I've been reading this thread for the past several hours and don't really know how to respond, yet I want so badly to say something that will make all the pain, loneliness, and heartache go away. I just want you to know that I am thinking of each and everyone of you who are going through this at the moment.
I've also been there, and one day was actually riding around and calling some people to borrow a gun as I had made up my mind to do this. Only problem was that I could not find or contact any of 5 or 6 people I was looking for. After that I realized that maybe fate was the reason? My depression came about from the drugs I took and how they affected my family. I am older than most of you posting here, just turned 54 in March, so I ended up losing my wife of 25 years because of the drugs,and went into debt $40,000 buying drugs over the internet, for which I am still paying for even today. I also have a 24 year old son who's respect I also lost. I remember it like it was yesterday. I cried constantly and comteplated suicide from July of 2005 to February of 2008. Work was utter hell as I did not want to be around anyone, but everyday I faced 30 middle school students, and everyday thought about saying fuck it and quit, just walk out, get in my car, get on the hwy, and crash my car into a bridge abbutment, even had the one picked out I was going to use. But everytime I thought to take action and finally do it, I would think of my son and the total devastation it would cause him, and I could not do it.
It has been over 2 years now and I finally snapped out of the depression/funk I was in and set about repairing the relationship with my son. Today we are closer than ever.
I wasn't going to post this at first as it sounds corny and probaly is not helpful at the present time. Then I thought it couldn't really hurt anything, and it would hopefully demonstrate that things can get better if you hang in there. Also that the things affecting you, and causing you to consider suicide are no respecter of age, since I thought these feelings were not what someone my age should have, that I should be more mature about it. Well fuck that! When I finally accepted myself for who I was and accepted the feelings, I was able to go on and get to where I am now.
Again my heart really goes out to you folks and if ANYONE wishes to pm me just to talk, I will gladly listen.