If you need help now

If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911. The 988 Lifeline puts it the same way:

We urge you to call 911 emergency services if you or someone you know is in immediate harm or danger.

These lines are for anyone: the person who has been ordered to take a class, a person who has been hurt, or a family member. Nothing below is this site’s characterization of either service — each organization’s own words are quoted, so you can read what it says about itself rather than what we say about it.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Call or text 988.

The 988 Lifeline is available 24/7/365. Your conversations are free and confidential.

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Call 1.800.799.SAFE (7233), or text START to 88788.

Free. Confidential. 24/7.

Looking at this page on a shared device

If someone else can see this device, your browser history will show the pages you have visited here. Clearing it, or using a private window, is worth knowing about — but neither hides everything, and what each browser keeps differs.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline publishes the same warning about its own site, and says what to do about it:

Internet usage can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If you’re concerned your internet usage might be monitored, call us at 800.799.SAFE (7233). Learn more about digital security and remember to clear your browser history after visiting this website.

Read that as advice about visiting any site on a device someone else can see, including this one.

This site cannot respond to an emergency and does not monitor anything for one.