Suicide Hotline Thread: pretyped storied edition

I am a suicide hotline operator. I have been doing this for close to a decade and am willing to help out some anons, and answer some questions. I will also throw in some stories along the way.

To get shit out of the way quickly:
>How do I get involved?
Call your local crisis center or suicide hotline on their BUSINESS LINE. They will provide you instructions and set you up with an interview
>I am afraid of them calling the cops
Don't fucking say you both want to kill yourself and have the means. The only time the cops are alerted are when you are a danger to yourself or others in that immediate moment.
>I want to vent about something and I don't want to call in
Fuck it anon, feel free to vent to your fellow anons about it, getting out in any way is healthier than keeping it in.

Next post will have a story,