My condolences to you for your losses. I have known many who have taken this solution. But please don't dismiss their problems as "temporary"...
That cliché diminishes the fact that people who succeed in suicide have gotten what they wanted, not what we left behind might selfishly want for them. Their pain--which must have been extreme, to go to such lengths--is gone now. Some have suffered for many years; some face no hope of ever reaching a "solution" other than this; and a dirty secret of medical science is that even in cases of clinical depression, 1 out of 5 can't be treated--their hell remains.
I hope his family members can see that and look more positively on his escape from suffering.
That’s one way to look at it, but in my case at least, my mother killed herself before getting treatment for her mental illness.
Well, if there 1 out of 5 who cannot be helped, that means 4 out of 5 can. So in those 4 out of 5 cases it is indeed a “temporary problem.” Even if the depression comes back again, 4 out of 5 still have good days that make it worthwhile. I know, as clinical depression runs strong on both sides of my family with many members who have been at-risk or attempted susicide. When they came through to the light they were indeed happy that they made it through that “temporary problem” without making the solution permanent. I of all people DO NOT minimize clinical depression, nor do I however think that the taking of one’s own life is a great option for relief. There are many other choices, many of which members of my family have used and are using to deal with it without “finding relief” through completing suicide.