These are all wonderful things, truly. Highly recommended. But they're of little use to someone with severe depression planning out their suicide. In fact, "

These are all wonderful things, truly. Highly recommended. But they're of little use to someone with severe depression planning out their suicide. In fact, "empowerment" can trigger the opposite reaction: it emboldens the person to finally carry out their plans. For this reason, activities that would usually be good signs (e.g., someone starts hitting the gym vigorously after starting new meds) can in fact be warning signs that another suicide attempt is on the horizon.