It's often said that Heaven and Hell are not places, but states of being, and that they both begin in this life. Which, if true, implies that suicide doesn't really accomplish anything but to foreclose one's options.

I've known a few people that genuinely seem to be in Heaven, and a great many that are unmistakably in Hell.

As long as we're alive, we have consciousness and free will. We can perhaps do something about where we are. "Where there's life, there's hope." Make a radical change in your approach to life. No, not thinking happy thoughts or anything so meaningless. Just *do* things entirely differently. A different career. A different personality. A different diet (remember, there's a biochemical component to depression.) A creative outlet. A different ranking of priorities. When something doesn't work, you try something else. Anything else. Except booze or drugs. That'll mess you up every time.

In a way, I'm advocating a scientific approach to life. Or at least an empirical one.