Helplines in Benin.

Battling to cope with your diagnosis and symptoms? Reach out to a helpline for free support in Benin

Everything changes when you’re diagnosed with a serious, chronic or life-threatening physical illness. Coping with your new reality can be challenging, especially when you feel isolated or alone. You are valued. There are 1 helplines in Benin where you can confide in volunteers or counselors for support when you feel:

• That life isn’t worth living, given the limitations and pain associated with your medical condition.
• Isolated from friends and family due to the physical and mental effects of your condition.
• Fear that you'll be defined by your medical condition, instead of who you really are.
• Isolated from those who don’t comprehend your discomfort or the seriousness of your condition.
• Anxiety, tension, fear, sadness and helplessness about your condition and what the future holds.
• Cut off from your family and friends who cannot understand what you are going through.
• Unsure how to process the reality of death or come to terms with your mortality.
• Depression about the life you've lost, things you cannot do, and places you cannot go.

Physical illness can disrupt your sleep patterns, family life, social life, work life, and your ability to function as normal. Medication, pain and exhaustion can make it difficult to think straight or process your feelings. A bad diagnosis can feel devastating.

You have the potential to face the challenges of illness with resilience and grace – but you do need support. By reaching to a helpline in Benin, you can talk with counselor or volunteer who understands the unspoken, emotional effects of physical illness. Contacting a helpline doesn't mean you're weak – it simply shows that you are human.