I'm fourteen years old and go to a private school. I get along with everyone very well because I'm known for having an interesting personality, but there's something that sometimes creates tension with me and my friends.

They all have depression and I don't. And no, there's nothing bad about that. In fact, I try to help them as much as possible because I feel happy when I know I helped another person.

But the thing is, they are edgy about it. (Sorry if that offends anyone. There aren't any other words I can think of to describe it.) All they ever do is joke around with it and constantly talk about it like it's fun to have. It's really starting to tick me off because they are doing that and just making themselves worse rather than seeking for the actual help and treatment they need.

I have a few examples. My best friend is in the same class as me, but she is really annoying. All she ever talks about is being emo and having depression, and when I try to change the topic she'll just talk about her love life which is even more annoying. And I mean that literally. Once I actually stopped being friends with her because of it being all she can think of. She used to call me on the phone and say some stuff like, "I did it to myself again last night. Why won't you stop me?" even though I literally do all that I could to help her with her mental health. It really makes me mad. I've told her to call the suicide hotline several times and she does usually, but she says it doesn't help. Once she wrote a depression joke on the board in class, and got mad at me for saying she needs to think positive and erasing it. I just want to help her, but she won't let me! All of this stuff was awhile ago, and she doesn't do it as much because I told her it makes me feel uncomfortable, but she still does it sometimes.

There's this new kid in my class. I like him a lot, but he also does the same thing. In fact, it's even worse. He openly talks about his mental health problems in front of people he barely knows, (including the teachers) and whenever someone asks what mood he's in, he says, "Oh I'm sad because I have depression. All of the people at my old school were bullies." I keep saying, "well you're here now, buddy. We can make you happy." Once when we were on a field trip, I was sitting next to him on the ride there, and he looked at a tall building and said "oh hey that's where I attempted suicide," in a completely normal and cheerful voice. The person next to him was a complete stranger, and he looked offended. I also told him that the topic offends me, but he really won't stop.

And it's not just those two people, but pretty much everyone. Why? It makes me really mad! Why can't they just stop when I tell them the jokes offend me, and let me help them when they need help?

Any advice is welcome, and I'm deeply sorry if this offends anyone who has it.