[TH Anonymous]

[SIZE="a"]One of my closest friends is struggling with suicidal thoughts at the moment. They've previously struggled with those thoughts before and in the past did try to take their life. They were doing better for a while but a lot has been changing for them recently in a short space of time and I think they've found it overwhelming.

I'm not very good when it comes to supporting people who are having suicidal thoughts. I never really know what to say and I often worry about saying the wrong thing or I say something thinking it sounds okay, only for them to say that it sounded insensitive. I've never been suicidal (not really, I've only wished I could be resting and recuperating but not dead) so I don't know the frame of mind. I do know that it often feels hopeless but I also know that feelings of hopelessness may not be the reality.

This sounds selfish of me, and I admit, it is, but I am definitely the type of person who would be ruminating on all the things I could've and should've said or done, if anything were to happen to my friend.

How do you help/support a friend who is having suicidal thoughts?[/size]