The government has an incentive to report deaths as covid deaths. I'm simply stating it is not 100% clear what causes the deaths. The reason I suspect a higher suicide rate than otherwise estimated is that the number of people with suicidal ideation has doubled.

NOTE, I was also considering unintentional suicide (overdoses), which were dramatically up (38%).

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p1218-overdose-death...

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6932a1.htm

https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/16/suicides-fell-in-2020-w...

You say that with such certainy but the official number I've seen is a 10% increase. Also there is no measure for misery.