Prevention of suicide is one of the major reasons that counseling centers exist on college campuses. The death of a person whose adult life is just beginning is a terrible waste. A life ended at age 20 or 25, even a life that has been troubled so far, represents an enormous loss of potential.
Suicide also devastates the families and friends left behind.
Suicidal feelings are a common part of severe depression for many people. Not all people who commit suicide are depressed. Most people attempt suicide as a way as a way to get rid of unbearable emotional pain. Some kill themselves as a bid for love and attention they feel they cannot otherwise get. Other kill themselves because they have not been able to accept things about their own lives.