Me personally: strong coffee before long-distance running in p.e.
I called the suicide hotline. They made things so much worse. Sent police to my house and tipped off my abuser that I had dared to talk to someone.
Holy shit! That's so fucked up. I thought it was supposed to be safe and completely anonymous.
That’s a lie. Anytime I see that fucking number shared, I warn people. The person I spoke to wasn’t even helpful at all. Very cold, clinical, clearly reading a script, no advice relevant to my specific situation and pretty much spoke only in clichés. After the police left, I gave her the only bad review I’ve ever left and it was scathing.
Inviting the government or its agents is very rarely/never a positive experience, cops included
Cops especially. They’ve never been helpful to me. Just harmful.
ACAB
This. Yes. ACAB X 1000
As an immigrant this was really jarring and difficult to get used to. Neighbors loud: call the cops, dog loose: call the cops: parked wrong; call the cops.
What the heck? Where I am from you call the cops if someone is dead, that’s it.