United States
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
If you are in emotional distress, having suicidal thoughts, or worried about someone else, call or text 988 for immediate crisis support.
You matter
Your story is still being written.
If you are struggling right now, you do not have to solve everything at once. The next step can be as small as reaching another human being who is ready to listen.
Veterans & service members
Veterans Crisis Line
Veterans, service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and people who care about them can call 988 and press 1 or text 838255.
If someone may be in immediate danger
Contact the emergency number for the country you are in. If you are with the person, stay with them if it is safe to do so while help is being arranged.
International support
Help should not stop at a border.
Crisis numbers vary by country and can change. These are several widely used national and regional services. For countries not listed below, use the international support directory to find a local crisis center.
Canada
9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline
Call or text 9-8-8, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Call 9-8-8United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Samaritans
Call 116 123 free, day or night, 365 days a year.
Call 116 123European Union
Emergency support
Call 112 free from fixed or mobile phones anywhere in the EU for an immediate life-threatening emergency. In many European countries, 116 123 also connects to an emotional-support helpline, but coverage is not universal.
Call 112Australia
Lifeline
Call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14 for 24/7 crisis support. If life is in immediate danger, call 000.
Call 13 11 14New Zealand
1737 — Need to Talk?
Call or text 1737 free to speak with a trained counsellor, 24 hours a day.
Call 1737Other countries
Find local help through Befrienders Worldwide
Befrienders Worldwide maintains an international network of crisis-support centers. Use their country and center directory to locate available support where you or someone you care about lives.
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A song for the fight to stay
I Stayed
Jeremiah J Adams
I Stayed was written for veterans and others carrying invisible battles — trauma, survivor's guilt, grief, and the decision to keep going. It is offered here freely for anyone who may find something of themselves in it.
The song contains intense themes involving war, trauma, grief, and suicidal thoughts. If listening would make this moment harder, use the crisis resources above instead.
Playback is manual. This page never autoplays the song.
The download is free and does not require an email address, account, or social-media sign-in. We count download-button events in aggregate so we can understand how far the song reaches; we do not build a marketing profile from this page.
© 2026 Jeremiah J Adams. All rights reserved. Personal listening is encouraged. Copyright in the song and recording remains with the artist. If you want to record a cover, synchronize the song to video, redistribute it, or use it commercially, please ask first.
Why the semicolon?
In writing, a semicolon can appear where a sentence could have ended but continued. In mental-health and suicide-prevention communities, it has become a symbol of continuing the story. We use it here as a quiet reminder that asking for help can be part of continuing yours.
This page is a public resource, not a YHWH Systems service or sales page. We do not use its crisis-resource links for marketing analytics.