Hello everyone. My friend just messaged me with his plan of committing suicide. He has been having depression since 12-13 years old. I believe his family is abusive. He has been seeking professional help at school but now he cannot afford it. Today he messaged me asking if I can give him a feedback on his “life plan”. According to the plan he wants to bring an order and structure to his life, make a positive impact and then leave. He plans to get an assistive death in Belgium.

I thanked him for sharing this plan with me and promised we would talk about it tomorrow. But I don’t know what to do. Obviously I don’t want him to die and want to make his life better. I was wondering if anyone has advice on how I can help my friend?

Also, I don’t know it gives any context but I’m not super close with this friend. We met about 4-5 months ago.

Edit: he mentioned that he plans to end his life in 3-4 years from now. But before then he wants to bring structure to his life. I don’t really understand this but I will most likely talk to him tomorrow about that.