Miscellaneous: Today, I was talking to my friend, who was telling me he's having...

By Anonymous - 19/07/2015 06:49 - United Kingdom - Middlewich

Today, I was talking to my friend, who was telling me he's having suicidal thoughts lately. He then said he'd be back in a few minutes. Nearly an hour passed. I panicked, thinking he'd offed himself. Several minutes after I called the emergency services, he messaged me, saying "K, back." FML

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By Anonymous - 19/12/2023 23:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I tried to tell my dad that I was really struggling with my mental health and didn't think I could stay alive much longer. He laughed. This comes after telling my "best friend" last week and having to wait three days for a reply. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/12/2009 00:28 - United States

Today, I was texting my friend. He has a history of depression, which we were talking about, and somehow, he turned the conversation to, "If we ever broke up, I would kill myself." I didn't even know we were even going out. FML

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Not helping

By Anonymous - 18/11/2021 01:59

Today, I was talking to my professor and explained how depressed and stressed out I am. He called the police to my house because he thought that would help with my suicidal thoughts. My parents don't believe in mental health, and I want to die more. FML

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Don't do it

By Anonymous - 12/04/2024 08:00 - United States - Coventry

Today, I finally caved and told a friend about my suicide note. She demanded that I promise I wouldn't follow through, but how could I when I was writing it no more than a few minutes before I joined a call with her? The funny thing is, most of that note was me trying to comfort my friends and family for when I'm gone. FML

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Don't know, don't care

By Anonymous - 29/07/2021 00:01

Today, I realised that if I died, no one would care. I know this because when I called my partner distressed last night, he told me he needed to sleep and hung up in less than 45 seconds, and a friend told me to call lifeline. I haven’t heard from either of them since. FML

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Liability

By Anonymous - 18/10/2021 11:00

Today, my friend broke ties with me after I came out of the hospital from attempted suicide. She was the one who called the police for me to go in there in the first place. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/01/2010 16:12 - United States

Today, I called a suicide prevention hotline. No one picked up. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/08/2011 04:18 - United States

Today, my friend's dad had a heart attack. Without realizing what I was saying, I texted her, "If you need anything, you know I'll be there in a heartbeat." FML

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By notanightowlanymore - 05/01/2016 17:44 - United States - Clyde

Today, my grandfather showed up at my house in a panic. He rushed over, with a gun, because I wasn't answering his texts and he thought something had happened to me. I was asleep. FML

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Worried

By Anonymous - 16/09/2023 08:00

Today, I texted a friend saying I urgently needed his help. He gushed back along the lines of, "Glad you reached out, everyone has noticed your terrible frame of mind, you’re a suicide risk." I meant help with a tricky Excel spreadsheet, but thanks for the support I guess. FML

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Fiorella1 19

Monday 20 July 2015 0:13

It's better safe than sorry OP.

jimmer23 21

Monday 20 July 2015 0:13

Good friend. And they have help for people having suicidal thoughts, you probably helped him out quite a bit anyways.

Comments

LosinIt2008 14

Monday 20 July 2015 9:50

at least you care about your friend!♡

rustybucket 24

Monday 20 July 2015 10:12

You're a good friend.

cocoshake 16

Monday 20 July 2015 12:22

wow what a good friend you are. You are what we need in this world

kathrinex 26

Monday 20 July 2015 12:29

You're a good friend!

Slothman102 11

Monday 20 July 2015 14:20

My mate once said brb and he returned two weeks later. Had no idea where he was and nor did our other friends.

llamingo 8

Monday 20 July 2015 16:02

It's nice to see everyone on fml agreeing for once. OP you did the right thing and are an awesome friend.

ellismai 2

Monday 20 July 2015 17:41

I called my best friend at 3am one time - he'd been having a rough week and I woke up really suddenly, thinking that I'd heard him saying my name. I just had a really sick feeling in the pit of my stomach and so I called to make sure he was all right. Believe me, you had more to go off of than I did. You did the right thing! (also ... we're engaged now :-P )

claramm45 4

Tuesday 21 July 2015 4:22

I don't think this is a FYL or a YDI situation. You did the right thing OP. Even if your friend was okay it still wouldn't hurt calling for help. I'm sure everyone will understand. Be grateful the situation ended the way it did.

butterfingers583 21

Tuesday 21 July 2015 6:34

You were being a good friend, don't feel bad about calling.

MTaylor00 8

Wednesday 22 July 2015 3:10

I still would have called for help regardless if your friend texted back or not. Better safe than sorry... and it's better getting him help right away than to wait for his depression to get worse.