how you could make your friend understand your discomfort
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You can either use the following discussion or formulate your own taking ideas from it:
Student A: Hey where have you been? I wanted your advice on a very crucial issue.
Student B: I was at canteen with Saumya! What happened?
Student A: You know, Samita has started irritating me recently. I told you last week how on the pretext of doing homework together, she just copies all my ideas and presents to the teacher! She gets the benefits of my hard-work and creativity.
Student B: Well, that is really unethical! What did she exactly do?
Student A: You know our English teacher has given us one-minute topics for speaking activity! She came to my home last evening insisting that we would prepare our topics together. I showed her my speech that I had prepared with so much of effort. I also helped her with her topic. But today morning, when I showed my speech to madam, she was shocked to see it as the copy of Samita’s speech! I was stunned! I explained to madam everything.
Student B: Madam must have known who the culprit is since you are the topper of the class!
Student A: Yes, she believed me. But kindly advise me what should I do?
Student B: We must talk to her together! We must tell her this type of copying others’ ideas won’t help her in the long run! We must tell her she will never ever develop her creativity, intelligence, and other faculties if she has this thief’s attitude.
Student A: The mental abilities that make us academically brilliant develop only if we honestly try to do our own tasks, solve our own sums, and do our own assignments. Copying others’ assignments, speeches, and sums will only damage self-confidence, self-conviction, and won’t let the inner potential to develop to its optimal level.
Student B: We will tell her henceforth we won’t do our home-work together. We will assure her we will help her as much as the limits permit us; but we won’t give her our assignments for copying. We will have to be very decisive on that.
Student A: That’s good. We will have to tell it to her bluntly. Let’s go to her and tell her our decision.
Follow up questions and answers:
Is there a way ...might help?
I don’t think there is any other way than talking to him/her about it. I will tell him/her it is wrong copying someone else’s work. It is no less than stealing.
How easy/difficult do you think it would be for you...?
It will be a difficult thing. First of all he/she won’t accept it; secondly he/she might get angry and stop talking to me.
Do you think a common friend’s help...?
I think a common friend can really help me resolve the problem. He can mediate between both of us. He can convey my concern to him/her.Explanation:
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How to Help a Depressed Friend

Medically reviewed by Timothy J. Legg, Ph.D., CRNP — Written by Crystal Raypole on May 29, 2019
Listen
Help finding support
Support therapy
Take care of yourself
Educate yourself
Help with chores
Extend invitations
Be patient
Stay in touch
Recognize the forms
Things to avoid
Warning signs
Do you have a friend who’s living with depression? You’re not alone.
According to the most recent estimates from the National Institute of Mental Health, just over 7 percent of all U.S. adults experienced an episode of major depression in 2017.
Worldwide, over 300 million adults and childrenTrusted Source live with depression.
But not everyone experiences depression in the same way, and symptoms can vary.
If your friend is experiencing depression, they may:
seem sad or tearful
appear more pessimistic than usual or hopeless about the future
talk about feeling guilty, empty, or worthless
seem less interested in spending time together or communicate less frequently than they normally would
get upset easily or are unusually irritable
have less energy, move slowly, or seem generally listless
have less interest in their appearance than usual or neglect basic hygiene, such as showering and brushing their teeth
have trouble sleeping or sleep much more than usual
care less about their usual activities and interests
seem forgetful or have trouble concentrating or deciding on things
eat more or less than usual
talk about death or suicide
Here, we’ll go over 10 things you can do to help as well as a few things to avoid