Posted on 11/13/2016 6:45:44 PM PST by Hadean
As the votes came in for the 2016 elections, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline experienced a spike in calls.
Lifeline director John Draper told CNN that the network took 660 calls between 1 and 2 a.m., double or triple the volume they normally take, with calls increasing as election results poured in.
“I can’t say I’ve seen anything like this… And it’s certainly not something I’ve ever seen in an election,” said Draper, who has 25 years of experience in suicide prevention.
“They call and say it’s the election,” Draper said. “But by the end of the call, it’s about their lives, and that’s when we can help them.”
The Crisis Text Line saw “eight times the normal volume of texts” between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. Wednesday.
The Trevor Project, a crisis and suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ youth, said its normal volume calls received “doubled as a result of the election.”
“It’s been ongoing since Tuesday night,” Steve Mendelsohn, deputy executive director explained. “Young people are calling us who’ve never called us before. They’re scared, and they don’t know who to turn to… Given all the rhetoric that they’ve heard leading up to the election, it makes sense that they’re frightened.”
He said that “more than 95% of those reaching out have talked about the election.”
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This only happens with Liberals. Such delicate snowflakes they are.
>>“They call and say it’s the election,” Draper said. “But by the end of the call, it’s about their lives, and that’s when we can help them.”
It’s about the mental illness called homosexuality.
Trump volunteers should man these phone lines and advise them all to leave the country.
Totally unprepared for living in this world. Obviously, these hysterical people are mentally ill, but they don’t know it because everyone they know is equally deranged. Very sad.
I am supposed to feel bad?
The NATIONAL suicide line took in 660 calls?
Out of the 235 MILLION eligible to vote?
And this is NEWS?
Whatever.
Best. Election. Ever. EVER! :)
They don’t want me working there:
“suicide hotline-hold, please”
CC
Caller: Hillary lost, and I want to kill myself.
Call center: My dear friend, we fully understand. The spiritual pain, the hopelessness, the 24 hour sense of futility caused by Hillary losing the election is certainly bound to affect the astral center of our beings and cause many to want to prematurely eject into the ethos. Is that what you are feeling?
Caller: Well, not exactly. I bet 250,000 with a local bookie that Hillary would win. He called me and I told him I don't have the money. He said that's ok, he would send Moose and Rocco over to help me find my checkbook. JUST KILL ME!
“Trump volunteers should man these phone lines and advise them all to leave the country.”
I would tell them to do it right the first time so they are not considered losers who couldn’t even kill themselves right.
I have no pity for the snowflakes. Some day they could be running the country and it is important to cull the herd while they are volunteering to do so.
Melting snowflakes.
Probably would have felt the same if Hillary had won, but would keep such to myself.
running the country you say?
enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHPfgsTVTjA
Why cant these clowns just call other libtards and do a Negan on each other?
DO IT!
I was resigned to believe Trump would lose. Life continues and you have to adjust as well as possible. 20012 election was a stunning disappointment but we prevailed we followed through
Life has far more difficulties than rewards. .
If I answered the hot line, I would give all the encouragement in my power. Get off the phone and Get’er done.
Maybe a puppy and some PlayDoe might help? Perhaps a coloring book?
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