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One of my friends just attempted suicide like 30 minutes ago. Thankfully he's alive (I know bc he texted in the gc, and he didn't say it like a joke) but I'm not really sure what to do. I told him I'm free to talk if he needs to (I am not able to go see him in person) and another friend who lives near him said about the same. We also had another mutual friend commit suicide not that long ago. What do I do?

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[โ€“] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Hospital is good if they've taken action towards suicide (eg. tried to overdose, or jumped but survived), but it's terrible for someone who just backed out. Imagine you've just gone through pretty much the worst experience possible, then you have to put up with the noise and business of ED.