Desperate for Swedish help (trigger warning s!ucide)

[PoloGirl]

Dd is in Copenhagen and she’s left her phone charger at her ex-boyfriends which is three hours away. She’s only just broken up with him and she’s a sobbing mess and saying about suicide (she’s tried once before).

Does anyone know the Comfort Hotel in Copenhagen and where she might be able to get a charger?? She says there are no shops nearby. Without one she can’t get her flight details for tomorrow or contact anyone as she desperately needs to do in this situation.

Any help at all appreciated x

For future reference, most Scandinavians do speak English and if they don’t (a few from older generations), you are bound to bump into someone who does, especially if you are near or at the airport. I can help with Swedish translations if you like but like you said, she was in Denmark not Sweden.
I hope your daughter is soon safely home.

I hope she’s feeling calmer now OP. I bet she is.

Break ups are tough. Add an unfamiliar country and a the charger problem to the mix, and it’s even more stressful. But she seems to have coped.

I’m glad she was able to procure a charger. Is she going to the hotel now? I hope she is feeling somewhat better.

How old is your daughter? Breakups are hard at any age, but if she’s very young it might be especially difficult.

Exactly. Copenhagen is not in Sweden

kan du hänvisa mig till en butik som jag kan köpa en telefonladdare från?
tell her she can show this to someone, it just asks they direct her to a shop that she can buy a charger for her phone from.

Agreed.

Delighted she got one, poor girl, at least you can keep in touch with her OP.

When my daughter worked reception in hotels she always had a huge supply of chargers, even back in the day when different phones needed different chargers.

I spent a lot of the thread wondering if "Swedish help" was something I'd never heard of!

Hope she gets sorted soon OP

Glad she has found a charger! I hope she gets to the hotel without too much difficulty.

If she is in danger / actively planning suicide, she should phone 112 (the equivalent of the UK's 999)

If a phone line like the Samaritans would be helpful, she can phone +45 70 201 201 any time apart from between 5 am and 10.59 am. It is "Livslinien" [the lifeline] which is a helpline for people in crisis or with thoughts of suicide.

It is easy to say the wrong thing when you're frantic with worry, if your daughter has been in Sweden her whole trip and is just getting the train over to Copenhagen for a night to fly home from there.

Sending best wishes to you and to her!

talk to another human being maybe?

Shame I saw this one too late! The first time I have seen a post on here from someone wanting help in my home city.

Tell her to eat well in Copenhagen tomorrow. Lots to nourish the soul, and it's super walkable.

Great news. We need to know where she got it from!

To be fair, 99% of Danes speak English well (i have heard 'he waits for the show/book to be translated before he watches/reads it' as an insult before)

Even if she spoke Swedish, KBH is so close to the border and a lot of people would have some understanding (Especially if it's with a skåne accent...but let's not start that debate!).

We are a funny bunch, but we do know how to have a good time. If OP's daughter is in Vesterbro, there are some lovely places to have a drink in the area and/or yhe meat packing district, as well as more centrally (really not far to walk to Strøget...and the hot dog stand outside city hall is usually open until very late at night. No pølser like a Danish one.)

God there are some twats on this thread.

Hope she is okay OP, glad she got a charger.

Your poor girl.

Once she's back on an even keel, I would speak with her, in the gentlest possible way, about the impact of threats of suicide has on family members and loved ones, especially when they are powerless to do anything to help or intervene, as has been the case for you this evening.

I've a relative who will, in desperation, allude to suicide and self-harm, and while I would much rather they gave voice to their pain than suffer in silence, my preference would be for a more measured expression, taking some responsibility for how their words will land. Like you, I've been frantic with worry, out of reach and not daring to risk thinking it's just words this time.

I hope she feels better once she's settled at her hotel with you at the end of the line, but seriously, tell her in the morning.

OP said she's going to Copenhagen from Sweden

Plus they are right next to each other with Copenhagen just 15 miles from Malmo via the Oresund bridge.

This is a very well written post. There are several anti suicide charities that may help both your DD with her feelings and you with supporting her with her feelings.

I’m glad she’s ok OP. I was about to wake Swedish DH for language help if you needed it.

A little older than your DD but I once travelled home from Europe with my young heart freshly broken and 20 years later it stands out as one of the worst couple of days of my life.

Big hugs for her when she gets home, but as a PP says, also when the dust settles a chat about how wild in the moment suggestions land with loved ones at home x

Lots of people in southern Sweden fly out of Copenhagen airport (which is in Denmark). If she is on the train ask to borrow someone’s charger. The seats have charger ports normally. Most People can speak English in Sweden and Denmark.

Took the words right out of my mouth. No need for the twatty comments on a thread asking for help. Just read the thread and you’ll see where the OP corrected herself. But well done “Copenhagen is not in Sweden” gold star to you ⭐️

Glad she got a charger and is touch with you OP. Hope she gets home safely.

Really?? I honestly don't understand the mindset of someone posting on a thread of an op as distressed and upset as this and just deciding to write a sarcastic shitty comment. It's a really shitty thing to do, have a word with yourself.,

Thanks everyone. She did get home safely albeit on an earlier flight than previously booked because she just wasn’t coping. She’s been pretty devastated (she’s 23) but I think through the worst 🤞
Thanks so much everyone for the help, MN really is a wonderful place at times.