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How can you know your friend is suicidal?

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There are several known signs of possible suicidal behavior. One sign is that your friend has been very withdrawn lately from most of the people in their life. They might not have any close relationships at all. He/She might have talked to you in a way that led you to raise this question to begin with. Furthermore, they might have even bluntly talked about the possibility, or even about the premeditation to such act, it could have been something they said trusting your secrecy. However, the symptoms are not always that extreme and they vary in many ways. In some situations it can show in your friend getting rid of their recently most priced possessions, or continuously taking extreme risks with one's life, self-destruction, often suicides even come in a form of blackmail ("I will kill myself if you leave me"), or observed unwillingness to live is also one of the signs. In short, if the threat of suicide is visible to you, then you MUST ACT. The very, very important thing about this situation is that YOU MUST contact authorities if you think that your friend is suicidal. If you are quiet sure about the possibility of a suicide, you must STOP reading this now and contact 911 IMMEDIATELY. If you are not sure about the severity, but believe in a possibility of any degree, I urge you to contact the suicide hotline at 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433), or National Crisis Hotline at 1-800-448-3000. Most important thing is to act. Your actions can save a life.

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