Crisis Hotlines | Be brave! Reach out for help!

Chinese New Year can be a difficult time for you, when your friends and colleagues are leaving for home. Instead of wishing you a happy new year, I hope this article can bring you some energy and resources if you find yourself in a crisis situation.

I used to wonder if people care

they do

I do

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Xiaojie

2018/2/13

If you or anyone around you is in a situation where you are in need of advice or help, here are three suggestions as to what you could do to resolve the situation.

1. Learn how you can help yourself:

• We’ve completed our online “Classroom”（www.candlex.cn/classroom), which are articles we’ve written with the goal to support the community in taking care one’s mental health and giving guidance on how to respond to depression.

• If you are a friend or a family member of someone who is in a crisis, please go to our website and find “classroom”. Read “Lesson 6 Caring for A Friend with depression”

• If you are experiencing a depressive episode, please go to our website and find “Classroom”. Read our 3 articles on “I have Major Depression” for self-help. 

2. Go to CandleX’s Mental Health Peer Support Group in Beijing

• click here. You can learn about the group meeting by reading on this post from Thebeijinger, interviewing Xiaojie, the facilitator of the group meetings (Dec 2017)  http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2018/02/03/ngo-candlex-helps-shine-flame-mental-illness-beijing (please copy and paste)

3. Reach out to the crisis hotlines listed below

• For anyone in need of assistance in times of crisis or just a listening ear, below are some recommended hotlines. They all offer anonymous, confidential support services and some of them offer it in the form of live chat. All services are free of charge: callers only need to pay the normal phone call rate.

In addition to these, below are some that offer English services. You can call them to make an appointment with the doctors. For specific fees and rate please contact the hospitals directly.

In times of crisis, one may feel lost about what to do. Make a daily plan. Do one thing at a time. 

You can also read our blog on people in our CandleX community who have struggled with depression and shared their experiences. visit: www.candlex.cn/my-story-with-depression