(TIME SENSITIVE) a suicidal friend is planning on committing soon and has tried in the past 2-3 hours and Im not sure on how to console them
Its quite urgent as they are planning on doing it again soon i just dont know what to do can someone please help im lost I've never done anything like this before and I need help in preventing their death, im the only one up right now, and the only person they can talk to, im trying to buy time can someone give advice????
EDIT: for the past 36 minutes or so I've been helping them express their emotions and taking their mind off the topic, and for my first time with any of these topics, i will admit coming to reddit first was not the best of ideas but I've learned an important lesson with stuff like that. I can now confidently say (for the most) part i have helped them out of the dark hole they were in, crisis averted thanks for the help.
Edit 2: they are currently sleeping, im connecting with her friends to create a effort in helping her. Right now im unsure if calling the police might make the situation worse or not, and she does not want to stress her parents. Now that the short term event is out of the way, I might need additional aid in preventing this in the future.