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I have a friend who i barely know, we rarely talk. he has had a big crush on me for a while. I don't like him and he makes me uncomfortable, so i have been trying to avoid him and i dont talk to him very much.

He told me randomly the other day that he want to kill himself. He has been really depressed and did want to live anymore. Anyways, I talked to one of my close friends, dylan, who is steve's best friend. Steve had already told dylan about what is going on. Apparently he has come really close to actually doing it a couple of time. I have been trying to talk him out of being so depressed, but i seems like he is getting worse.

Dylan and i want to help him but we dont know how, since talking to him isnt solving the problem. If we talk to our school counselor, do we have to name who our suicidal friend is? and is there anything else we can be doing?

To be honest, for me, it sounds like he wants a way to get close to you, he sounds selfish with putting that onto you...

^That. I think he is trying to win you over by sympathy.
But that's not the case, then yes. Talk to the school counselor and yes you should tell him/her the name of such friend. As far as anything else, I think talk normally instead of focusing on the "suicidal" topic.

Agree with both of the above.

"A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance".- T.S. Eliot

You can tell someone who can ACTUALLY help him.

The reason he told YOU specifically in the first place is just so that you'd feel obligated to stick around because you'd feel guilty otherwise.

That's a pretty dick move for someone who's a "friend".
If he really wanted help, he wouldn't go to some girl who can break his heart,he'd go to an adult who has the power of actually bringing him to a psychologist.

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to what the first two people said, even if he was trying to get close to you, you still cant neglect the fact that he's suicidal. Being suicidal is something no one wants. they dont CHOSE to be suicidal. I think you should talk to a counselor..whether he's trying to win you or not.. but if you want to remain anon, just make sure you tell the counselor.