I’ve actually found crisis lines to be fairly helpful. Sure, they have little real world power but the people I have spoken to have been calm and reassuring, wh

I’ve actually found crisis lines to be fairly helpful. Sure, they have little real world power but the people I have spoken to have been calm and reassuring, which more often than not has been what I needed. A few people I’ve spoken to have been particularly memorably great, and I wish I could buy them all a beer. This isn’t to dismiss those who’ve had bad experiences. I just wanted to offer a different perspective.