posted July 03, 2006 10:13 AM         

First of all I hope you're doing okay and your friend's all right too

Secondly, I am terribly sorry that I only came have a look at your thread and replied very long after you hinted something was wrong in a reply to one of my threads in another forum (you gave me the thread title and the initials of this forum)...I feel guilty. I've been concentrating on myself too much.

Still, the important thing is that both you and your friend, Llewellyn, are fine. If he had attempted suicide before, and was seriously considering it again (at the time of your starting this topic)...the advice from other knowflakes was good. Gently persuade him to get help (e.g. by contacting those organizations)...don't stop the conversations between the two of you (BTW how do you communicate with Llewellyn while you two live on different continents? Just an idea), and try to 1) understand why he had been wanting to end his life and 2) make him more curious about himself, and consequently he might want to stay alive 'coz he's more interested in himself, wants to know more about himself etc...

You seem a very caring and loving friend. Take care of yourself Sending love to you&Llewellyn

Sorry about being so late...