I'd like to continue the all-star train, but shit's going down right now.
An old friend of mine at school has just lost their dad today.
She's clearly hurting. Strong enough not to cry in front of the class, for reasons uncertain, but affected enough to be visibly upset, in pain, vocalizing her will to die (though I've done this too without a real will to die, in the reasoning that vocalizing and externalizing things can help), and such.
...so I'm trying to figure out how to help her.
I never even tried to get to know her.
I'm the worst at emotional support (just yesterday, I tried to help someone with anxiety and autism and miserably failed), and not always good at advice. I can listen but can never seem to understand. I feel concerned enough to want to talk to her and maybe help if I can. I have no idea how I'll do it, but wish me luck.
Alternatively, I'd... I'd like some advice myself.
How do I approach this shit?
I'm an apathetic mess with difficulty understanding emotion, should I capitalize on logic, or try and just... wing it?
I feel I should at least try.
I don't know many people that she talks to or can be supported by.
She and I have known each other since middle school, initially as acquaintances, so I never really got to know her, and primarily associated her with the "badass girl" type.
I wonder if it's the badasses like her that hurt the most.