In my experience, listening and just making them feel worth it instead of trying to help by giving your opinion or a solution. Most of the time, a suicidal friend, again in my experience, just needed someone to listen to them and be there for emotional support
Talk to them. Not out of sympathy, but as a friend. Be genuinely intrigued by what they are talking about. Don’t make the mistake of making it all about them, again, avoid sympathy. You aren’t trying to pity them, you’re trying to help them.
And a tip, although it’s easier said than done. Give out of abundance of your heart, and not out of pity of others. Don’t offer to help because you have more than them, help because you have plenty, and giving will not affect you. Everyone is happier in the end.
Employ EMPATHY not SYMPATHY
Basically meaning just listen and ask them about how they’re feeling instead of providing advice from your own perspective
Tell their parents, if my parents didn’t hospitalize me even though I hated them for it id for sure be dead right now
Hang in there bro
Ok but in real life just listen and try your best to mellow their mood, crack a few jokes here and there, basically be their therapist for a day