Sorry, long post. My 18 year old daughter has a really close friendship group, she's still close to friends she went to reception class with. One of her high school friends, the only boy in the group (who has come out as gay, which I've suspected since they were about 14, and which I'm fine with), is currently having a hard time with depression. It's easy as an adult to dismiss their stresses and life events that cause them so much emotional distress, and I try to be understanding. However, he's very over-dramatic and attention seeking and has been like that since they were very young. He attempted to harm himself by taking a paracetamol overdose about a month ago, and he now keeps threatening to repeat this on a regular basis. The whole group is going through major life events right now, either starting uni or new jobs, and they're all very busy. I think he's doing a lot of this because they're no longer so focused on him being the 'depressed' one. They're all 18 now and more interested in pubbing and clubbing to be honest. As we live closest to him, it always seems to be my daughter running off to counsel him and give support and 'talk him out of it'. I think this is becoming a very toxic relationship and that she might have to think about distancing herself, but I don't know how to discuss it with her. Any advice?