u/Fickle-Document-9

Need advice on how to help my friend

Ok so I have this one friend of mine(don't worry not me) whose life is currently messed up rn. He was a good friend of mine for almost 3 years and great in academics(he has been the school topper quite a few times) but the thing is he always had crushing depression since grade 6 and he was always lonely and alone not only as a lone child but also as in he had no friends before me. He sucked at social interaction as was too lazy to do it. But things improved after i befriended him. It was stable for a while but suddenly he stopped showing up to school and responding in the gc. Its been 6 months and this is the full overview:

  1. He is diagnosed with a lot of health isssues main ones being ADHD, OCD, not wanting to adjust to society(dissconnection i think) and bunch others.
  2. He has no goal or purpose left in life leading to su*cidal thoughts
  3. He doesn't want to feel any emotions not happiness not sadness but he doesn't want to be lonely and doesn't even want to remain conciouss leading to more self-harm thoughts
  4. He can't focus on anything and I mean absolutely nothing. So he can't watch movies,series,novels,or anything. Most he is able to manage is reels and that too for short periods due to mental exhaustion
  5. I am prepping for a competitive exam and have limited time plus i don't think his other friends are willing to go the extra mile to help him.

I have scheduled a personal meet with him next week any and all advice is heavily appreciated.

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u/Fickle-Document-9 — 7 days ago