Every now and then, when I'm at work and someone asks how I'm doing, I reply that I'm suicidal. I don't cry or moan when I say it, but I don't smile or wink at them, either.

They always just laugh. There is no way that they can't realize that I'm chronically depressed, because that is my consistent demeanor. They just don't want to deal with it for even one minute. I've known some of these people for several years and my importance to them is nonexistent.

Out there in the real world, if someone says that they are suicidal, even if you can't be positive if they are joking or not -- don't just laugh at them. (Hopefully none of you here would ever do such an insensitive thing.)