# YouMatter by Mello Zone

> Independent support-resource directory and wellness project at https://youmatter.mellozone.site/. YouMatter is not a medical provider, counseling service, crisis line, or emergency service.

## Core directories
- [All support resources](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/resources/)
- [Mental health and crisis resources](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/mental-health-resources/)
- [LGBTQ+ support resources](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/lgbtq-resources/)

## Reviewed service profiles
- [988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/mental-health-resources/988-suicide-crisis-lifeline/): Immediate crisis support by call, text, or chat for people in emotional distress, experiencing a mental health or substance-use crisis, or worried about someone else.
- [Crisis Text Line](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/mental-health-resources/crisis-text-line/): Free, confidential text-based support with a trained volunteer Crisis Counselor for stress, anxiety, loneliness, bullying, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and other difficult moments.
- [NAMI HelpLine](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/mental-health-resources/nami-helpline/): A free nationwide information and emotional-support service for people with mental health concerns, family members, caregivers, and people trying to locate practical resources.
- [SAMHSA National Helpline](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/mental-health-resources/samhsa-national-helpline/): A confidential U.S. information and treatment-referral service for people and families facing mental health or substance-use concerns.
- [The Trevor Project](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/lgbtq-resources/the-trevor-project/): Crisis support and suicide-prevention services created for LGBTQ+ young people, with phone, text, and chat options in the United States.
- [Trans Lifeline](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/lgbtq-resources/trans-lifeline/): A trans-led peer-support phone service for trans and questioning callers in the United States and Canada.
- [LGBT National Help Center](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/lgbtq-resources/lgbt-national-help-center/): Confidential peer support, information, and local-resource help through identity-specific hotlines and online chat.
- [PFLAG](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/lgbtq-resources/pflag/): A chapter-based organization offering peer connection, education, and support for LGBTQ+ people, parents, families, and allies.

## Guides and standards
- [Regional & Country Support Resources](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/regional-country-support-resources/): A practical way to find crisis and support services that actually serve your country, region, language, and contact method.
- [Peer-Support Directories](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/peer-support-directories/): Understand peer support, locate identity-aware groups, and check whether a program fits before you share personal information.
- [Finding Professional Mental-Health Help](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/finding-professional-help/): A non-clinical guide to comparing licensed care, cost, identity fluency, access needs, and fit.
- [Online-Community Wellness](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/online-community-wellness/): Practical ways to protect energy, boundaries, privacy, and connection in furry and other online communities.
- [Digital Safety & Support Resources](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/digital-safety-support-resources/): Respond to harassment, impersonation, intimate-image abuse, account compromise, or unsafe community behavior without improvising alone.
- [How to Find Verified Support Services](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/how-to-find-verified-services/): A short verification method for hotlines, peer programs, directories, treatment services, and community organizations.
- [Support-Service Comparisons](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/service-comparisons/): Compare crisis services, peer support, information lines, licensed care, directories, and emergency response by purpose.
- [Accessibility of Support Providers](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/accessibility-of-support-providers/): Check communication, disability, language, technology, cost, identity, and scheduling access before depending on a provider.
- [Editorial Scope & Standards](https://youmatter.mellozone.site/editorial-scope/): How YouMatter separates resource navigation from furry-community editorial work and reviews outside services.

## Editorial boundary
Community meaning, identity, belonging, and furry-fandom analysis belong on Mello Zone. Crisis, treatment, therapist-finding, suicide-support, and service-navigation content belong on YouMatter.