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Words for both ends
Asking someone to be in your circle can be hard to word. So can offering. Everything here is free to copy, change and send from your own phone.
If the circle is for you
Send these on a good day. The app makes the real invitation link when you add someone to your circle.
Asking someone to be in your circle
I'm setting something up for my hard days, and I'd like you to be one of my people. It's an app called Both Ends. I write down what helps me, and if I'm ever having a rough moment I can let a few people know with one tap. You'd be one of several, you can set hours when you're off, and it's always fine to say "I can't right now." Can I send you an invite? https://bothends-site.pages.dev
Asking someone to be a backup
Would you be a backup for me on Both Ends? It's an app where a few people I trust can be reached on a hard day. As a backup you'd only be asked if nobody else has answered after a few minutes. Most days nothing happens at all. No pressure either way. https://bothends-site.pages.dev
To a therapist, counselor or peer supporter
I've started using Both Ends (https://bothends-site.pages.dev). I've written a card about what helps me in a hard moment, and a few people I chose can be asked to reach out. If it would be useful, I can share a private, read-only view with you of what I choose, such as my card, my safety plan, or the dates of my moments. No account is needed to open it.
If you want to be someone's person
Inside the app, Be someone's person makes your own offer link and a printable QR card. These words work with it, or on their own.
"Put me in your circle"
If you ever have a hard day and want someone to reach, I'd like to be one of your people. Put me in your circle. There's a free app called Both Ends that sets it up, and you stay in charge of it: who's in, what they see, all of it. No need to answer now. https://bothends-site.pages.dev
To someone grieving, in recovery, or carrying a lot
I don't always know what to say, but I want to be someone you can reach. Both Ends lets you write down what actually helps and what you'd rather people didn't say, so I'd get it right. If you ever set it up, I'd be glad to be in your circle. https://bothends-site.pages.dev
To the other helpers in a circle
I've joined the circle on Both Ends too. If it helps: I'm usually around evenings. When one of us says "I've got this one" the rest of us can stand down, and it's fine for any of us to say "I can't right now." There's a short helper guide here: https://bothends-site.pages.dev/learn
For a group or community
Sharing a free app some of us might find useful: Both Ends (https://bothends-site.pages.dev). You pick three to five people you already know, write down what helps you in a hard moment, and can reach them with one tap. Helpers get a plain guide and can set their own hours. It is private and encrypted, with no ads. It is not an emergency service: in crisis, call or text 988.
Print a flyer
A one-page flyer with a QR code, for waiting rooms, peer support groups, community boards and break rooms. Please ask before posting in shared spaces.
Download flyer (PDF, US Letter)Share with care
- Say plainly that Both Ends is not an emergency service and not therapy.
- Do not promise that someone will answer. Nobody is guaranteed to.
- Let people choose for themselves. One mention is enough.
- If someone is in crisis now, point them to 988 or 911 first.
Social posts
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Every hard moment has two ends: the person having it, and the people who would want to know. Both Ends is a free, private app for your own small circle. Not an emergency service. In crisis, call or text 988. bothends.care
Be someone's person. You may never be called. Five minutes of plain guidance, then tell one person: "put me in your circle." bothends.care/learn
What you write on Both Ends is encrypted on your device and end-to-end encrypted with your circle. No ads. No trackers. No location, no "last seen". bothends.care/privacy