don't know what to do....
Received a call from my friend Andrea last night. She called concerned because of what a friend of hers (who I know but not very well) told her. My friend's friend, Sue, has a daughter who is very good friends with my son. She alerted her mom to J's FB post. J posted on FB that he is planning on ending his life before August 1st.
I don't know if this is an older post or not. He's been out of town this past week and then came back late last night so I haven't had the opportunity to ask him. Earlier in the month he had texted this same thing to his ex gf. We talked to him about and later his gf asked him again if he has a specific plan and he said no. I know I need more information before I talk to J but the people who can help me aren't available right now.
Although this issue has been bothering me - I've been pretty good about handling it until the phone call last night and then my husband telling me he didn't sleep half the night worrying about J.
What also concerns me is J quit his part-time job (that he seemed to like and brought in spending money) and he has no plans to go to school this fall either. No positive plans, that is.......
I don't know if this is an older post or not. He's been out of town this past week and then came back late last night so I haven't had the opportunity to ask him. Earlier in the month he had texted this same thing to his ex gf. We talked to him about and later his gf asked him again if he has a specific plan and he said no. I know I need more information before I talk to J but the people who can help me aren't available right now.
Although this issue has been bothering me - I've been pretty good about handling it until the phone call last night and then my husband telling me he didn't sleep half the night worrying about J.
What also concerns me is J quit his part-time job (that he seemed to like and brought in spending money) and he has no plans to go to school this fall either. No positive plans, that is.......
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I would do what I can to gently get more information from J. Making a date is very close to making a plan, very close.
I wouldn\'t let this go; time to get info from him, and get resources together if necessary. He\'s been very depressed in the past, and the way this summer is going, it\'s not anything to let slide. If you have a Crisis Intervention resource available, and/or a doctor who can get him admitted somewhere for a 72-hour hold, or detox or anything like that, it may be time to use these.
Of course, things may have changed in the intervening hours....