So I have a friend who I've known for years. She was always on the dramatic side and kind of thought she was better than everyone else (she wasn't)
Throughout the years our group of friends have distanced themselves from her and I'm about the only one she keeps in touch with. I've always given her the benefit of the doubt and thought she was more lonely than anything else but in the last few years, it has become progressively worse. She makes up stories to gain sympathy, she once told me her daughter had been raped by her stepfather my friend's ex DH. I don't know if that was true but the fact she stayed with I'm made me think otherwise. She has had countless ectopic pregnancies along with the numerous rare illnesses that she appears to get. My older sister had passed away and she came on the phone to me crying about her niece being in the hospital also near death. It was like she didn't want me to somehow get attention for my sister's death (I know it sounds weird)
Just yesterday she called me in hysterics to inform me that her work friend's husband was attending a consultation for a cancer diagnosis, I think she forgot that this work friend is also my cousin. I never discussed this with my cousin as I didn't want to get into the drama of it all. Needless to say, everything is fine with the husband.
So what do I do, do I confront her, ignore her or try to help. She does seem to have some mental health issues and drinks quite a lot. She's also fabricated a new partner who according to her daughter only visits on a Tuesday when her ds is staying overnight with his father. She makes out he is living with her.
Sometimes I just want her to not get in touch as it's always a drama, when I have questioned her in the past she becomes offended and cuts contact for a while but then I feel guilty that she's just sitting drinking on her own.