Hi guys. I have a female friend who recently complained she didn't get enough sleep for almost 2 weeks. She also said she got nervous everytime her brain decide to send her off to sleep, thus she gets awakened and trembled.

I know she had family probs 2 years ago but it was all solved. But after that incident I notice she gets scared easily. Imagine even when her phone rangs, she can get startled and panicked. She also became very sensitive, and get angry easily.

I read about her symptoms that I noticed (because I never ask in case she got offended), she probably having depression and severe anxiety. I really pity her and she is not working after her contract expired 1 year ago. Even when I asked her to come join my company, she refused. She really lost interest in doing anything with her life.

I want to take her to see the doc. But I know she wont be able to afford private doc, thus I wanna take her see gov psychiatrist. How do I get referral letter for her? Is it ok to take her see private clinic doc first? Will gov hospital accept referral letter from private clinic?

I dunno how she calm herself. Usually when she get mad, I just distract her to something else. But most of the time she is really quiet and seems like her mind is elsewhere. Thanks I will google about PTSD and the therapy.

I thought about that alot too cuz afraid she become dependant to meds. Or meds will make her even worse. But what if she has suicidal thoughts before? Now she never mentioned about it but should I take it seriously? Is taking her to psychologist or chi gong helps?

Actually she always dwell on the past. Even when she has small argument with her family, she would call me and cried. She always thought her family talks behind her back so she feel betrayed. I secretly call her mum but her mum said she misunderstood. I dunno if she paranoid or what.

Within these two years, she had mentioned me about 'wanting to die' 3 times. She said that when she argued with her family. Last time was November last year. Not sure she was just stressed at that time or she really have suicidal thought all along. I really dunno how to react when she said that. I asked her to call Befrienders cuz im afraid I'm not good enough. But she refused.

You know recently got many suicide cases right? When I came across those news I'm worried if she still have that thought. I'm really unsure if she still have it now so I just let it slide. But when she said she didn't have enough sleep for 2 weeks it seems like she is getting worse than I think thats why I decide to take action rather than just watch.