29 July 2010, 10:31 am
I've been best friends with this girl since 5th grade. We're going into 10th. She's usually the happiest person in the world. Making jokes, cheering people up, making life a little less boring. Well for the past 2 years, she's been thinking about suicide...a lot. She tells me everything. She's cut herself, attempted an overdose, and run away from home. When we were in school I had the school counselor talk to her. Bad idea. The counselor made her cry. (I'd rather not say what she told her). Lately I've been really scared she might do something she's really going to regret. Both her father and her grandmother have been diagnosed with cancer. She's really close to both of them. She's been staying at my house because her mother (She lives with just her mother) refuses to pay any attention to her and any attention she does give her is negative. What can I do? I've been trying to help her through this but I just don't know what else I can do.... Read More »