Additional Details Best Answer - Chosen by Voters Don't do it! Suicide absolutely destroys friends and family, because they feel that maybe if they would've paid a little more attention to the warning signs, they maybe could have been there a little more and helped the person in some way. Especially parents feel that they should've done more to get the person help. Not only that, but what if you attempt suicide and it doesn't work? Now you are still alive dealing with the same problems plus the additional medical problems you created from your failed suicide attempt. I know of a guy like that, and his life is much harder now because of it. If you are thinking about ending it, tell someone how you feel -- a parent, another relative, a friend, a teacher, a minister -- someone who cares, who will take you seriously, listen to you, and help other important people in your life hear what you need to say. You have nothing to lose -- and everything to gain -- by talking out your problems. When undergoing distress, remember this: No matter how dire a situation may seem, in time things will change. Suicide is a very permanent answer to a temporary problem. The psalmist David, who was no stranger to adversity, said in prayer: "I have grown weary with my sighing; all night long I make my couch swim; with my tears I make my own divan overflow." (Psalm 6:6) Yet, in another psalm