Keep your details to yourself
Never share your full name, address, school or workplace, phone number, email, or social media handles. The site blocks messages that contain links, email addresses, phone numbers and handles, but please do not rely on that alone. Stay anonymous.
Trust your feelings
If a conversation makes you uncomfortable, you are allowed to leave. Use the Leave button and move on. You never owe anyone a longer chat.
Report what is not okay
Use Report in any chat if someone is sexual, threatening, harassing, selling something, or seems to be under 18. The chat ends straight away, and the report is recorded. Repeated reports against the same person block them for a day.
Do not send money or meet up
youstillawake is for talking, not for trading. Never send money, gifts, or pictures, and never agree to meet someone you met here.
If tonight is really hard
If you are thinking about hurting yourself, or you feel you cannot keep yourself safe, please reach out now. You do not have to wait until you feel worse. our support page lists free, confidential support services in countries around the world. If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.
A message that mentions these feelings will not be blocked, but you will be shown this support page, and nobody else sees it.
Looking after yourself at night
- Keep a glass of water nearby, and the lights low.
- Take breaks. A chat can always wait until tomorrow.
- If you notice that you are spending hours here every night, talk to someone you trust in daylight.