The Samaritans, Helpline

We‘ll go through it with you.

When one has a problem, it’s the most natural thing in the world to want to talk it through with someone. Sometimes this creates another problem: who is the best person to confide in? An obvious choice would be a close friend. But let’s face it, we don’t always choose our friends for their amazing power of tact, diplomacy and discretion. Tell one person, and you may end telling the world. You may be lucky enough to be able to talk to someone in your family. Then again, you may be one of the large number of people who find talking to your nearest and dearest agonizing embarrassing.
A girlfriend or a boyfriend? If your can, great.
But sometimes we don’t want to expose our weakness to those who fancy us. And sometimes your relationship is the very problem you want to discuss.

That’s where the Samaritans can be useful.

We are more discreet than your best friend.

We will listen as carefully as your girlfriend or boyfriend.

We are as sympathetic as your family.

We are non-critical, non-judgmental, unshockable and experienced.

And you don’t have to be climbing up the walls before you speak to us.

Any kind of problem big or small, is good enough reason to pick up the phone and dial 32473267 – The Samaritans, Helpline.
You will find we are remarkably easy to talk to.

The Samaritans Endeavour:

Any person who comes for help is made to feel that he has come to a sanctuary, because no matter what he may have done he will never be betrayed by The Samaritans. He is made to feel that he has nothing to loose by coming because he remains as free as he was before he came.
Whatever he says will be kept in the strictest confidence.
Our aim is that when the caller finally goes away he is, if not at peace with himself, at least less troubled than he was before he came; and has gained / gathered fresh courage to face life.

In these days, it’s difficult to find someone willing to listen to a sad story without interrupting, giving advice, exhorting, rebuking, turning the conversation to themselves or leaving in a hurry.

The Samaritans are willing; but they don’t just listen; they listen with attention, understanding, acceptance: they make the caller feel, they care.
This can encourage the caller:
Who felt helpless to help himself or herself;
Who felt hopeless to find inner resources that give grounds for hope;
Who wanted good advice to obtain better for themselves;
Whose mind was confused to think straight _aloud.

For seven out of every eight desperate/ despairing callers, this listening therapy is best thing for them and is all they need.
One out of eight needs more _some kind of an expert.
Whom will they trust to find a suitable one? You have one guess.

Samaritan Phone Line Services :

For Listening therapy                    –              The Samaritans, Helpline – 022 32473267.

Monday to Friday         3 P.M. – 9 PM
Saturday & Sunday 10 A.M. – 4 PM

For Professional Care –                                 The Samaritans, Care line – 022 32410822.

Monday to Friday         10 A.M. – 4 PM

A senior Samaritan says:

A CALLER never jumps

A JUMPER never calls

A Samaritan does not give advice / counsel BUT tries to establish human contact.

I have discovered that even though a person may have severe brain damage, that is not the source of his or her greatest pain. The greatest pain is REJECTION, the feeling that nobody really wants you “like that”.

AIDS and Cancer are not great diseases; I think a more greater disease is to be unwanted, unloved. The pain that these people suffer is very difficult to understand, to penetrate. This is repeated all over the world, in every family, in every home, with every man, every women & every child.

            THEY DO NOT NEED PITY AND SIMPATHY,

            THEY NEED ACCEPTANCE, UNDERSTANDING, RESPECT AND LOVE.