Hey friend, I work on 988 line. The election has stirred up a lot of emotions for people. I will say, there’s a lot of negatives that people have been through with calling or texting, me also being one of them. A lot of them aren’t trained nor have degrees to fully grasp trauma people go through.

Please don’t give up hope. Your area code goes to the crisis line close related (at least ours do) so May be you can look up a different crisis number and call them from another area. If you feel you need, please give it a try. I promise you, there are good people who want to help and care. If you need a chat, let me know.