When someone you care about, or even someone you don’t care about, tells you they’re having thoughts of taking their life, it can make you instantly feel like freaking out.
What the actual heck are you supposed to say to that? Their first instinct may be to immediately grab the person and take them to a hospital or start organizing some sort of 24/7 supervision for the person.
While the intention is good, a big dramatic response usually will not be immediately conducive to the speaker’s well-being. When someone is in an emotional crisis, it takes a lot of courage to speak out to someone about something so uncomfortable and private.
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