing consciousness, or believe your life may be in immediate danger, seek emergency medical care now.
Saying that isn't us stepping away from you. It's us being honest about what a web page can and can't reach. Everything here stays available to you either way.
Privacy
Nothing you tap on this site is sent anywhere or stored by us. There are no accounts, no advertising trackers, and no behavioural profiling. We don't collect what you disclose here, and nothing said in a crisis is ever sold or monetised. We can't promise perfect anonymity, though — your device, browser, network, and anyone with access to your browsing history may still see that you visited. Private browsing helps a little; it isn't a guarantee.
Non-crisis warm lines & listening spaces
Warm lines are for when you need a real person to listen but you're not in immediate danger. You don't have to be in crisis to call. Hours and areas vary, so a few are listed below.
- NAMI National HelpLine (US): 1-800-950-NAMI (1-800-950-6264) · Monday–Friday, 10am–10pm ET · free mental health information, resource referrals, and a listening ear for anyone in the US.
- Warmline.org directory: warmline.org/directory — find a peer-run warm line by US state.
- California Peer-Run Warm Line (US): 1-855-845-7415 · 24/7, also text and chat. Non-emergency emotional support from peer counselors.
- Crisis Connections Warm Line (US): 877-500-9276 · 2pm–9pm Pacific, 7 days a week. Trained peer volunteers with lived experience.
- Friendship Line (US): 888-670-1360 · 24/7 · for older adults, caregivers, and adults with disabilities who are lonely, grieving, or overwhelmed.
- NYC Well (New York City): 1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355) · text WELL to 65173 · 24/7 counseling and peer support.
- Samaritans (UK & Ireland): 116 123 · 24/7 · email at jo@samaritans.org.uk.
- Lifeline Australia: 13 11 14 · 24/7 · text and chat also available.
- Kids Help Phone (Canada, ages 5–29): 1-800-668-6868 · text 686868 · 24/7.
Emergency & crisis resources
- Emergency medical help: 911 (US, Canada) · 999 (UK) · 112 (EU and many countries) · 000 (Australia) · 111 (New Zealand)
- Crisis lines: 988 call or text (US) · 9-8-8 (Canada) · 116 123 Samaritans (UK & Ireland) · 13 11 14 Lifeline (Australia) · text HOME to 741741 (US/Canada) or 85258 (UK)
- Poison control (US): 1-800-222-1222
- Anywhere else: findahelpline.com
If your body may be in danger right now
Emergency medical help: 911 (US & Canada), 999 (UK), 112 (EU & many countries), 000 (Australia). If you'd rather talk: 988 (US call/text), 116 123 (UK & Ireland), findahelpline.com for your country. Nothing here asks you to use them. They're just here if you want them.