A major myth about suicide is that you can't change someone's mind when they make their mind up to die. People use it to justify inaction, because dealing with this issue is such a scary thing for them.
The truth is that although suicide is seen as a solution to life's problems it is not a solution that anyone wants to believe. People have a lot of ambivalence-- even those who attempt. They did a study of the people who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and lived. The results were important. They asked people the obvious question, "What went through your mind as you jumped?" Almost to a person the answer they got was the same, "What a stupid thing to do? What now? How did I ever decide to do this?"
Ambivalence saves lives. It makes people keep on looking for a better way. Talk to a person in trouble. Tell them that what they really wanted to be true is true. They don't have to die.
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