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Hello! I'm an artist, writer, and game developer. I work for @7thBeatGames on "A Dance of Fire and Ice" and "Rhythm Doctor."
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in reply to @kylelabriola's post:
the title felt quite contradictory until i understood the context!
i am curious what crisis text line you had success with, if i can ask. most crisis hotlines seem to be call‐only, so i don’t really have any text options to give to people — and people often seem to want text options (phone anxiety, voice dysphoria, etc.). the text options that do exist seem to consistently have undesirable qualities, such as Crisis Text Line and its affiliates’ data sharing with a for‐profit corporation to train customer service AIs.
The first one I messaged was Crisis Text Line [lmfao...] which actually was the one that helped me out a few years ago with the good counselor. But god that is grim knowing they're data-sharing like that, and I'm not shocked.
Second one was National Alliance on Mental Illness. The counselor on that one ended the chat by recommending Empower Work and Mental Health First Aid, though I didn't try either.
The third one, the one that went really well, was California's "Warm Line" from MHA SF.
I'm very worried about these things eventually turning into AI chatbots. Absolute soulless future.
i will keep that one in mind… though it’s emblematic of the other issue i run into with the USA in specific: everything is per‐state, but i often don’t know what state someone is in and i don’t want to just throw them a directory of per‐state resources instead of a number… other countries just have national services
yeah it's one of the worst things about trying to find information or help in the US lmfao
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