If I took my life, I would no longer be in pain which would be good, but several other people would be in pain instead, and that's not really fair.........

Glad you said that Bleah.

Quick true story : In the mid 80's I worked a Help Hotline .....

Had an amount of sui calls .
* KA-BANG * >>>>>... is the sound that I still hear,,, from my last day there.
The paper a couple days later said ; Ruled suicide.

Point is ... I didn't know this person IRL [ so to speak ] ,,, nuff said ?