hey guys...maybe you could help me with something...my friend is usually always funny, outgoing, and really fun to be around. latley though, he's been really depressed, and just not himself.  he's even started cutting. im trying to get him to feel better and to stop cutting, but i dont know what to do.  i know i should tell someone that knows how to deal with that kind of stuff, but i cant. i just dont know what to do to help him.  any suggestions??

brightening the subject, my green mare is doing great in training. she is becoming so brave. i tried a scary looking 2'9" oxer with her  and she jumped it beautifully on the first try.  she is doing great, and i will probably have to stop calling her green.  however, latley she has been very dead to my leg. i used to have to only ask once, and she would go too fast, now i have to use a crop sometimes to get her to move on the flat. when we jump, she is speedy, but just doing dressage is painfully slow.

i tried riding one of my horses bareback the other day, and it was fun. it was pretty hard getting on, because the horse was 17 hands, and i am only 5'3"...lets just say the mounting block obviously wasnt as big as i had thought it was.  it went well though, once i was on.