Their depression has distorted their thinking. An Escape From Problems. Some see death as an escape from their problems. The same kind of reasoning causes people to turn to drugs and alcohol. They must be met, faced, challenged, and overcome.
Death seems like a welcome relief from life's pain, when there seems to be more pain than happiness.
People are willing to risk the uncertainties and shadows of death over a pain they know is very real in life. So that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than my body. Let me alone, for my days are but a breath. For I am hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.