Where to Start When It Feels Like the World Is Ending

Mental health resources for restaurant and bar employees.

The world isn’t ending. Or, wait…COVID cases are up; maybe it is. But yesterday was great; things are going to be fine. Or are they?

Feel like you’re on a roller coaster? Us too. Stress, sadness, anxiety, and anger are normal emotions. But when they pop up suddenly with enough intensity to give you whiplash (or live in your gut like a boulder every moment of every day), when you jolt awake halfway through your sleep cycle and lie awake playing a loop of that awkward interaction with a four-top five years ago, when the only time you clear the already low bar of “I’m fiiiiiiine,” is when you’re three drinks in—it’s time to ask for help. That’s a daunting task at the best of times (and we all agree that now is definitely not the best of times). So this list of mental health resources, compiled by our partners at Eat Denver, is a handy starting point. When it feels like your world is coming apart at the seams—or even if you just want to take a break from the fake-smile eye crinkles you put on when you don your mask—the mental health resources listed below can help.

Emergency Services

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
Crisis Text Line
- Text 741741
- Chat via its Facebook page
Colorado Crisis Services
- Call 1-844-493-TALK (8255)
- Text “TALK” to 38255
- Walk in to one of the nine centers across Colorado