Christ, I'm sorry. Be strong for them. At least as of a few years ago, the national suicide hotline at 1-800-273-8255 basically said on their website, "you can call us if you're trying to help a friend out and you need guidance." Though I'm not sure how helpful those fuckers are. I called once in that situation and they were like "yeah if think your friend may have already attempted, call the cops instead of us."
This might be helpful to you. One thing I used to do when I got antsy or displeased with a job was apply for other jobs, show up for interviews and all that, just to see if anyone made an offer. And then turn them down because I didn't actually need a job. That way I didn't feel trapped because I knew 100% that I had options and I knew 100% that some were extremely eager to hire me.
Thanks man, I brought it up mostly because as much as my job can suck, unlike our resident lolcows I hate being unemployed
Give it a try. You don't NEED their job or NEED their money so you can act in a different way no matter what the job entails and you can take a shot at higher levels than you're comfortable with otherwise. Go for it, just for fun if nothing else, you don't seem like dumb dude so you have options.
Fine time for me to break a windshield wiper. Then buy the wrong size replacement wiper at Walmart because I'm retarded.
Yes.
It's not about listening, it's crisis therapy. If someone tries to explain to you a very complex thing they feel they might start to understand it themselves when they have to put it into words that someone else can understand. Asking questions is important so they have to make themselves and their thinking clears, those inquiries will be part of the mental cudding process - thoughts go internal-external-internal. Let it go at that, repeat if necessary, you can't know the nature of the internal life of someone else. You might be the fireman trying to put out a blazing inferno of a skyscraper or a kitchen fire crisis. You don't know. You can only do so much.
It's widely known that already being employed makes you much, much more attractive for recruiters. The second you stand without a job your employability drops like a tranny from the rafters.
