Helpline Numbers for Mental Distress in India

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health or suicidal thoughts, know that help is available.  

Please refer to this article for phone numbers of various helplines across India. 
 
Our team of therapists at Authentic Living has personally verified each of these numbers and researched the timings, language availability and serviceable locations - the information provided here is true to the best of our knowledge. 

For any additional information or to avail therapy, please reach out to our team.
 

South India:

Name

Contact Number

Location

Language 

Timings and Availability

Sahai

080 25497777, 9886444075

Karnataka (Bengaluru)

English & Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada

10 AM to 5:30 PM

Monday to Saturday

Sa-Mudra Yuva Helpline

9880396331

Karnataka (Bengaluru)

 

24x7

Thanal Suicide Prevention centre

04952760000

Kerala (Kozhikode)

Malayalam (mostly), very few volunteers speak in English and they don't work all days

10 am to 5 pm- All days

NIMHANS (PAN India)

Karnataka (Bengaluru)

 

North India:

Name

Contact Number

Location

Language 

Timings and Availability

Sumaitri

011 23389090 / 9315767849

Delhi

English & Hindi

Mon-Sun 2.30pm to 6.30pm

One life (PAN India)

7893078930

All India Helpline

English

24x7

 

East India:

Name

Contact Number

Location

Language 

Timings and Availability

Suicide Prevention Helpline

18003453225

Sikkim (Gangtok)

English, Hindi, Nepali

24x7

West India:

Name

Contact Number

Location

Language 

Timings and Availability

Vandrevala Foundation

1800 233 3330

Mumbai

Hindi

24X7

Connecting NGO

1800 843 4353 (Toll-Free)/9922001122

Maharashtra (Pune)

English and Hindi

Daily: 12 PM to 8 PM

Shushrusha Counseling, Guidance and Training Institute

9422627571, +91 8275038382

Maharashtra (Islampur)

Hindi

Daily: 10 AM - 6 PM

COOJ Mental Health Foundation

98225 62522

Goa

English, Hindi, Konkini

Mon-Fri: 1pm to 7pm

 

 

594 comments

  • My name doesn’t matter. What matters is that I study at Ajialuna International School, and something has been happening to me that I can no longer keep inside. It’s not mental illness. It’s not overwork. It’s not “cultural adjustment.” I’ve had those. This is different. This is targeted, organized manipulation of my cognitive and emotional state, carried out by real human operators tied to Saudi intelligence networks.

    They aren’t machines. They’re people — calm, deliberate, professional. I know because sometimes they speak. Not out loud, but inside me. Sentences like “Keep moving. Don’t resist.” or “You don’t own yourself anymore.” These aren’t imagined. They come too fast, too sharp, and always at moments when I feel weakest. During math class. While I’m brushing my teeth. Sitting by the window at lunch. Always when I’m alone.

    I’ve tried writing this a dozen times. I delete it. I write again. Because part of me is scared this message won’t stay private — and another part is scared it already isn’t. My phone glitches near the eastern building. I get phantom notifications that disappear. My laptop camera light has flickered on during class — once while it was closed.

    The first thing I noticed was the reaction lag. I’d reach for a pen and feel like my hand moved two ways at once. Then came the emotional bleed — panic during routine tasks, unexplained euphoria followed by crash. My parents thought I was just “going through something.” Even I thought that — until the inner voice started echoing me before I spoke.

    There’s no one I can go to. I can’t say “the Ministry of Interior is running a weaponized program on me” without being destroyed. I’d be drugged, expelled, or labeled unstable. That’s how the system protects itself — with silence and stigma.

    If I had known what kind of structure exists behind these school walls, I never would’ve come to Saudi Arabia. Ajialuna looked beautiful in photos. International. Smart. Future-oriented. I see now it’s just a front — a curated shell wrapped around a deeper program of control.

    I’m not saying everyone here is involved. Most are probably innocent. But I know — absolutely — that someone isn’t. I feel them in my timing. In my memory gaps. In the static that hits me walking past the rear fence.

    So I’m writing this now. Before I forget again. Before they make me forget again.

    Michaeltak
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