There's a documentary, The Bridge, that was made a few years ago on the topic of suicide. The director pretended to be taking monumental photographs of the Golden Gate Bridge when in fact he and his crew were filming with the express purpose of capturing suicides. He then went back to interview friends and family of the people he filmed. It was a very controversial film. Many people felt it was exploitative; I personally did not. You can see the first 3 minutes of it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PnqVocIZLY

I've contemplated it. I think most people have at some point in their lives. I wouldn't want to leave people around me with that kind of pain. I would choose to commit suicide if I were terminally ill or became severly disabled or disfigured. The thing is, as you see in The Bridge, there are some people that don't find relief in therapy or pharmaceuticals. They don't want to live anymore. For them, suicide *is* the answer. Then there are others that did something rash in a moment of emotional distress. Did they mean to kill themselves? Probably not, and if they could have stopped for a moment, taken themselves out of the tunnel vision they were in, and thought of how it would impact the people they love, they would not have done it.