I haven’t mentioned this yet, but I feel it must be said.

Note: this is not an endorsement of suicide. It is only my thoughts that I hope will help people for whom depression and suicide is but a theoretical or philosophical abstract concept. Not something they know in the most intimate terms.

The fear of death is a universal human fear. It is almost certainly the most powerful fear that is hard wired into our brains. Furthermore, the innate instinct to preserve ones life at all costs is the...