Collection call harrassment

I have credit card companies/colection agencies calling me and threatening to garnish my wages & sue me& put a lien on my house because I AM BEHIND DUE TO AN EMEGENCY SITUATION. I am working with a debt relief company but they may take a while. How far do these companies usually go with the threats before they actually take action. It is mentall & physically killing me.
My Debt relief company says I should ignore the calls. They say the collection companies will say & threaten anything to get me to pay.Is this true?
Will they come blazing into my job to garnish my wages?
I am trying to sell my homne to pay my bills off. Can they stop the selling of my home?

Actually you sound like your in a serious crisis. But 1 thing I learned is that if your friend gets laid off its a recesion but if you get laid of its a depression you see what im saying? Basically the debt relief rep can tell you to ignore the calls but he/she is not the one getting the harassing calls. I as well know what its like to have them call my house. What the credit company's dont understand is that you can only pay the minimum payment b/because thats all you can afford, Which is why congress raised the minnimum payment. But dont 4get they changed the bankrupcy laws as well, and they make you go to credit counseling before your claim can be approved and that takes 6 MONTHS. Trust me I work in financial services to help people get out of debt and I see this sh*t ALL THE TIME. If I were you I would go to credit counseling now so if your in this trouble 6 months from now and have to file bankrupcy they'll let you keep your house and other assests

I am in debt and being harrassed - they are now contacting my two sons by mail and an unlisted phone number of my other son. I have just found this out today sunday, april 30th. I have not given this information to creditors or lawyers and my sons were not even aware of this. I have beeen slowly going crazy, but now they have pushed to limits in contacting my children who have no fault in this. only me. I do not have any money to pay, Ipaid all I could. I am broke with only social security. they threaten, slam the phone. and they call me a thief. they are trying to turn my children aganest me

I am in debt and being harrassed - they are now contacting my two sons by mail and an unlisted phone number of my other son. I have just found this out today sunday, april 30th. I have not given this information to creditors or lawyers and my sons were not even aware of this. I have beeen slowly going crazy, but now they have pushed to limits in contacting my children who have no fault in this. only me. I do not have any money to pay, Ipaid all I could. I am broke with only social security. they threaten, slam the phone. and they call me a thief. they are trying to turn my children aganest me