My #1 anti-suicide thought process, which isn't pretty, but it works, is as follows: 1. The reason I feel suicidal is because XYZ in my life is unbearable and I am powerless to do anything about it, and efforts to do anything about it will inevitably be pointless because I cock everything up anyway as I am useless. 2. Having determined that I am useless and cock everything up, why on earth am I thinking about tackling an important, life-changing endeavour such as suicide? It's not the sort of project where there's room for failure! I am useless. I will only cock it up. We have established this. This is part of why I am suicidal. If I was competent and capable enough to properly manage my own suicide, I would be competent and capable enough to properly manage my life, and there would no longer be anything to be suicidal about... 3. There is no feasible method of suicide where I could cock it up and yet carry on as before. Nope, life after a failed suicide bid would be worse, not just in terms of additional disabling injuries (eg shattered spine, buggered digestive system, burns to throat, brain injury, etc) but also in terms of having to put up with the emotional fallout from everyone around me as they realise what I've tried to do, not to mention yet another crushing dose of my own failure to eat away at me from the inside. 4. I think I'll do the dishes instead. At least if I cock that up the worst that can happen is some minor cuts and having to buy new crockery.