5 Practical Ways to Reach out to a Friend Who Is Feeling Suicidal.

1. Call your friend and tell them what they mean to you, or just be there to listen.
2. Send a text. Humor is a great way to lift someone spirits. Send your friend something funny in the form of funny memes, jokes or videos.
3. Visit them in person. Help them clean or perhaps bring take out for an evening of “Netflix and chill”.
4. Invite them to dinner, movie, shopping, an art exhibit, the zoo, church, yoga… you get the point.
5. Physical attention. As long as they’re okay with it, hugs, hand-holding and other forms of nonsexual physical attention are great for persons spirit.