what do i do?

[Links Shadow]

Your friend is lucky to have you, I think the best thing you could do is to show him that you are there for him and let him know that no matter what you will be there to help him get through what ever it is.  I had a time like that were one of my friends was always down, and never laughing, just not enjoying the things she used to enjoy.  Every day I would annoy her by asking how she was and if there was anything that I could do to help out. I also kept trying to take her away and do fun things with her to get her minds off of whatever it was bothering her.  After a while she came back around and was happier than ever, and shortly there after she thanked me for being there for her.  So the best advice I can give you is be a friend, and that means doing anything you can do to help no matter what the cost, because friendship is one thing that can always make a bad situation seem good.  I hope the best for you friend, and good luck in helping him get over whatever it is that's bothering him.

[no_leaf_clover]

thanks, link.

[no_leaf_clover]

i have a friend at school who's been acting weird lately..

i have his same lunch period, and sometimes he comes into the cafeteria 2 or 3 minutes late and sits down at our table. when we ask him where he was he'll say that he was out looking around the school checking things out, implying negative things without actually being specific. we (our lunch table) ask him if he's planning on hurting people and if he's ticked off at anybody, and he always says 'no', and that he's just ticked off at life, in a joking way. he says he isnt planning on hurting himself either, though he talks as though he's going to be shot down by someone for whatever he's planning to do, as if by our school resource officer.

he won't say anything specific, and he says things in a weird sort of joking way. we joke a lot around each other, so that we can always tell when someone's joking or being serious, but no one's sure about the stuff he's been saying recently. he's been quieter and laughs less often, too, and tells me about his experimenting with drugs and how it isnt as bad as people make it out to be and i should try it (i have a pretty strong will, though and im good so far). some friends i know outside of our lunch period are saying that he's just going through some bad times and they've been talking with him, but i don't know what they've been talking about. they wont say, and we're all pretty close.

what can be done about this? theres really nothing to turn him in on, and our guidance system sucks anyway. our school has twice the amount of people attending it than it was made for and you can tell the administration is stressed and unorganized. im just really confused.. i dont even know whats going but i dont want to turn him in... at least not until i have enough reason to.. i dont even know if he's seriously planning something or just depressed..