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Will your friend be okay? That's a traumatic thing to have to deal with. Now, you're talking about internalized messages blaming yourself, right? Not other people telling you that? Blaming yourself for things is one of the traits that goes along with depression, and probably part of what causes it (one of those vicious circle things). That you can recognize what is happening and that it really isn't your fault is really good. Then you can start to change those thoughts.

I'm glad that you feel safe here. This is a good place to talk about things that you might not feel safe talking about somewhere else.

<font color=orange>"Everyone has a need for significance; and if we can't make that possible, or even probable, in our society, then it will be obtained in destructive ways." -Rollo May</font color=orange>