Srijita52
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I hope I am not combo breaking anything by posting.
So I hung out with a new friend today. It's someone I had been talking to from okcupid for about two and a half months or so. We finally got around to meeting up. A couple weeks ago we were supposed to meet up and the night before we texted a small amount and he said that he was drunk and partying. Then the next day I didn't hear from him at all. Then a couple days later he sent me a text apologizing for blowing me off but that he got too drunk and ended up in the hospital. Then the next day he went on a hike and then spent time with a friend who wanted to make sure he was okay.
Part of me was like, yikes that sucks that he ended up having to go to the hospital. But the other part was thinking it sounded like a BS story. I mean, who goes through that and then spends a few hours hiking around in the desert? Then goes to hang out with a friend and doesn't text me at all?
I left it alone for awhile and then we made plans for today. We hung out and he was fairly open with talking about stuff. He just graduated from college and he's been going through a really rough time because a lot of things he had planned to go after college fell through. Apparently it's been extremely overwhelming and he had a total break down that night he went to the hospital. The reason he went to the hospital is because he tried to kill himself.
He said it was mainly him drinking a ton of alcohol and the party and then he took a few sleeping pills because he just wanted to go to sleep and have the night just be over. But his friends found out what he was doing and freaked out and called the cops. Then I guess the next day when he came home he just had to be out of the house and away from people and that's why he went hiking. Then the friend came over to spend the night with him because she knew he needed someone there.
It's all kind of surreal and freaky. I was texting him that night and I was kind of being snotty because he was texting about being so drunk. We were texting and I had absolutely no idea he was going through much emotional turmoil. It just makes me wish I was more supportive or friendly or something that night. It's scary to think about what could have happened.
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. It seems like he is going through a very rough time now. But don't be too hard on yourself, you didn't know about it all. You can be a lot of help by simply being there for him but only whenever he wants you around. Its very nice of you to care about him though, you seem like a very good friend
