[Daring Scylla]

i literally have no idea what to do at this point BUUUT

honestly i have this friend who has more problems than you can shake a stick at

I normally tend to be cagey and quiet about my problems and those of my friends, like. i don't ask others for help because i think it's beneath me, but this child has so many problems and i am at my wits end of what to do about him/her. this community is good about not being judgemental and giving helpful advice.

first, the child's a real gem. true sweetheart - goes out of her way to be kind and good for her friends and to love them. when she's rational.
she's brilliantly - almost coldly - clever and can solve problems and retain information like no one i've ever met, she's so clever. however, it makes her very cold and logical - almost to the point where she doesn't factor fun into her life.

the point is she has a lot of problems and sends me random messages about how she feels "caged," "like lightning," "electrified," and that she wants to "run and run and run"
I have no idea what to make of this rubbish sometimes and others it worries me greatly because she seems really sick in her mind sometimes. I can tell she's hurting, but she doesn't seem to even realize so sometimes and she never knows quite what is wrong. sometimes i worry that she might be certifiably insane. she refuses to get help, take medicine and every time i start making suggestions on what to do she clams up and stops talking to me for a while. then she comes back and she's got this mask that everything is fine and excellent and nothing's wrong.
I have NO IDEA what to do about or for her. it's like she wants help but part of her doesn't and everything I try to do she pushes away, runs away. i really need some help so I can help her, because i think she's tearing herself apart and she doesn't even know.