Mental Health Support Organisations

• Samaritans 116 123 (UK)

• ‘SANE’line (MH problems/supporting someone with MH problems): 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm–10.30pm every day).

• The Mix (Under 25): 0808 808 4994 (Sunday-Friday 2pm–11pm)

• Papyrus HopelineUK. Under 35 or concerned for another: 0800 068 4141 (weekdays 10am-10pm, weekends 2pm-10pm)

• Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) (For men): 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day) 

• Switchboard (LGBT+): 0300 330 0630 (10am–10pm every day)

• Wildflower Alliance, here is info on their peer respite (non-coercive alternative to psychiatric hospitalization):

• PTSD UK Support and resources for anyone experiencing PTSD (UK)

Sexual & Domestic Abuse Organisations

• Rape Crisis England and Wales umbrella body for a network of independent Rape Crisis Centres.
  Member Centres provide specialist support and services for victims and survivors of sexual violence.‍

• Rape Crisis Scotland Working to end sexual violence in Scotland

• NAPAC (Adults who have survived childhood abuse): 0808 801 0331

• Refuge 24-hour UK National Domestic Abuse hotline 0808 2000 247

• Top Tips for coping with Crisis and Trauma

• Self-care Strategies (that aren’t centered around consumer culture or bubble baths) An Instagram post with a great list by @hannahgoodart

• 14 Ways to get through tough times (advice from Therapists)

• Crisis toolkit | Fireweed Collective

• PTSD Coach App Can help you learn about and manage symptoms that often occur after trauma.

• Beginner DBT Crisis Survival tools | Dr Shireen Rizvi

• Psychedelic Guide Abuse: High-Control Group Dynamics and Complicity in the Perpetuation of Harm | Michelle Hobart

• The Dark Side of Spirituality: Spiritual bypassing

• ‘Positive Vibes Only’ is Toxic: the Danger of New Age Spiritualism

• How COVID exposed New Age Narcissism 

• Nazi Hippies: When the New Age and Far Right Overlap

• 9 Things People Don’t Realize You’re Doing Because You’ve Been Abused By A Narcissist

• 11 Subtle Signs You Might Be In An Emotionally Abusive Relationship

• What Emotional Abuse Really Means

• How to Give a Good Apology Part 1: The Four Parts of Accountability

• How to Give a Good Apology Part 2: The Apology – The What and The How

• The 5 Stages of Grief & Loss

• 9 Tips for Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

• Know your issue? You also need to know how to frame it.

• Emotional Violence and Social Power

• What Is Sexual Grooming? 7 Things to Know About This Abuse Tactic

• Sexual harassment is prevalent across all industries and sectors. We can and must stop it.

• To all men who are in on the ‘open secret’: you have failed us

• What is Psychological Invalidation? How it Happens and its Effects

• ‘Abuses of Power in Psychedelic Spaces’ | Laura Mae Northrup and Lily Kay Ross

• 'Policing the Boundaries of Spiritual Emergency' | Tehseen Noorani

• 'Psychedelic Accessibility: Disability, Chronic Illness, & the Psychedelic Experience' | Kitty Sipple

• 'What is Psychosis Doing on Planet Earth?' | Steven Morgan

• 'Colonization, Schizophrenia and State Violence' | Camille Barton

• 'Valuing ‘Madness’, Decolonizing Disability' | Nadia Book

• ​'Decolonizing Psychedelics + Madness' | Skylar Louttit and Chasse Gibeault

• 'Research Abuses Against People of Colour in Early Psychedelic Research' | Dana Strauss

• 'Reclaim Madness: Abolishing Psychiatry & Decolonizing Our Society' Vesper Moore

• Getting Called out: How to Apologize A YouTube video by Francesca Ramsey that explains how to apologise.

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
  (CW: written from a white, Western perspective that can manifest as racist and biased language, particularly in regards to African and Asian experiences)

• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving—A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma by Pete Walker

• The Politics of Trauma by Staci K Haines

• Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski

• The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense by Suzette Haden Elgin

• 35 Books to Overcome Emotional Abuse

• Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig