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(TW) What are the base requirements for being a volunteer/operator on the suicide prevention hotline?

I’m a freshman in high school who might be interested in joining the suicide prevention hotline but I can’t find any of the training requirements online. Does anyone know what you need to do and how many hours it takes to become a volunteer or an operator on the network?

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How do I help my mother from Suicide thoughts?

My mom was born in a rough household in the slums of East Africa, very poor. She grew up and had a tough childhood, tough teenage-hood and now she's 51 years old and still, life is tough. There's been wonderful moments in her life, but there have been more unfortunate events that have happened to her that when she looks back at her life, the bad events are more powerful and affect her more than the good events. We moved to America in 2009 but our closest family that migrated here before us, have separated themselves from us. Now I am a 19 year old full time college student and I have a part time job. Today I was working and she texted me while she was at her workplace, and asked me to lend her the few dollars that I have so she could pay for the apartment rent. It's safe to say that we are not the wealthiest family. After that text, she later texted me of how much of a bad mother she has been and how she's giving up with life. She was just on edge and texted that she's tired of crying every night and is considering suicide. Then she texted "goodbye". I have never been in an excruciating pain and none of our family friends can listen to us. What should I do to help my mother? Apart from her, I have two brothers. But still, I don't want to lose my mother. If there's anyone that knows my mother very well, and what she has been through, it's me. How do I help her? #suicide-prevention #suicide #mother #help

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