How do I stop my 13 yr old friend from commiting suicide ?!

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Being real with my actual thoughts on what I would do...
I wouldn't tell a teacher or parent, but if you mean as much to this friend as he does to you, you should be able to say something along the lines of how you wont have him any more and how you wont know what to do and remind him of all the things he will loose, hopefully, that would make him think through what he's going to do.. Good Luck :)

ACTUALLY, I READ THAT AGAIN, and i don't think he will commit suicide, looks a bit like a faker. If someone was going to kill themselves they wouldn't set out a date.... They'd just do it.

It would be a shame if you were making all of this up as it would be insulting to people who know a special person if they committed suicide. Suicide is a very serious topic to discuss. It's extremely important to tell an adult that you believe that your friend is going to commit suicide. You can call the 1-800-SUICIDE
1-800-784-2433

It's open to anyone 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.

Remember it would be a shame if you were making all of this up.

If you tell a teacher or anyone i promise he will resent you. What you should do is remind him of all the good things there are in life and if you need to use a guilt trip on him. By this i mean tell him how much you'll miss him if he killed himself and how distraught you will be. Also if he is still intent on committing suicide suggest that he seek professional help, hope i helped you :) Best of luck to you and your friend. I truly hope everything works out x

Experience

Get him help from the authority, his parents, school faculty, adult help in general. Also, try to get him to see why he shouldn't commit suicide(example, how his family would react) and see what life truly has to offer him(like things to look forward to). Hope he gets the help though

Mental/Personal experience

Tell him that he is important, have him sit down and tell you all of his problems. Make sure you know he is important to you and that you love him! But most of all you need professional help with this! Get a councelor to help him! He might be mad at you, but he WILL realize that what you did saved his life.

You have to tell a teacher and the school counsellor because they've probably dealt with situations like this before and they know what to do. It's also important to tell his parents because they care about him even more than you do.

Tell EVERYONE who knows him and is close to him, like his parents teachers and anyone who may see him and ensure he is not alone on the 24th, I know it's not practical but it is the best thing you could do by telling his parents and teachers

No he is not, it is pretty obvious this is attention seeking.

TELL A TEACHER! He need SERIOUS help! Don't wait!

Okay, listen. I'm sorry you're upset right now, and I understand how much you want to save your friend's life, but Jesus Christ that kid is ******* retarded! What a giant douche!

Anyway,
Tell him things that you like about him and things that he has going for him that other people might like, be nice to him, maybe buy him something like a chocolate bar or a soda or something, go out and have fun with him, etc.
Also, take away the glass he uses, take away any razors he may have, go into his garage and steal all of his rope if you have to. Try and remove any means of suicide he might have. Sure, I suppose he could drown himself, jump in front of a car, or jump off a building, but if you're spending time with him you should probably be able to figure out if he's trying to do one of those....


EDIT: Silver Bear is probably right, which is one of the 20,000 reasons I called him a retarded, giant douche.

wether it is for attention,because he feels that low or whatever other reason he has said this be his friend and well done for supporting some alot of people wouldn't what a great friend you must be but problems like this do need professional help be there for him but it isn't fair on you to cope on your own.Your his friend not his counsellor and if anything were to happen you would feel awful but the best thingyou could do for him is to get some help for him he may not think he needs it and may try to convince you otherwise but whichever adult yo utell they havet got to say you told them if that concerns you but you really do need to talk to someone that is a very heavy burden for you to carry around on your own with help you can still be a great friend but without theadded pressure.Well done again for doing what you've been doing but sometimes we all need extra help and that is one of those times.I hope he finds some way of feeling happier soon.xxxxxx