Its hard to to confess things, I didn't tell my mom about my horrifying intrusive thoughts that kept popping in my mind of
until I was 16, I had had them since I was 6 or 7. I eventually came out to my family and got better help, for my friend I have also told him and he is still my friend. Ultimately it is up to you, and only you know how your friends might react. But I felt like my friends and family needed to know because they knew things were getting worse but they didn't know why.