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Thank you. I haven't considered talking about other things going on at the time but looking back there was a lot of difficulties. It kind of feels like a trail of bad or stressful events eventually leading up to my friends suicide attempt being the final blow, in a way. Mmm. After this happened...

Would I be allowed to do that? Since I've never been diagnosed with PTSD I don't want to step on anyone's toes or offend them. I'm very sorry to hear about what happened to your friend on your swim team...it seems like you were a really good friend to have. I'm glad you could eventually let go...

Yes and no. I initially asked my parents for therapy because of the way I was struggling with my friend's suicide attempt, but they didn't know that back then and thought I wanted to see someone for my anxiety. I tried to focus on my anxiety in the sessions but eventually all I wanted to talk...

Probably not many adults. I don't blame them for that, because it isn't something people really expect to come up against in their lives. It is good she survived, yes. I suppose that is one way of looking at it-I don't even know what I'm blaming myself for, because she's never mentioned feeling...

I know I did the best I could at the time...but it feels like I should have done more. I'll explain why in a minute below. Although the article on suicide signs being hard to spot did help me quite a bit, so thank you. Yes something else did happen after that that made me feel like I should...

I'm going to reply to both of your posts in one because you so kindly wrote so much, so thank you. No, I don't think someone that age should be expected to know what to do but I still feel a lot of pressure anyway. This may sound quite strange but you know in the media, in books or movies or...

Thanks for replying. I think my friend is doing a lot better now-she still has bad days sometimes but generally she just seems a lot better. We still talk a lot, although not as much as we used to due to personal life getting in the way.

Thank you for your replies, I wasn't expecting to get some within such a short time. So I really appreciate it. I have had some therapy for this before by which I mean I was referred to a psychiatrist for my OCD and social anxiety but ended up spending most of my sessions talking about my...

When I was 14 one of my closest friends told me she'd attempted suicide two weeks prior. I am now 17 and I have never been able to move on from this. It's like my brain is completely stuck. Whenever I hear about suicide or mental health, the memories and emotions all come back to me and I can't...