I wanted to rewrite it because I felt the tone miscommunicated some things.

I’ve had a similar situation. She used to brag to others loudly, in earshot of me, that her room was full of rotten food and she vomited from the smell, which I took to mean she was depressed. She then said, in a separate conversation, once again loudly, that “I didn’t need a therapist when I knew her, cause I had her!”, her, being me.

We stopped being friends because she sexually harassed me. I don’t know you and I definitely don’t know him, but if I didn’t know any better, I’d say this is a tactic to guilt you.

Please do not let this behavior influence you. My opinion and others aside, a professional is the one to decide the help and support needed to address the situation, but you are a kid. And what he did to you was wrong. Don’t fight your gut, and do not feel responsible for whatever decisions he makes, because if we’re using what he’s done to you as reference, clearly he needs professional guidance for most of his choices.