I'm posting this on this forum because I think you guys are the best and always ready to give good advice. My problem really doesn't have anything to do with any of the issues here but I am in a pickle.

I have been friends with a woman for at least 10 years. One time about 5-6 years ago she had some sort of breakdown (I thought) and made up a relationship with a man. She told such outlandish stories about him that it was clear to me that he did not exist. Eventually her therapist figured out she was fabricating this man and dealt with it. End of story (I thought).

Recently she has invented another relationship with another man that does not exist. She is no longer seeing the therapist so he cannot intervene. I called her brother to alert him to another possible breakdown. He had his wife call me and it turns out that everything my friend says is probably a lie. When she tells me she had a bad day at work it is probably not so. When she tells me her cat threw up on the couch, she probably didn't. I am shocked.

I don't want to be her friend anymore because I can't believe anything she says and the whole relationship is false. I am, however, her only friend and I am afraid she will do something to harm herself if I tell her I don't want to talk to her anymore. We no longer live near each other so I cannot keep an eye on her if I do decide to break off the relationship. I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. Any ideas?