A bit of background: I met this guy (James) online. We began talking a few months ago. I know he has really struggled with his mental health in the past and has “attempted” before. We grew very close, and he was getting better for a while and seemed very happy. But within the past week it got pretty bad again. Last night he was reposting a lot of sad and almost disturbing things on social media. James has told me he often reposts videos instead of asking for help. I didn’t see the reposts until this morning. I reached out with my typical good morning message and just told him I was there for him if he needed to talk about anything. He said he was just working through some personal things and thanked me for being there. But then all his profiles started to disappear. First TikTok, and then Instagram, and then lastly Snapchat where we had been doing most of our talking. It makes me really sad because now I can’t look back on all the memories we had saved there. I do have his phone number so I sent a quick message saying I was grateful I met him and that I would give him all the space he needed. He said he just needed to “get away from everything” right now. I know there is nothing I can really do in this situation, especially since we are a long distance from one another, and there is no way to control other people’s thoughts and feelings. But I am very worried about him. It would make me so sad to find out something happened to him, even though I don’t know how I would even find out. Should I just leave him alone completely and let him reach out again on his own? submitted by /u/shermangreenie
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