[throw0101a]

>> they may take a rash decision that they’d regret later

> Sorry to be that guy, but: "how?"

By surviving the attempt. The suicide success rate is not 100%.

Plenty of interviews of people who, after initiating the act, report realizing what they did was a mistake.

[usrusr]

Saddest example of selection bias: many people try more than once (and some of course do change their minds eventually)