That one friend....

ViTong4
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:15:14 +0000

It’s a terrible thing to hope that everyone has a suicidal friend.

I hope it cheers you up to know that perhaps just being there has helped save her life. If you feel that you can’t really help out and offer sound advice, give her a suicide hotline.

Hotline : 1-800-784-8433

Or, if you’re exaggerating and she isn’t really threatening to end her life… know that this isn’t something to be joking about. If she’s upset and it’s annoying you, chances are, she’s feeling very utterly alone and you’re one of the last people she can go to. Just keep an open mind and open heart and know that everyone is fighting their own internal and/or external war. She may be contacting you because you don’t see her every day and therefore, you won’t be there to spread rumors or rants about her. You won’t be around her circle of friends. It may very well take a load of her shoulders to talk about these sort of things or just vent… and not worry about having to confront you the following day.

If you are truly irritated and want to “deal with it”, call her and suggest she go seek counselling or you can suggest some support chatrooms for her. If you really want her to get the message though, you should meet up with her… whether it be a calm talk in a cafe or something else.