From someone who's attempted s. and thought about it a lot, it is hard to read what the experience is from those who are left behind to deal with it.

I have always hated when people say "think about how it would affect other people" because I think, "but what about me??", but I felt a lot of empathy for the therapist and his situation. I thought about how my therapist would have to deal with that and it made me feel sick that I've ever even tried/thought about it. I've thought about how it would affect people before, but I've always just pushed the thoughts aside because I figured I wouldn't matter. Maybe I'm just getting to that place in therapy where I feel like I do matter, so I'm thinking about the affect more?

I'm not in the midst of a depression though, and I know things look different when you're in that spot, too. It's hard to see your situation from the outside when you are depressed.