Today's episode is a collaboration between Tea Buddies and Mind Matters Network.

In conjunction with world suicide prevention month, we have invited Dr Alvin Ng, a professor of psychology and the Associate Dean for the School of Medicine and Life Sciences at Sunway University to discuss the protective role of friendship against suicide.

Our conversation's timestamps: 

0 - 1.00: Intro

1:00: What stats tell us

3.52: Protective role of Friendship

12:00: We don't appreciate rejection 

12:55: It's the connectedness that matters

13:50: How many Friends, or how meaningful?

15:45: The threshold of meaning 

16:40: On having several best friends, instead of only one

18:13: The language we use; best Friends? or becoming Friends?

21:00: Our definitions of a best Friend and how it affects our Friendship

23:12: Tackling the issue of making Friends amidst online learning

28:50: Taking care of ourselves when approaching a suicidal Friend