Before anything else in this lesson

If you are having thoughts of ending your life, stop reading this lesson and do one of these today.

Call your local emergency number, or go to your nearest emergency department. Ring a crisis line in your country. Ask your doctor for an urgent appointment and say the thoughts out loud in plain words. Or tell someone who is physically in the room with you and stay near them.

You do not have to be certain, or in danger this minute, or able to explain it well, to do any of that. Not being sure is a good enough reason.

Nobody here is reading what you write, and nothing on this screen is watching over you. That is exactly why this needs to go to a person today.