Hello all,
I have a friend who has been depressed for awhile now. Out of all her friends, only three including me know. She's expressed that she doesn't want to die because of us and her other friends, but also can't see the point of living. Because I'm friends with the other two who know, we tried suggesting that she could go to the school counselor and receive help there first but she doesn't trust the school. She also doesn't think her mom will take her seriously if she tells her, and wouldn't bring her to receive treatment.
We're at a loss of what to do. We don't want to go behind her back to tell the counselor or her parents to get her help, but it seems like it could be getting worse. A lot of the time she'll keep her feelings bottled up inside of her and won't say what's on her mind to any of us. We wish we could do more, since she is our close friend, but at the moment there seems to be nothing else except for just being there for her.
Is there anything we can do to convince her to get help? Thank you.
I have a friend who has been depressed for awhile now. Out of all her friends, only three including me know. She's expressed that she doesn't want to die because of us and her other friends, but also can't see the point of living. Because I'm friends with the other two who know, we tried suggesting that she could go to the school counselor and receive help there first but she doesn't trust the school. She also doesn't think her mom will take her seriously if she tells her, and wouldn't bring her to receive treatment.
We're at a loss of what to do. We don't want to go behind her back to tell the counselor or her parents to get her help, but it seems like it could be getting worse. A lot of the time she'll keep her feelings bottled up inside of her and won't say what's on her mind to any of us. We wish we could do more, since she is our close friend, but at the moment there seems to be nothing else except for just being there for her.
Is there anything we can do to convince her to get help? Thank you.
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