What is distress?
Distress is when you feel that you are not coping with a specific challenge or a number of life challenges. If you learn certain skills to cope with distress it will help you manage your life.
Suicide
For many, suicide may seem the only possible escape from a burden of suffering and pain that has become too much to handle. Suicide, instantly and forever, changes the lives of those left behind.We help prevent suicide by providing anonymous, confidential and accessible 24/7 telephone counselling to a person considering suicide, through:
- evaluating a person's decision to commit suicide and explore possible alternatives
- crisis response services providing support and face-to-face counselling
- aftercare and support for families.
We also help you and your communities learn to recognise the signs of someone at risk, helping them build the skills and knowledge to respond in the right way.