Joseph: even for Capital Punishment, they haven�t yet come up with the perfectly instant and pain free method of killing death-row inmates, so what suicide scenario might that be, where there�s not even a millisecond of time for regret?
The last portion of my article wasn�t posted. Don�t know if it was blocked or my error. Very kosher, perhaps too long? Whoever�s interested can look it up.
I also added that Shlomo Hamelech was correct when he wrote �this too shall pass�.
Basically suicide is a nisoyon like any other, which if allowed to pass without acting upon it (and taking steps to improve your life) the urge will eventually abate. This is not to minimize the grip of depression, but to put it in the long term perspective – and to encourage everyone to CHOOSE LIFE AS IT IS WITHIN EVERYONE�S REACH.
Bottom line, the premise of the OP is – generally speaking – false.