There's This Kid... and I'm the Babysitter

So basically, there's this freshman kid who goes to my school, and we're friends. Well, actually, it's more like they think I'm their friend, but I really am not. I don't see myself as their friend, but more of a babysitter. 

For context, this kid is 14, a freshman, and weirdly obsessed with me. They're always asking me what I'm doing, where I am, how I feel about them, etc etc. I am a SENIOR who is 17. I don't want anything to do with this kid, but it seems like I have to.

They're extremely mentally ill, at least that's what they keep saying. They keep saying they feel hopeless, that they want to kill themselves, and that they're actually gonna do it if their mom does die of cancer. However, this isn't like a once-a-week conversation; this is an almost HOURLY thing. It's practically the only thing they talk about. Every time they text me, it's always something about how they're getting bullied, their mom having cancer, how they're gonna kill themselves, how they're gonna relapse, etc etc. 

Now, I genuinely feel empathy and sympathy for this person. I pray every single day that they realize just how valuable they are to people, and that their mental health really does get better. However, this doesn't mean I'm coddling them.

I give them critique; I give them genuinely good advice on what to do and how to improve because I have also been there before. I make sure they eat, they drink water, and that they sleep, but no matter what I do, it feels like nothing is changing. Because it isn't

They haven't actually taken the steps to change, just listening to what I'm saying and not learning anything from the advice I give them. 

I'm getting tired of having to deal with the same attitude and defeatist mentality they have, but I feel stuck on what I should do. 

I can't cut them off bc that would probably make them feel even worse, but if I stay and keep coddling them, I might be making it worse indirectly as well. 

Another thing: I don't know them that well at all. They say that we've known each other for about 8 years now, but I just learned their name last year, let alone what they're like as a person. I genuinely am getting to know them in real time, and all I know now is their mental health, 3 bands that they like, and their twin sisters (who were in my 3rd-grade class).

Also, they have a really weird way of getting crushes on people. It's like, if you talk to them for even like 2 weeks, they get a crush on you. I don't believe that these are actual crushes, but rather them getting a rush of emotions from keeping a friend for that long, because I don't think they have very many friends. 

Yeah, this kid has like no friends because they constantly, allegedly, tell lies about almost every person they interact with. They could be spreading something about me that I am unaware of, for all I know. They also take everything VERY personally, EXTREMELY PERSONALLY. Every little thing that people say about them makes them very emotional, and they always complain about it like the person flung hot coals on their skin instead of just saying a few words. This is in reference to the general bullying they experience, not the genuine bullying they get for their mom having cancer. (YES, there are kids ACTUALLY bullying them for their mom having cancer, which is EXTREMELY messed up on SO many levels). 

Anyways, this kid is genuinely a very complicated case for me because they seem troubled, like really troubled. I just don't think they're actually doing anything to better themselves. They have a loving family (like a real loving family), they have a therapist they talk to often, and they have support in school too. They haven't been abandoned by the world or cast aside; they're just choosing not to receive help or help themselves and just sit around and moan about all their wounds and woes.

That's the end of this rant /vent. I'm tired of this kid, and if they ever find this (which I doubt bc they have a ton of restrictions on the internet), this must serve as a lesson to them to actually try and better themselves when they seek help instead of expecting other people to do it for them. They're like a fox that's stuck in a trap and biting its own leg off, even though there are people right there trying to help them.