My best friend lost her support system a week and a half ago. Her cousin, who was bipolar just like my friend, committed suicide. Her cousin was one of those people who had it all together for the most part. She did her research on everything, was big into heath and fitness and other then her emotional ups and downs could have had a pretty productive life and really did for the most part.

She touched a lot of peoples lives. She was inspirational and easy to talk to. From what my friend said she was hard to live with though.

Anyway, I live a few hundred miles away and I can hear how much pain my friend is in. She was at a high point a few days ago but I think she is crashing again. I just don't know what I can do for her. We are emailing a lot right now. I know she isn't suicidal at the moment. But she has had that problem in the past. She has all of the hotline numbers if she gets to that point again.

Can anyone give me ideas of what I could/should say to help? I'm worried about her.