How to Use This Guide
This guide is designed for low cognitive load. If you are in crisis, your executive function is compromised. Decision-making is harder. Reading dense text is harder. This document accounts for that. Follow the numbered steps in order. Skip nothing marked with ⚠️. Use the headings to jump to your current situation. You do not need to read the whole document from top to bottom.
Core Guidance
A one-page clinical screening addendum with 5 questions, red-flag indicators, and differential diagnosis notes. Printable. Incorporate-able into existing intake workflows.
Implementation checklist
- •[ ] Identify the primary threat vector (which platform, which type of harassment)
- •[ ] Complete documentation phase before any deletion decisions
- •[ ] Apply privacy lockdown on all active platforms
- •[ ] Establish a 48-hour hold before permanent deletions
- •[ ] Identify at least one trusted person to notify
- •[ ] Save crisis resources: 988 (US), local support numbers
This guide is maintained by The Unadulting Society. Platform settings and reporting mechanisms change. If you find an error or outdated instruction, help keep this resource accurate for the next person who needs it.
For crisis support, call or text 988 (US). You do not need to be suicidal to call. You can call because you're scared and don't know what to do. That's enough.
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