Hey chapos. I'm a longtime lurker and I should start off by saying I appreciate you all a lot.
I've considered calling suicide prevention before, but I've never done it, partly out of fear that I would get targeted ads for the rest of my life about depression, etc., and that' s really upsetting to me. Is there a clever way to contact mental health resources which avoids that issue, at least at the surface level?
As in, I don't care if the most dedicated NSA operative ever could find this out about me, only that it isn't super publicly traded information about my health between corporations, if that makes sense. Thanks
Trans Lifeline is the only crisis line in the US that won't call the police unless you ask them to.
It doesn't say this on their site, but supposedly anyone can call. You don't have to be trans.
If you wanna talk to another person that's been in the same situation or mindset hit me up. I'm always down to talk to folks. Idk if I'll be any help but hey I'm here.
As someone who has suffered from depression, mental health and has had multiple suicide attempts, I want to tell you personally not to give up. I know it's tough and hard in life, but there's someone out there that cares about you. You might not have found that person yet, but they are out there.
As for calling suicide prevention, I have no experience. Music is what really helped me in my hardest times. I some how would lose myself in music and forget about life all together. Sounds stupid, I know, but it worked for me. Video games that were immersive and had a certain atmosphere to get lost within, also helped.
One good thing about the internet is that we can reach out to one another when we need help, even if we are just strangers.
I don't think that's stupid at all, thanks for the suggestion. I'm playing some sekiro right now, and that's making a difference.
Anyway - my goal is just to talk to somebody I don't know. It's hard to explain, but it feels like everyone who know me personally has an agenda that I just don't want to interact with. For example, talking to loved ones doesn't work - they obviously, almost selfishly, want me to be OK. I need to talk to someone who's less invested so I can be completely honest.
I feel you there on people having an agenda. I totally understand, that's why I quit talking to people I know in real life when I'm at my lowest point.
None of us truly know each other here as we have a level of anonymity. I think your voice is more than welcome.
In addition to the great input that the others have given, you should install ublock origin so you won't receive the targeted ads anyway.
cybersec comrade here; I second comrade 2fast2war's advice to download Tor and use DDG as your search engine. Additionally, you can and should call a suicide prevention line over a free phone replacement application for your phone which gives you a free new number to call with. Cleaning the app cache and data files from storage after use prevents other apps from reading tracker IDs generated by certain apps which is used in part for interest based ads. Browsers like Chrome or the Google search app often read other files from other apps and use that information to target sell you things but their ability to do this can be restricted at least in part by denying their app privileges in the settings of your phone. Phone -> apps -> (app) -> permissions. I hope you feel better comrade.
Don't download Tor if you don't want to get immediately flagged as a botnet and blocked from most clearnet websites
here's what you do.
Open an incognito window. Search for the depression hotline. Copy the number manually, do not click the link to call Enter it by hand.
this should prevent ad serving, as long as you don't give out other info.
A little, though if you have even modestly common software no ad company is going to bother with that depth of tracking for remarketing purposes. No money in it.
Security companies or election targeting etc not so much.
I'm sure you have a point, but I'm just looking for someone to talk to that I don't know.
