Hi all, Just looking for advice or past experience. My son has just recently split from his girlfriend after 18 months. It was pretty serious, talk of marriage the future, and promise rings exchanged. She called it off saying she needed space, they were friends for awhile, but he couldn't just do friends and she wanted friends but was still talking about the future.. very confusing for him. He said some horrible things to hurt her because he was hurting. I've had heartache, haven't we all. I just don't know how to help him as his mum through this, and when should I be worried? He told his ex last night he wanted to kill himself.. and she of course let me know, she doesn't believe it was a real threat. I asked him about it, and I asked if I should be worried, he said no, then I don't know. He is barely sleeping, or eating and just not himself.. and I can completely empathise with him. Heart ache hurts. He has been with headspace before and I've encouraged him to reach out to them again, they've said he has high anxiet but he doesn't seem willing. They split on good Friday, but it's really only been a week since it was beyond the point of no return and a week of this low mood. What can I do, as his mum? What things should I be looking out for? We are pretty close, I can talk to him about anything and he is fairly open with me, there's no drugs and he only has an occasional drink. Any advice would be appreciated.
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