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Input: A bit of background; I have a large group of tightly knit friends of mostly men, and I’m sorta “the leader” of the group. We’re all involved in a subculture that’s very open about mental health so we all speak very openly about our issues and support eachother. They dub me “the agony aunt” as I’m very well trusted and respected, so I’m usually the person people go to with their deepest, darkest problems. 

A couple of years ago I made friends with a guy and kinda took him under my wing. His only group of friends were other men who’d never dare to talk about feelings, and they’d even pick on him for being “weak”.

I introduced the new guy to my group and everyone seems to like him, although he acts a bit distant with people and always says that he doesn’t think that they like him, which isn’t true. He’s just incredibly insecure.

I feel that I made a massive mistake by telling him that if he needs to talk I’ll always be there. I say the same thing to all my other friends, and they do take me up on that offer occasionally, which I don’t mind.

But the new guy began messaging me every single day with a new “problem”. It’s usually something ridiculous like he met a girl he liked but she probably doesn’t like him back, or that he “feels sad and doesn’t know why”.

I’ve began to realise that he’s taken to needing me to validate his every thought and feeling. He calls me, messages me, comes to my house all the time just to complain about whatever is bothering him that day. He’d never ask how I am doing either, he treats me more as an emotional crutch than a friend.

When he speaks to me his messages are extreme vague. He doesn’t usually tell me directly what’s wrong, he just acts super sad and I don’t know what to say to him anymore. I’ve told him that he needs to see a doctor but he just acted like I was being dramatic.

It had become such a daily stress for me that I’ve stopped reading his messages and hanging out with him. My inbox is full of read messages and missed calls from him, and he knows that I worry about friends so he’s sending vague messages that push me like “I feel like doing something stupid...” but I’m trying to not take the bait.

I know that he has pretty severe depression and has harmed himself before, but I feel like I’ve done everything I can to help him and that he’s just using me at this point. I stopped speaking to him for the sake of my own mental health but I still feel bad about it. Am I the asshole?

Tl;dr: friend is using me as a personal therapist so I started ghosting him 

ignoring my depressed friends' cries for help