About FKB

About the FKB Website

We appreciate those who have been a part of Feeling Kinda Blue and hope this site has been as meaningful to them as it has been to our team. Our goal has always been to promote social connectedness and offer 24-hour support without barriers. Feeling Kinda Blue members have provided peer-to-peer care for over a decade, and we thank them.

Over the past few years, we have seen a decline in the use of some of the website’s interactive features. Therefore, in October 2024 we will adjust our resources in new ways that we believe will provide the best care for our community.

We will make several changes to feelingkindablue.org:

Removal of the Latest News page
Removal of the Events page
Removal of the ability to post on Forum, Blog, or Chat platforms. PLEASE NOTE: We urge users to copy and save any of their personal contributions to these parts of the sites that they'd like to preserve. They will no longer be available starting November 1.
We will retain and update the Resources page, Depression Quiz, Anxiety Quiz, What You Can Do page, and About Us – Alex’s Story.

We will provide stipends to local interns from social work college and university programs who will provide in-person counseling to people of all ages. In doing so, we will support affordable behavioral health care and best-in-class field training.

We are still here for you 24/7. Please continue to call us at the Feeling Kinda Blue hotline at 866-728-7983. Other 24/7 interactive resources include the 988 call, chat, and text lines, as well as www.safespace.vibrant.org.

Thank you for connecting and caring for others as a member of Feeling Kinda Blue. Questions may be directed to info@providentstl.org.

Here are some answers to common questions about the Feeling Kinda Blue website and hotline. If there is something you would like to know about this service please give us a call @ 866-728-7983 and a trained crisis worker will be able to assist you.

FKB staff members monitor the site 24/7, but do not approve members at all times due to the availability of our team supervisors.

There are certain times where we may not be able to approve you immediately. But, do not worry; a staff member will get to your registration and you will be notified by email when your registration is approved.

If at any point you need to talk to someone or are in crisis while your registration is pending, feel free to reach out to the FKB hotline @ 866-728-7983 at any time

If your request was denied by a FKB staff member, it likely means the information you provided is false or you may have forgotten something. Make sure to include all your information including apartment number or room number.

If your request has been denied, we encourage you to sign up again.

Other reasons users may be denied are:

The user is outside of the United States
The user registered using an inappropriate username that is offensive to others or violates our terms of use.
The user has a history of harassing other members or violating the sites terms of use.

A trained crisis worker from our FKB staff will ask if you are having any thoughts of suicide and assess your immediate safety. These questions are asked on every call regardless of the reason why the caller is calling in. This is done by asking a few questions around suicide and the caller’s situation to get an idea of how they may be able to help.

The crisis workers do not read from a script and encourage callers to share only what they feel comfortable with during the call.

All of the crisis workers on the FKB hotline have extensive training on mental health and crisis intervention. Crisis workers will try to work with you and problem solve ways to help you in the moment or provide supportive resources. Crisis workers are here to listen and want to support you regardless of what you may be struggling with.

All calls are confidential and free.

No. Our goal is to make this site free and accessible to everyone. We are dedicated to making the site user friendly and free of advertisements.

Being a member and contributing to the site by communicating and helping others is a great way to support the site. You can also take our survey, which provides us with helpful feedback about our services. You can take our survey here.

If you wish to support FKB by making a donation to Provident Behavioral Health you can do so through our main website here.