Quote from: Jade Falcon on 04 September, 2022, 08:05:24 PM
While I appreciate the Samaritans number . . . its like the whole thing that used to be said about a chinese meal, "In half an hour you feel hungry again".
For those unaware, Samaritans aren't trained counsellors (trained, yes, but not as counsellors), which is why they don't give advice (individual volunteers might, inadvertently, but it isn't the organisation's policy and is actively discouraged).
As Jade says, 'you feel hungry again' half an hour after (which can be true for a lot of callers), but the point of Samaritans is to be there for callers in the moment.