A friend was texting me about their current self-destructive behaviours, so I did my best to be there for him and keep him company. Too much of his essence is based around making his girlfriend happy and simply being with her; that's no way to live, that much I know for a fact. So my resulting approach was more, trying to convince him that he's a legitimate human being w/ his own experiences outside of any of his interpersonal relationships. Got through to him in the moment (but his girlfriend finally got back to him so that helped too), but then he kind of slipped back into "as long as we have each other"; I know can't exactly do anything about that mindset, he needs to work w/ an actual mental health professional.

Asked him about his history w/ counsellors. I asked if money was tight and if he had bad luck w/ counsellors in the past, and he affirmed both statements. Suggested seeing if any of the school counsellors could help him out, so he's most likely going to go when he has the chance. I'll see if I can go later than him and ask if he actually visited, but I'm honestly not sure if that breaches some sort of client confidentiality thing or not, this is just a high school after all. I don't want to know what he talked about, if anything I already know some of that, I just wanna' confirm he actually took my advice. That shouldn't be too out of line, I mean, right?

I think, most important to me was the cliché realization that, I really wish someone told me everything I said to him. Wish I didn't have to figure that stuff out on my own. I mean technically someone already taught me all this back in December, but then, today was a time when I could actually apply what I've learned.

But I know for a fact that I'm gonna' lose this brief clarity again and again, that's even outside of [hypotheical] BPD, more to do with simply, being a flawed human being. Being a human being.