Hey all,
I'm still alive. Just up to my balls (and then some) in my toxicology course, for which there's an exam next week. All the course materials are in German. (Gibt's unter meinen Folgern welche Deutschsprachigen?)
This is, however, the least of my worries now. I met with a good friend of mine last night for drinks. She's always been unstable, I think, and has been seeing a therapist for as long as I remember knowing her. I don't want to belabor the topic with all the details of her sorrows, but long story short, she went off the deep end now, and is openly suicidal. She reached out to me to talk about what's bothering her, and asked if she could crash with me for the night (after beers). She could've made it home with the train, but I wasn't about to turn her out when she was drunk, miserable, and needed a friend.
And, no, I did not sleep with her--that's exactly the worst thing I could've done, and if that much is not obvious to you already, you need to unfuck yourself ASAP.
To be sure, she does need a friend to talk to. My question is, since I can't be around for her all the time, look after her... how should I go about making sure she's alright from day to day? I don't want to just trust that she'll make it to her therapist's again next week, and then find out one day in the tabloids that some young lady hanged herself in her closet.
I'm trying to be a good friend, and it seems to be working. Still, I can't help feeling powerless to offer her any real help.
Cheers, all
Denis
