Interesting story. Toying with suicide however is a psychological complex. Sometimes a mental illness. I would encourage your friend to seek some counseling. If i was his friend, i would be concerned for his mental health and well being...

Let me take some time to out to note your physical location... Sydney has been dubbed top 7th best city for living Standards in the world!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4306936.stm

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My Demon revokes any prayer
He's grown contempt for love and hope
He betrays trust, twists truth and fair
Indifference is his way to cope
Engulfing sound of sensations
He quells with voices of despair
And muse of short lived inspirations
Flees at the sight of his cold stare
~Moy Demon - Mihayeel Lermontov~