Go easy. For many people depression comes in cycles. While the threat is always there, I think the parent poster has a good point. Yes, when someone is in the

Go easy. For many people depression comes in cycles. While the threat is always there, I think the parent poster has a good point. Yes, when someone is in the throes of depression, it's all-encompassing. However, when they're feeling okay, they might well have a hard time even remembering how or why they got so close to the brink. That's what I understand by the parent poster's use of "temporary problem". One can't un-suicide, but one can potentially endure until a brighter day, although if one is truly suicidal, it doesn't seem that way. I.e. The depression isn't temporary. It's the crisis point where suicide seems like the only good alternative that is temporary.