Immediate danger
Call emergency services.
If you or someone else is in immediate physical danger or facing a life-threatening emergency in the United States, call 911.
Support & Safety
A reflection tool is not
an emergency service.
NBJB can help organize thoughts, identify next steps, and create language for reflection. It cannot monitor your safety, contact emergency services for you, diagnose conditions, or replace trained crisis, medical, mental-health, legal, or domestic-violence support.
Emotional or suicide crisis · U.S.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988, or use the official 988 Lifeline chat. The service is available 24/7/365 for emotional distress, mental-health or substance-use crisis, suicidal thoughts, or when you are worried about someone else.
Open 988 LifelineRelationship abuse · U.S.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Call 800-799-SAFE (7233), text START to 88788, or use the Hotline's official live chat for confidential support, safety planning, and local resources.
Open The HotlineOutside the United States
Use local emergency and crisis resources.
Emergency numbers and crisis systems differ by country. If there is immediate danger, contact your local emergency service. For non-immediate support, use a reputable local crisis, medical, mental-health, or domestic-violence service.
What NBJB can do
Reflection, language, and next steps.
Use NBJB for
- organizing a difficult thought
- separating observation from inference
- building a boundary around actions you control
- breaking overwhelm into a smaller next action
- reflecting on shame, identity, voice, and connection
Do not rely on NBJB for
- crisis intervention
- diagnosis or treatment
- proof of abuse, motive, intent, or legal wrongdoing
- emergency safety planning by itself
- medical or legal decisions requiring a qualified professional
Use the right tool for the job
Reflection can wait when safety cannot.
If the situation is urgent, choose real-world support first. The Forge will still be here later. Human nervous systems, charmingly, do not care about our content roadmap.
U.S. crisis and domestic-violence contact information last verified against the official services on September 15, 2026.
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