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I’m so sorry that you’re going through that, she’s very lucky to have a caring friend like you. Just remember it’s not up to you how she feels/what choices she makes. All you can do is offer your support, which could include showing her a suicide hotline that she can call, or encouraging her to get help from a trained professional. For more info you can go here: https://www.helpguide.org/articles/suicide-prevention/suicide-prevention.htm I hope this helps, and I’m sorry again.
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I think you should first be sure that she is suicidal. You can try to ask her indirectly like "You're not looking well" or maybe "we haven't been hanging out recently". What I think is she can step back if you get too deep here, by not giving her openness to express herself. But also keep close eyes on any hints she gives regarding this. And just don't let her feel alone, a person only commits suicide when he/she is not grounded. Your friendship seems strong, use it wisely.
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I never told her about my suicidal acts that happened some months ago before I got treatment. I know what she is going through. She said she only dont "dont do it" because of her mother. She doenst say suicide, but saying that she wants to get and overdose and not come back is something. We had some fights a year ago, it almost ended our friendship but it remained over that. I start talking again with her some months ago. Im not letting her down, but I am starting to obsess a lot, I asked her like why is that happening and yet she dont replied
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@Newstage Okay... It seems to me that getting her to the flow of expressing her feelings would help. Start patiently, let the limits holding hee back in her mind fade away. Talking to her in the midnight or while walking together is an example. Then, bring random light feelings to balance her feelings of depression or of sadness. Trying a little bit of fun or something that while she talks about, can make her forget other things for a while is an example. Then slowly bring the topic. Very carefully. Try asking her how her day was or maybe what she did in the evening. The final thing is to break her acceptance that is keeping her from not sharing this. Trying asking her "you can always tell me if something really bothers you" or maybe " It makes me upset to see you like this" can help. Even it doesn't work in one go, keep up the flow and keep close eye on any hints. (Verbal or non-verbal, even theoretical)
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@Believe I made a phone call to her, she didnt pick up, but it made she reply to me. She said she dont want to talk about it. I am trying to not gorce this talk. Face to face might be a problem, because we live in cities very far away. We raised up together, but I moved out. Also I am scared of trying to get to this subject and showing her I worry about it and then she start to hide it.
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@Newstage To no force*
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@Newstage I get a feeling that this may be over a recent friend of her, that she maybe was in love and they played games together, but something happened
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@Newstage You need to try this somehow, you can't let the time pass. Maybe that exact chance? Sorry but you have to find ways yourself, I can only tell you the method, you know the situations better than me. Good luck ?
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