It's so annoying. Every time I told someone I was just depressed they told me I had nothing to be depressed over, that I was so stupid, I was so inconsiderate, I was so weak, look at the problems that the rest of the world faces, aren't they so much bigger than yours. are you starving? no? well there are children in africa who are staving and they don't want to kill themselves. have you lost a parent? no? well ........ lost his/her mother/father and they don't want to kill themselves. you have such a good life, you have so much to live for, you're so smart, you're a nice guy, why would you want to kill yourself? I just shrug and drop the subject, if they don't want to listen then I don't want to talk.
but it hurts you, it took me months to work up the balls to tell my current best friend, and I was so terrified he would think I was a freak and tell me to get lost that I didn't really tell him anything, just the basic "I'm depressed, self harming and suicidal" and left it at that. and he's the first person not to judge, not to try and rationalise, he just said if I was ever in trouble he was just a phone call away. it was the greatest release ever. and thats the point, you've just gotta keep on trying, because the one who does get it makes up for all the ones who didn't.