Hi im really stuck here on what to do about my friend. we met online through a question about music something we could relate to anyway it was ok at first and after talking for a while i told him about my life getting bullied in school getting hurt by my family and moving away from them (were ok now) and suffreing from OCD ive got no friends so it was nice to have someone to talk to im 15 and hes 16. well now he told me that he got beat up by his step mum and brothers being suicidal hes really depressed he has friends who he even started a band with he had a girlfriend but they broke up. well now hes making me really angry when i say to him ive been to school everthings good hes just ''yeah luckly you'' and he always says negative things i tell him he will get better and you will win hes like saying depressed things its not good for me i can't have that really ive got my own problems aswell he even threatend suicide i cant take it anymore but i don't want him to get more depressed or even kill himslef if i tell him i don't want to talk anymore im sorry if i sound selfish even my family says its not good for me to talk to him which i agree i don't know what to do.
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first off , don't tell him everything will be okay. I have a friend that gets depressed just like me and we pretty much are supporters of eachother , neither of likes to be told its going to be okay. don't lie to him , just tell him the truth. tell him you cant really talk about these things because you have a lot on your mind. if you really want to help , tell him he should talk to someone that can help his depression such as a counsler. tell him your sorry he feels that way , but you aren't the right person to talk to. last off you need to let him know you care about his feelings because obviously you do , basically just get him help , he really needs it , and don't listen to him if he says he doesn't want help. he does. tell him hes better then this , and get him help.