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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College Life
Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
Today, in a state of severe depression and fearing I might do the worst, I called my local suicide helpline. I was put on hold. FML
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today, I called a suicide prevention hotline. No one picked up. FML
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
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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Top comments
Fiorella1 19
It's better safe than sorry OP.
jimmer23 21
Good friend. And they have help for people having suicidal thoughts, you probably helped him out quite a bit anyways.
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Comments (91)
LosinIt2008 14
at least you care about your friend!♡
rustybucket 24
You're a good friend.
cocoshake 16
wow what a good friend you are. You are what we need in this world
kathrinex 26
You're a good friend!
Slothman102 11
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
It's nice to see everyone on fml agreeing for once. OP you did the right thing and are an awesome friend.
ellismai 2
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
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
You were being a good friend, don't feel bad about calling.
MTaylor00 8
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.