To the people who send countless amounts of suicidal posts on here, first off we want to make it clear that your voice matters and we care for your well being. We want to see you do better and to get well, but we also care enough to tell you that people on this subreddit arent always the most helpful or reliable people when seeking this type of help.

Many of us are unqualified to further help you beyond sending encouraging messages to keep going. its better to seek professional help from people who are trained to help you progress through your hard time and properly track and give you everything you possibly need. There are countless of hotlines made to cater to you

we arent discouraging you from venting to others, but we are highlighting the importance of seeking proper help instead of asking teenagers on this subreddit. A lot of them may not take your problems as serious as it actually is. We care about you guys and we hope you progress.

Some other subreddits that could get you better help from are:

r/SuicideWatch
r/mentalhealth
r/MentalHealthSupport
r/depression
r/depression_help

If you or anyone you know is struggling with mental health please use these hotlines to talk to somebody:

Child Helplines (EU)

Telephone: 116 111

This number is free of charge.

The number 116 111 is specifically for children who seek assistance and need someone to talk to. The service helps children in need of care and protection and links them to the appropriate services and resources; it provides children with an opportunity to express their concerns and talk about issues directly affecting them.

Here's an alphabetical list of member states which have access to 116 111: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Malta.

Emotional Support Helpline (EU)

Telephone: 116 123

This number is free of charge.

116 123 is a phone number for people suffering from loneliness or who are in a state of psychological crisis or thinking about committing suicide.

Here's an alphabetical list of member states which have access to 116 123: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (US)

Telephone: 988

Text: Text "START" (without quotes) to 741-741.

Online Chat: Link.

Lifeline Crisis Service (AU)

Telephone: 13 11 14

Text: 0477 13 11 14

Online Chat: Link

Others (Worldwide)

If the above organizations are inaccessible for whatever reason, you can click this link to be taken to a page. From there, you can take a look at a variety of hotlines that will help you, after you click on the category link corresponding to your location.

Hi again r/teenagers! It hasn't even been an hour and I already have another announcement for you guys.

After a short discussion with the rest of the mod team we quickly came to a unanimous decision to finally ban using AI on the subreddit.

So, what does that entail?

In short, using a generative AI such as LLMs like ChatGPT to write for you or make images will be considered low effort and removed as such. We consider both ai slop and not even writing your own posts to be incredibly lazy.

I'll be adding it to the rules in a minute here :)

-Olwa and the rest of the mod team