u/EmbarrassedAbies8931

So, to start , my younger sister had a rough childhood in my family. She’s autistic and has been struggling with depression for as long as I remember. She has ups and downs, periods of time where she’ll be in a good mood for like , months on end. Then sometimes she’ll have moments like now, but it hasn’t happened in a while and it just seems worse than most. I was away for a couple weeks visiting my older sister, I come back and my mom says my youngersister hasn’t come out of her room barely. I or my mom try to ask if she’s ok she just says no. To be honest with you, my parents never raised us to like, have sensitive heartfelt conversations. Me and my sisters don’t hug or say “I love you” or anything like that. Sometimes we buy gifts for each other, we know we care in different ways. And honestly, I just have no idea how to have a conversation like this. I’ve been really busy with my full time job, but I stress about the thought of my sister wanting to take her own life. Today I came home and caught her outside her room and asked how she’s been doing. She says the same. I just straight up asked if she was feeling suicidal. Not the best way to approach I feel,. I’m sorry. I really just didn’t know what else to say and wanted to figure out what to do. She just looked at me with like some odd grin on her face and backed away into her room without answering , and I feel like that kind of answered it. When me or my mom try to talk to her about like talking about her feelings or trying to help her she just says she wants to be left alone. I don’t know how to do go about this or how to get her help, I just want to be able to save her or do something before it’s too late.