My friend wants to commit suicide, I really need help! He says he'll give me two choices and I'm very scared, one of them is "He'll kill himself and be in peace." or "He'll want to kill himself everyday but he'll live, and he'll put himself through self-torture everyday of his existence." I'm truly afraid, and I have no idea what to do, I've never been given a choice. Help me please Subeta!

If your friend is a teenager, you need to tell his parents what's going on. If he's an adult, you need to tell him to commit himself to the hospital or a similiar mental health facility. Even going to the ER is an option.

Suicidal thoughts and urges happen, either through circumstances or mental illness, but they also pass or can be managed. Death is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

This is a helpful resource as well, both for you and your friend: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/gethelp/someone.aspx

Thanks, this'll help a lot! Hopefully he'll take the advice!

As somebody who has attempted suicide multiple times, and my last one had my best friend actually save my life by taking a gun from my hand, trust me those with mental illnesses suffer BUT they need help. Tell his parents, get him commited somewhere for his own safety. He doesn't want to live his life in pain. They'll help him get in check and then he needs to go to therapy.

Let him know therapy isn't always medicine. I go once a week and it's helped me so much without medicine. He can be free from the suffering, and you don't need to be afraid. You are doing the right thing by wanting to help him and keep him alive. Like what was said above. It seems like the right solution at the time but later he would regret it. It's something you can't take back. There is nothing I will ever be able to do for my friend who saved my life. And you can be the one who saves his. Even if he gets mad at you at first. You are doing the right thing.

Stay strong. Keep us updated <3

Guys, I'm really scared, my friend says he's gonna actually do it, He's old enough and I don't know his parents numbers or what ever. I'm talking to him right now.

-- If you need to, get medical intervention or law intervention involved to get him the help he needs. May you be able to help, if even in a small way.

Thanks for all your support, guys. He's under control for the current moment, he just has random suicidal break downs.

If he's an adult and is threatening to harm himself at that exact moment, you need to call the police or 911. Intervention needs to happen whether he likes it or not. The only way to make things better is to break the cycle he's in and start looking at alternatives and treatment. Most major cities have mental health hospitals that offer crisis centers for self-admitted patients, and higher security facilities for involuntary admittance.

He needs to decide for himself if he wants to get help. Reaching out is the first and hardest thing to do when you're feeling this way, but it's the most vital step. And if he refuses and keeps voicing his threats to you like this, you need to take that as a cry for help and force him to get the treatment he needs.

If he does this again and refuses to seek help, call 911 and tell them what's going on. Ask them to do a welfare check because you're worried about his safety.

At the same time, don't let yourself be his emotional punching bag. Because hearing someone you care about repeatedly threaten self-harm can be exhausting. And if it's just an endless cycle of threats and no attempts to help, there may be a time you'll have to step back. If he accuses you of abandoning him, keep showing him the options we've given you here. Tell him to seek mental help and that you'll help navigate it with him as much as you're able. But don't let yourself be his crutch and drag you down with him too.