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Mental health support designed for workers in trades, service, and physical occupations. Use when someone in a physical job is struggling with stress, substance use, anger, isolation, or burnout and traditional mental health resources feel inaccessible.

When to use

• Someone in a physical job says they're "fine" but their behavior has changed
• User mentions increased drinking, anger, sleep problems, or withdrawal from people
• Explicitly asks for mental health help but dismisses therapy as an option
• Burnout symptoms in a trades/service/physical job context
• Coworker seems to be struggling and user wants to know how to approach them
• Mentions suicidal thoughts or self-harm — trigger immediate crisis protocol
• Has tried generic mental health advice and found it useless for their situation

When not to use

• traditional therapy access
• white-collar mental health

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