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Originally Posted by Akashic_Librarian  Sounds like a typical teenager deep in the mind numbing depression of The ANGST haha...
Tell him to stop being stupid. Tell him to pick a goal, a simple, easily achievable goal, and make him do it. Or try to.
If you can't get through, then don't beat yourself. It's not your job to save the world. Do what you can and if you can't honestly do anymore, then let go with a silent prayer (to yourself, not to God or whatever) and just...let go. |
he's not a teenager he's in his late 20s.
telling him to stop being stupid is the most ridiculous unempathetic thing you could say.
but he did get one thing right and that is that its not your responsibility to save the world. we all have our own paths. if he is stubborn and isn't taking your advice then leave him. some people do like to be drama queens and indulge in their lower parts of their lives.
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Originally Posted by striving4peace 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 |
this is good advice.. making them laugh is a really good way to distract him. but what you describe he sounds difficult and does not want to take on any other perspective.
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Originally Posted by richie111 Refer him to stevepavlina.com 
It will raise his positive vibration for sure. |
ha yeah sure. why not. perhaps reading up on other forums or he could post himself could help.