One of my friends just attempted suicide like 30 minutes ago. Thankfully he’s alive (I know bc he texted in the gc, and he didn’t say it like a joke) but I’m not really sure what to do. I told him I’m free to talk if he needs to (I am not able to go see him in person) and another friend who lives near him said about the same. We also had another mutual friend commit suicide not that long ago. What do I do?

  • @hoshikarakitaridia
    15•2 months ago

    Yeah none of this is good advice generally.

    A person who just made a suicide attempt nedds routine and normality but with a lot of friendly interactions sprinkled throughout that.

    Sometimes family can even be one of the reasons a person gets so driven to go that far.

    So cutting off contact and potentially making his family put even more pressure on him is one of the worst things you could do.

    Cutting off contact only helps if you can’t handle the situation or the person anymore, and that still doesn’t help them, it just shields you from mental stress.