I Am Afraid My Friend Is Going to Kill Herself. What Can I Do?
Question by Kevin: I am afraid my friend is going to kill herself. What can I do?
She is already on medication and therapy. She has been on numerous medications and has seen several different therapists in the past 10 years. Nothing seems to be working. She is still very angry, upset, not to mention extremely suicidal. She feels like she needs to stop the medication and the therapy in order to feel better. She says she does not have the time, energy or finances to try more medications or see more therapists for the next 10+ years, hoping that she would get better even in the most insignificant way.
She does lack a support system. That is the major problem. Her family is part of the reason why she is the way she is and she has to avoid them, otherwise it gets pretty ugly. Confrontation with her family is not going to work because they just do not understand her. She does have a good amount of friends but she does not feel comfortable discussing her personal problems with most of them.
She’s an independent person who lives on her own and has a stable job. She is not the type of person who has to be mentally institutionalized. If medication and therapy are not working, being institutionalized in a setting she is not going to be comfortable in is not going to help her anyway.
The problem is she honestly believes that most people do not understand her. She says, “There are three types of people: people who give generic advice and shouldn’t be worthy enough to call themselves human beings, people who are ignorant jackasses who prefer to push me off a cliff with their harmful words and people who try to force me to rely on religion so I can still keep my body but my soul can be sacrificed and fed to the non-existent Gods that I don’t believe in.” She knows she needs more close friends like me but she does not know how to go about it.
I am not going to trivialize her problems and be ignorant and say, “You’re going to need to grow up. Just forget about the past, move on and enjoy life.” It’s not going to be that simple if she is contemplating suicide even when she’s already going to regular therapy sessions and is on various medications, you know?
Religion is not going to work for her. Again I’m not going to force her to do something that I know is not going to help her.
I am really afraid I am going to lose her, and I do not know what to do.
Best answer:
Answer by Jessica
You need to share your concerns with her in a calm, compassionate, and friendly way. Tell her that you want to help her and that you don’t want to see her get hurt. Express your worries about her safety and well being. Tell her that you care and will always be there for her.
Answer by zacklee3000
Tell her God loves her
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