'I can only imagine the pain': The Samaritans who save people from taking their own lives

'I can only imagine the pain': The Samaritans who save people from taking their own lives

Channel NewsAsia - Health·2019-11-23 06:04

“For most of them, the callers find comfort knowing that a stranger is willing to spend a part of their lives, supporting someone they may never know.” – We meet a Samaritan of Singapore.

File photo (Photo: Rauf Khan)

SINGAPORE: “People are better off without me,” a caller uttered to Wendy (not her real name) over the phone.

For 30-year-old Wendy, a volunteer with the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS), people expressing suicidal thoughts are common. For three to four hours a week, and at least one overnight session a month, Wendy is picking up distress calls on the SOS hotline - sometimes from people who are thinking about killing themselves.

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