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I Feel Guilty

I feel guilty that I don't like to help my friends out sometimes. Not that I never want to help them. For things that have an answer I do. Like giving advice. But a lot of times, my friends come to me for things I can't help them with. Like how I have one friend who experiences a lot of pain from health issues and vents to me about hating going to the hospital. And my mother friend who got mugged at gunpoint and is still traumatized and tells me he's scary and sad. I can't help any of them but they want me to say something. I never know what to do in those situations but if I don't say anything then I'm a terrible friend.

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Smtwn829 · 36-40, M

I would tell them to stop being a bitch. probably not the best option.

JewStar4Life · 31-35, F

Yeah probably not. It's just stressful. Especially the friend robbed at gunpoint. He tells me how depressed he is and how the past few months were bad for him and does not have faith in being happy again. He told me he won't hurt himself. I just don't know what he wants from me.

Smtwn829 · 36-40, M

Buy him a video game, or get him a martial arts class

Smtwn829 · 36-40, M

IF he declines the martial arts class. THEN tell him to stop being a bitch jk

JewStar4Life · 31-35, F

@Smtwn829: It would have been two to one. There were two guys.

Smtwn829 · 36-40, M

so? the point if he feels so bad about how helpless he was, then the martial arts class would fix that as the teach them how to fight multiple opponents. If he declines then he isn't so hurt that he wants to do something about it then he makes himself susceptible for a repeat.