My girlfriend is suicidal and we are in long distance relationship. I can’t be with her for a few more months. She talks to me every few days about how she doesn’t want to live. I try my best to listen and I have been able to calm her down sometimes. Ive been suicidal and made it out without professional help so I can sort of relate to her. She absolutely refuses any professional help. Some days she’s in a fairly good mood, especially when we’re talking (which is almost all day), but when she gets upset she gets really upset. She will cry for hours on end. Talk about dying, it terrifies me to be honest. I almost have panic attacks listening to some of the things that she says because I get so worried.

What can I do to help her? I can’t be with her for a while. We talk every day no matter what, and for a long time too so it’s not like we have no contact. She’s told me that I do help her and that she wouldn’t know what to do without me... but I feel like I need to do more since she talks about not wanting to live so frequently. She says I make everything better but I don’t know how true that is. She shouldn’t have to rely on me to be okay. Please help me so that I can help her. She’s all I care about and I’m very worried.