There is help... (let's put an end to depression)

There is help... (let's put an end to depression)

by Sheila Milan (Notes) on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 10:59am

There is help...if you know where to go to...Several weeks ago, I was aghast to see the news that a teenager ended her life when she couldn't go back to school...then the following day another teenager ended his life because of another reason, then another teen, then another. Just minutes earlier, a public figure shared a status about another teenager (college student) ending his life. While most commented on the sadness of the news...I can't help but comment again (the previous one was on my status) about the idea of helplines/hotlines for troubled teens (and even adults) and making use of the unli-calls and texts that we have in our mobile-crazed times, which would be easily accessible to the public since most of us have cellphones and I was happy to know that Jyl Carson gave me this:

Information and Crisis Intervention Center

(02) 804-HOPE (4673)

0917-558-HOPE (4673) or (632) 211-45500917-852-HOPE (4673)

or (632) 964-68760917-842-HOPE (4673) or (632) 964-4084

Manila Lifeline Centre Contact by: 

Phone Hotline: (02) 8969191

Hotline: Mobile phone: 0917 854 9191

In Touch Crisis Lines:0917-572-HOPE or (632) 211-1305(02) 893-7606 (24/7)

(02) 893-7603 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)

Globe (63917) 800.1123 or (632) 506.7314

Sun (63922) 893.8944 or (632) 346.87762919 (toll-free number for GLOBE and TM subscribers)

you can also seek help online:http://ngf-hope.org/contact-us/

I am very happy to know that we do have helplines/hotlines here in the Philippines yet I'm also sad that only a few people know about this. Thus the writing of this note...                             

to anybody out there who feels that their world is gonna fall apart...PLEASE TALK TO SOMEBODY! a parent, an aunt, a grandma, a friend, a teacher...ANYBODY! use those Hotline numbers...My teacher once told me... "there is always a choice!"years later, my student told me..."it's not that I don't have a choice, I just have limited options"No matter what, it is a choice and however limited your options may be... continue living...no matter how bleak you might think life is... life is precious and every life is a gift.

A note written by someone who has also undergone depression, "thought" of suicide, changed her mind and is now living and totally loving life with her family, friends, students, and cats... =^_^=Sheila M. ^_^

P.S.

please don't make prank calls, depression is a serious matter.