My grandmother committed suicide. My mother has tried to commit suicide on several occasions, and I have suffered from depression for most of my life.
I'm happy to say that ketamine infusion therapy was a breakthrough for me, after decades of making no progress with anti-depressants, I am now virtually depression-free and have been so for years. I highly recommend it to anyone who suffers from treatment-resistant depression. That said...
> Every suicide is a tragedy.
Statements like that on suicide prevention websites have always bothered me because I find them disingenuous, and for me personally have always been counter-productive. I think it's obvious that not all suicides are tragedies. I think that as uncomfortable as it makes us, for many people suicide is the most responsible decision a person can make.
Not everybody has loved ones, and not everybody is a great person. My best friend's father was incredibly abusive and incredibly miserable, despite spending his whole life in various forms of treatment. His death marked a significant improvement in my friend's wellness. I suppose this man could have just left his family but...I wouldn't say his suicide is a tragedy. He's no longer suffering.
A lot of the arguments I see against suicide is that it hurts the people around you. Which is true, and this effect is difficult to understate. I'm still affected by the suicide of my grandmother, whom I never even met.
But that's not a reason to live, that's just a reason not to die.
I'm guessing that access to quality healthcare is one of the best ways to prevent suicide. (Luckily I could afford my ketamine injections and subsequent prescriptions.) I think that's obvious to everyone though. Strange in my country how access is still such an issue...