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Originally Posted by golden_eve
You can talk to him about calling a suicide crisis line next time he is in that position and urge him to, or going to the emergency room, which would be the next step if he truly is in danger. I would be hesitant as well to invade his family privacy based on this one incident, but you can tell him you are very concerned, and that if he needs help, it's there for him, just a phone call away. If it happens multiple times and he's only telling you about it and isn't getting help, then I may reconsider letting his family or friends know to take the burden off of you a bit. (((((hugs))))
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He's told me before he has felt suicidal. He would make "funny" comments like "Driving home today I was thinking, hey, why not just drive my car into a tree?" But after his parents passed he said he was severely suicidal and saw a therapist about it. His father committed suicide, as did two of his uncles and, most recently, a male cousin. So it's a recurring issue. He did admit he almost called the suicide hotline on Saturday just so he had someone to talk to, so his head does seem to be in the right space there. I asked him point blank if he was considering pulling the trigger and he very fervently said "No, never, I have too many things on my bucket list to do that."
I don't know. It's a difficult situation. Thanks for your insight.
