It does help you keep going though, maybe it's a cheap trick, but things do change over time, sometimes the brain does heal, or adapt, sometimes circumstances do change
I came here on November 2019 while I was deteriorating. Sometime near the start of 2020, I decided to ctb. The night before my planned date, I was able to break the darkness and hold onto whatever little I had left. Must've been SI (survival instinct for those who don't know), but I had to will myself to keep going.
Took months and months...it was unbelievably difficult and I still don't know how I did it. But I'm better now. I really am. Have a girlfriend, working on myself and getting things rolling, doing my best to keep in touch with people...
Life doesn't get easier, but it definitely does get better. I'm essentially a 'normie' now
but with the experience to be able to connect and relate to those who are still hurting.