Maybe you could look at things a little differently? No one can bring you down but you. You can choose to see others strife as "their path" and then be quite thankful for "your path". Many people here are suffering with mental illness, so I guess that is why you did not get any responses. I think they see themselves as that "friend" who might bring you down.
Sometimes people who are going through "hard times" need the proverbial "Pollyanna"...they need someone in their life to bring them "up". You could inspire, not require. And at the end of the day, you are then a "human" who is being humane. Hang in there...friendships do get easier with maturity!