Although it may seem like a good idea to harm yourself right now, please don't :( . During a crisis we humans tend to freak out without analyzing the situation first. And I hope you understand that if you try to harm yourself because of this situation, it would leave a bigger scar on your mother and best friend because they would feel guilty thinking it was their fault.
I do not know the story behind this but please try to assure yourself that there is a solution to this problem and take care of yourself.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.