Do YOU need to talk?

WHOEVER YOU ARE

WHATEVER YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT

WE’RE HERE TO LISTEN IN TOTAL CONFIDENCE

Are you feeling any of the above or any other kind of emotional distress and wish you could find someone who “has the time to listen to you”? ? If so please contact us.

We offer a 24 hour, completely safe and confidential service. Talking through your feelings and sharing your worries can often help you see things more clearly. Feelings of panic, distress, isolation, and the thought that you want to die or harm yourself can be very frightening, CALL US ANYTIME and share your feelings - bottling things up never helps. We won’t judge you, we won’t tell you what to do.

You may be concerned about someone else, a family member, a close friend or work colleague, we can offer support to both of you. (See below for details).

Contacting Us

If you feel that you need to talk to us there are a number of ways that you can do so:

• Telephone 08457 909090 (Charged at local rate)
• Telephone 01271 374343 North Devon and North Cornwall branch
• Mini-com phone 08457 909192 for deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired.
• Email us: jo@samaritans.org
• Text us on 07725 909090
• Write to Chris, PO Box 90 90, Stirling FK8 2SA
• Call in to our branch office in Barnstaple to speak to us face-to-face. We are open to personal callers Sunday and Monday - 13.00 to 21.00, Tuesday - 16.00 to 21.00, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday - 10.00 - 21.00. Please phone us on Saturdays. Directions to our Centre.

Does you feel someone you know needs support?

Samaritans are happy to accept referrals from individuals or organisations.

Not everyone “looks depressed” or “seems to be suicidal”, even if they are.

• Maybe a friend or relative has suffered a recent loss – the death of a loved one or a pet – job redundancy or retirement, or a child leaving home, bad exam results, relationships not working out - all these can cause distress.
• Are you worried about someone whose behaviour has changed?
• Are they – tired, not eating, not talking much, constantly in tears and lethargic?
• Some people find it difficult to talk to those closest to them, for fear of upsetting them.

If you know someone who feels like this and would like some help supporting them, please do encourage them to call us. If this is not possible we would be willing to try and contact them.

If we try to contact the person you are concerned about, we would be able to tell you whether we have made contact or not; but because confidentiality is so important to us, we would not tell you anything that was said.

Reasons for calling

As we pointed out on our front page, there can be many reasons for someone to call us, but you don't have to be suicidal and there are no age restrictions. If you are experiencing feelings of distress or despair then please do get in touch.

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