[Mountaindewed]

My coworker is irritating me so, so much. This morning at 4:42. I just happened to be awake and I had my phone set on silent anyways. she sent me a text that said

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I wanna kill myself

I asked why and she said something about being depressed and having a melt down or something. Then at work today I asked if she was ok. And she smiled and said “oh yeah. Sorry about that. I just needed to vent.” I am pretty annoyed right now. This is why people don’t take people with SI seriously. A lot of them are just attention seekers. Also how would she know I would be awake at that time or have my phone on silent? Today at work she was creating situations where situations didn’t need to be created and then a coworker said bye to me and her and then said “take care” just to me and then once that coworker had left she said to me “oh and not take care to me?” It’s like why is it such a big deal if she said take care to me and not to her? I didn’t throw a fit when another coworker asked her if she wanted something from the vending machine and didn’t ask me or when another coworker gave her a breakfast sandwich and didn’t give me one. People like each other in different ways. There’s just no need to get upset by stuff especially if your the only one getting upset over it. Does anyone else think these were strange conversations? Is there anything I can do about it?

[MickeyCheeky]

I agree it's a rather strange behavior, @Mountaindewed! I'm not sure if I'd call her attention seeking. She definitely needs some kind of help though. Have you already tried to suggest her to see a therapist? I feel like that may REALLY help her with what she's struggling with. I believe there's nothing wrong with venting IF you feel like you can take it, but it doesn't have to go overboard and texting you so early in the morning may be too much, even though you were awake. I'd suggest to send her the phone number to call an hotline for Suicidal Prevention next time she texts you something like that. Perhaps you can even tell her where the nearest hospital is. I feel like that's ALL you can do to deal with a suicidal person. If she just needs to vent and she doesn't seem to have suicidal intentions, just try to listen to her if you can. You don't necessarely have to give advice if she doesn't want to. That's my opinion anyway I hope this helps a little bit. Let us know how things with your colleague goes Sending many safe, warm hugs to BOTH you and your clleague, Mountaindewed!