A lot of people who think about suicide are really depressed. I know when I was depressed, what I really wanted, besides feeling better, was love. Only problem was I had love, and I couldn’t feel it. It felt like the pain would never end, and if that was the case, I didn’t want to be like that forever.
I think that everyone who commits suicide is depressed in one way or another. It could be a mental illness; it could be the stock market dropping; it could be the feeling that no one understands you, nor can then. Some people commit suicide, so they say, to get revenge on the folks who haven’t loved them enough.
All these things, on their own, might now lead to suicide, but when you believe it will be like this forever, you want to go, or at least you think about it. I don’t know if anyone who hasn’t felt it can imagine the unrelenting pain that depression is.
Anyway, the thing is, most people do come out of it. The broker figures out how to put his life back together. Love can happen. Mental illness can be treated. Depression can end. As people have said, making it illegal gives you an excuse to get someone help, if they survive. However, it can also create a social pressure for folks to help or keep an eye on those they believe to be a suicide risk.