please give opinion of what should I do

half of my friends are struggling in mental health and I do too, i try my best to care for them and comfort them, leading me to comforting atleast 5 people per day (even strangers). Im a bit tired of it but its preventing people from suicide, yet making my thoughts go on stronger. I want to reach out to my friends but theyre also struggling in the process and I dont want to make their problems even harder. So, I bottled up my feelings and let strangers and friends whos struggling vent to me. I also keep up with my cheerful personality, and being dry is SO NOT me at all and they will question me a lot. My suicidal thoughts getting stronger each day, but im trying my hard to comfort people and be there for them. What should I do to make my thoughts get less?

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DunningKruger · 61-69, M

Get a therapist, and if appropriate, a prescription. These won't solve your problems, of course, but they can take the edge off things so you can put in the work necessary to get yourself to a bettter, more stable place.

It's all right to take time off from your friends in order to take care of yourself. It's like they say in the safety lecture at the start of a plane flight — if the oxygen masks fall, put yours on before you try to put on someone else's.