thing for me every night and when I reached out to someone, they told me they do it too and they are depressed all the time as well and it became a call in which we were just on the phone crying about our similar mental ailments. All in all, it did not help because the self-harm continued after the call. There were also times when I would make a call and it turned into me listening to the other person talk about their depression when I was the one on the edge; it didn’t help me at all and deterred me from reaching out to that person again. There are obvious things you shouldn’t talk about like blaming someone or the person reaching out to you. Shifting the blame doesn’t help at all. I only ask you to listen because those that have given up think they don’t have anyone to turn to; they think they will burden anyone with their presence or their pain. Staying with the person in that time of need and just being there, could save a life. I have reached out to plenty of people in my times of despair and I’ve eliminated those that I knew could not help. Some don’t have the luxury of reaching out to multiple people so I hope people that read this can learn to just…listen and maybe, just maybe, you can save a life.
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