Don't get sucked in. That's all I keep thinking.

Call her once a week and be a friend like you'd be a friend to anyone. It's clear to me that she has bigger problems than just a "friend" can help. She is very ill, of course, but there's also that part about relishing the role, too. That's the part that you could get sucked into, the endless cycle of victim and savior. Think about what part of you is attractive to people like that, because it's clear they're seeing something in you they like.

I've been seriously depressed and suicidal, and so I understand completely how it feels not to be able to function. I didn't make a lifestyle out of it. Don't get sucked in.

Karen