After ten minutes of holding and the helper lady introducing herself, I heard a click.

And saw that the phone call was terminated.

The fucking SUICIDE HOTLINE didn't even want to listen to my problems...

... seriously? Wow... That is most definitely not rude and insulting at all.

Hopefully it was an accident.:(

That's not right, they are supposed to be there to help, not make things worse. I hope whatever is wrong gets fixed soon, as I have no business asking; but I hope things get fixed for you... No one has the right to hang up on you like that, especially the people who are supposed to help you..

Calm down. It was almost certainly due to disconnection; especially if the conversation had not thoroughly commenced.

They deal with angst all day- it's their job. There's no reason to think your case was so exceptional that they would have to literally hang up.

There seems to be some kind of problem with calls that can go to hold recently. My sister called the Apple help line and was disconnected mere seconds after being taken off of hold to talk to a supervisor. Then my father was on hold to talk to a broker for something completely different, and a few seconds after being taken off of hold and names being exchanged, the call gets terminated again.

It may not be intentional, and it probably has nothing to do with you.

Likely a disconnection.

That would be so depressing if the suicide hotline ever really hung up on someone. :P

if there is a chance that it wasn't a connection, they likely hung up because they thought you were some dumbass teen prank calling them (it happens more often than you think). however, unless the lady you were talking to sounded irritable/tired/etc, i really doubt that was the issue.

i'm sorry that happened to you. :( just calm down, wait a while and call again. you're bound to get someone to stay on the line and listen if you keep trying.

yeah suicide hotlines are for shit. i called one a very long time ago and was literally insulted by the operator on the other end. it was clear he doubted my need or urgency.

i certainly hope you can find someone locally that might be interested in your call.

Call them back! They wouldn't do something like that. the job is serious.

I'm sure it was an accident. i've felt like you before, and it isn't easy. Just try to call again, besides, they've heard it all. Nothing you can say will make them hand up on you. Exept for a threat...

But if you don't want to talk to them now, im always open to listen. Always (:

What a great reason to kill yourself. Not even the suicide line will listen to you. ❤

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I'm sure it was just a technical problem, you should try to call again! And if it doesn't work, just send me an smail hug

This sounds kinda funny but I know it isn't. Have you thought about the fact that it might was a technical problem like Loss said? I've NEVER heard of a suicide hotline that just hung up...

I'm sure it was just a technical problem, you should try to call again! And if it doesn't work, just send me an smail hug

Wrong. :B But funny. Like a crude joke you offer when all is said and done. Realistically looking at it- all the above posts seem to pinpoint it. If you stated your problem and all that crap, I guess there's a chance that the person you were talking to got tired of their job or whatever, but...uh...

More than likely, it's technical difficulties.

When I was finishing high-school I felt the need to call the national hotline, and although they didn't hang up on me (that's terrible, I think) they didn't exactly help, either. What was I expecting? A little reassurance, some sincerity, a good listener. Certainly, I thought, that wasn't too much to ask! My psychiatrist that I recently stopped seeing (she was too textbook for me) handed me a card after our first meeting with the number on the back, and I asked her if she was joking and if she had ever actually called it for herself.

Sure, it's their ''job'' to listen to your problems, but that doesn't mean they honestly enjoy doing it. I'm sure they get sick of it, especially dealing with that on the daily--they aren't trained shrinks, they didn't go to school for years learning how to be sincere and tactful with people--most have taken a course on suicide prevention, but that's it.

I'm truly sorry that happened to you. If you feel real bad, something that always helps me is a brisk walk at dawn or dusk. Sometimes you'll really not want to do that when you feel bad and might even have to drag yourself outside (go for the big sunglasses head-wrap Hollywood-starlet look :P) but it does wonders for clearing out all the clutter from your mind. I think it's the combo of fresh air, vitamin d, and endorphins.

If you're feeling brave, you can also try being your own therapist by keeping a journal. Keep it at home so you don't lose it. When you are in a manic / depressed state, write whatever you want, however you want, no matter how dire or macabre it may seem. When you feel that you have returned to a clearer mindstate, return to your journal and analyze what you wrote. Discovering what your personal triggers are and realizing when you begin to trip into a downward spiral can help you to stop the descent when you feel it happening again.

I used to keep a regular journal and it helped me manage my manic depression on my own, to the point where it's now under control without the ''alien-abduction'' pills that I used to have to take. I call them that because while I was on them I lost entire blocks of my day; the medication negatively effected my short term memory and perception of time.

Well, I'm kind of rambling off on a tangent now but never forget that there are people everywhere that understand what you're going through, even if you think they can't relate to it 100%.

I've never called a suicide hotline but I did call poison control once after taking a vile concoction of multivitamin, diet pills, pain killers, ect, and the lady on the other end was worried I was going to have permenant liver damage so when I hung up she called back. Dx

To make it worse when she called back my older sister picked up and took me to the hospital, which was probably a good thing but at the time I was really upset by it. @

I'm going to repeat what everyone else has said and say it was just a techical error. Because of their job and the nature of the calls they get it might actually be a sackable offense for them to hang up on a person merely because they don't want to listen to them. We're talking about suicide and it could push someone over the edge. I'm sure they didn't do it intentionally.

I hope that everything gets better hugs