The USA suicide hotline is terrible and shouldn’t be promoted.

I know a bunch of doctors and celebrities and pretty much everyone else is all for giving just about everyone the number to the suicide hotline and pretending they are helping.<br><br>I’ve called them myself, spoke to countless other individuals about there first hand experiences, and read the stories. Most of the time the suicide hotline ends up doing more harm then good. They have been known to hang up on people in crisis, prematurely call the police on their callers, and use very scripted methods that usually don’t help. <br>I think those kind of things can make a situation much worse, and can be the final straw that makes someone go through with it. <br><br>I believe we should stop giving them so much credit and stop convincing people to call them. I would rather the number to my doctors office be passed out than that shit line. I think we should stop giving them so much credit and trying to convince them to call.<br><br>Feel free to downvote me into oblivion.<br><br>Edit: oh my wow. I just woke up and wow thank you so much kind strangers.<br><br>I am a Christian, and I do believe that if you kill your self you go to hell, and personally I have reasons to not kill myself. However, I’ve been to dark of places to think that even the slightest thing can make you go through with it, and I do believe the suicide hotline is that little extra thing that will make people go through with it. I’m not saying we should all just let people die, but we should stop recommending the suicide line. <br><br>I recommend asking your doctor for a crisis hotline, or giving out your own number to people in crisis. <br><br>Thank you again, I am trying to read through all the comments. I will try to respond to as many as I can, but there is a lot so I might not get to everyone.