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As you make it through each stage of this crisis filled time, I hope it will become more obvious to you that suicide is a really bad idea in this situation. I know how bad it can feel to be alive sometimes, but honestly, it's extreme. Please don't kill yourself out of immaturity.

Everything may look hopeless, but you don't know the future. I was suicidal many times when I was younger, but every time I did not kill myself (or every time I "put off" killing myself, as I liked to put it back then) ~ I got more in the habit of staying alive, and being OK with it. It's been at least 25 years since I decided it was not going to be my solution. I used to still get obsessed with suicide anyway, even after I made the decision to remove it as one of my options, but that passed after a while too.

As much as my life might suck by "objective" or my own standards, it's worth living.



Also if you do care about your parents, this is not a thing to do. And not because no one will be around to care for them when they are old. I really don't think it's possible to reduce the stress in your parents' lives by killing yourself. I think it would be more likely to ensure that they would be permanently stressed by such an action.

They'd never believe it was really over a restaurant job; they'd probably go on the rest of their lives feeling as if they failed at the most important thing they ever tried to do. Please consider putting yourself in their shoes, I guess it's hard to relate to if you don't have kids of your own, but really, no parent wants their child to commit suicide, and you do not know better than they do what's best for them in that regard.

Because suicide is irreversible, you must always default to delaying it when the desire comes around. I know this is easier said than done. What are your typical activities & mood levels like in the course of say, a week? Do you get outdoors much?

It's kind of a cliche, but physical activity outdoors is rarely going to make matters worse. I know it can be extremely difficult to get started in anything of that nature, but it can quickly become a routine, and it kind of tends to build in the opposite direction of the current vicious cycle you seem to be running in.

Not saying exercise is the cure for depression on its own, of course. Or for everyone.

This isn't a suicide worthy situation no matter how you look at it. It might be time to look at alternative directions if you are feeling desperate that way, but you aren't even close to being out of options.

Please don't take this as a substitute for medical advice. Speaking of which, as I'm sure you know, it's considered to be a good idea to seek medical advice when you're feeling suicidal, just thought I would throw that out there...