I know that there are a lot of precarious situations, in which you or your friends hesitate if to tell the problem or not. Here are some pieces of advice on how to keep a quality friendship. First of all, you should not be that one friend who is just curious about what kind of problems your friend has to deal with. It should really bother you what your friend is up to and what they are going through. Times can be rough and a friend who always just asks and makes the wound even worse is a wrong way to build a righteous friendship. The only way you and your friend can find a solution to the difficulty is to give them space. If they fluctuate between telling you and staying still is a good sign and you are on the right path. The fluctuation does not base on having trust issues but if the moment is right and if they feel strong enough to talk about it in an open way. If they are more like an introvert type of person, they will presumably refuse completely to mention anything about their privacy. In this case, it may help to commence the communication and slowly try to ask if there is anything you can do for them. If you are a true friend you will exert to help your friend. You should know that sorrowing about a friend is not wrong. But how to handle it without harming the feelings of each other will make everything much easier. The demeanor also plays a big role in this case. If you are an extrovert in front of your friends, then please do not suddenly pretend as being sensitive and also struggling with problems, just to make your friend not to feel alone with the problem. In this manner, nobody including your friend won't take you seriously and it for sure does not get you anywhere.