I've turned a few people from suicide in my time. One of them was over the net.
Took me three hours to convince her to cheer her enough to not want to overdose on pills.
Coax them initially.
Distract them.
Make em laugh if you can. That helped the most.
Knock some sense into them so they don't go this route again, but comfortingly enough that they know there's someone who cares and will listen if it gets desperate enough.
But don't let them get too dependent either. It's a tricky balance
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