United States
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call, text, or chat with 988 for free, confidential emotional support, including suicidal crisis. The Lifeline is available 24 hours a day.
988 information & chat ↗ (opens in a new tab)Immediate help · Always free
You can ask for help
before you have a plan.
Steadkind is not a crisis service. These independent services can connect you with human support or official reporting. No account or purchase is needed.
If there is immediate danger or you may act on thoughts of harming yourself or someone else: call your local emergency number or go to the nearest emergency department. If possible, ask someone you trust to stay with you.
Outside the United States
Find support where you are
Find A Helpline lets you search by country and topic for local phone, text, and chat support. Availability and privacy practices differ by service.
Find a local helpline ↗ (opens in a new tab)If a service is unavailable and you are in immediate danger, contact your local emergency service.
Blackmail or sextortion
Pause. Get support. Keep the evidence.
Threats to expose you or share intimate images deserve support. Paying does not guarantee the threats or sharing will stop. The FBI advises getting help before sending money or more images, preserving messages, reporting the account, and blocking contact.
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Reach out to a safe person
Tell someone you trust or contact law enforcement. You do not have to deal with the threat alone.
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Preserve what you have
Keep the messages, profile information, threats, and payment records. Do not delete the evidence before reporting.
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Report and block
Use the platform’s reporting tools, preserve the account details, and block further contact. Report the threat to local authorities.
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Avoid paid rescue promises
The FBI warns about businesses that charge victims for sextortion assistance. Use the official resources below.
Outside the US, contact your local law enforcement or an appropriate victim-support service. Read the FBI guidance ↗
Intimate-image sharing
Tools that may limit sharing
StopNCII.org · Adult images
If you were an adult in the image and have the file, check StopNCII's eligibility criteria. It creates a digital fingerprint on your device and shares that fingerprint with participating platforms; the image itself stays on your device. It cannot remove images from the entire internet.
How StopNCII works ↗ (opens in a new tab)Check eligibility ↗ (opens in a new tab)Take It Down · Images from before 18
If the image was taken when you were under 18, even if you are an adult now, use NCMEC's Take It Down guidance. Do not download or share an image to submit it; use only a file already on your device.
Open Take It Down ↗ (opens in a new tab)Money and debt support
Protect the essentials first.
If spending is affecting food, housing, bills, or debt payments, pause purchases of this program and speak with an independent financial-support service. You can use our first lesson and practical tools for free.
United States · NFCC
The National Foundation for Credit Counseling connects people with nonprofit credit-counseling agencies for budgeting and debt support. Ask about fees and what any proposed plan involves before agreeing.
Explore NFCC support ↗ (opens in a new tab)United Kingdom · MoneyHelper
MoneyHelper's debt-advice finder helps you find free, independent debt advice in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland. Choose your location to see the relevant services.
Find UK debt advice ↗ (opens in a new tab)Elsewhere, ask your local consumer-protection service or a recognized nonprofit debt-advice organization about independent help. Check eligibility, fees, and local rules directly with the service.
Professional support
Find someone you can speak openly with.
Self-help can be one part of support. If the pattern feels hard to control, distress is increasing, or daily life is being affected, consider a qualified mental-health professional. A primary-care clinician can help you discuss your concerns and find an appropriate referral.
- Check their license or registration with the relevant professional regulator where you live.
- Ask about experience with compulsive behavior, unwanted spending, or compulsive sexual behavior, and how they would approach your goals without judging your sexuality or identity.
- Discuss confidentiality, the approach they use, fees, availability, and what happens if you need a different level of support.
These are starting points for your own choice of support. Steadkind does not provide clinician referrals, monitor your notes, or confirm a service's availability.
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