How to Volunteer on a Mental Health and Suicide Hotline
This is a critical role for volunteers, and the training and commitment can be intense
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10 min readSep 23, 2020
When the phone rang, I panicked. I didn’t know what to do. My hand started shaking, as did seemingly my whole body. It was my first call on the mental health hotline. The actual conversation didn’t go much better, since it…