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RE: How social media can save a life
IMO, that message was indeed a cry for help. If he'd really been serious he'd have just got on with it. That doesn't mean he's not hurting though. He needs to find some counseling, seriously. You can only play this game so long before you alienate people -- and they stop answering the call.
The friend of a friend used to do this -- take an overdose of something and then send out a call just in time for someone to save her. I said after one very close call, "If she keeps doing this, someday she's going to succeed."
About a year later ... she did.
That's so sad about the friend of a friend. I think in my friend's case he probably fell into a very dark place, made worse by the drinking, and started to take the pills in despair. I suspect that one part of him was just seeking oblivion and another part was wanting to connect with people, and that he didn't really know what he was doing. But it's really difficult to say why someone would do this kind of thing.