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Warmlines and hotlines have been a great help to me. They've never contacted law enforcement to conduct a welfare check or anything like that before. The only time that happened was when I called 911 myself. I think a lot of the rhetoric surrounding crisis services lately is incredibly misleading and is causing some people to avoid utilizing these resources out of fear and it's upsetting to me.
Warmlines and hotlines have been a great help to me. They've never contacted law enforcement to conduct a welfare check or anything like that before. The only time that happened was when I called 911 myself. I think a lot of the rhetoric surrounding crisis services lately is incredibly misleading and is causing some people to avoid utilizing these resources out of fear and it's upsetting to me.