I’ve used this before and the person I was chatting with was very kind and helpful. I really could have hurt myself seriously if I hadn’t seen a tumblr post about the site… Phone calls and I don’t do so well together
besides imalive’s very limited online hours (only 3.5 hours a day!), imalive’s parent company (twloha) also has links to, uh, conversion therapy organisations that they only distanced themselves from after coming under fire for it(here’s an article about imalive’s many problems)
So here’s some alternatives of various kinds I’ve seen recommended, but I don’t know much about them:
- http://www.7cupsoftea.com/
- http://www.crisischat.org/
- http://veteranscrisisline.net/ChatTermsOfService.aspx (has priority to veterans, but is open to others)
- http://www.suicideforum.com/ (requires a login)
- http://www.dailydot.com/society/r-u-ok-suicide-awareness-campaign-day/
- (AUS only) http://www.kidshelp.com.au/teens/get-help/web-counselling