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No shit, Sherlock.
What I meant was there are countless cases of people (especially teenagers) who kill themselves because they're acting irrationally out of fleeting emotion.
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Of course there are underlying problems. That goes without saying, but it's in those moments where you feel especially sad and vulnerable that you go from bad to worse, or from worse to worst. As someone who has dealt with depression for years, and attempted suicide, I know how it feels.
No, you don't just decide to put a bullet through your brain when you get up on the wrong side of the bed - but - if you're already depressed, it is those fleeting moments that push you over the edge. All it takes is one bad day.
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I don’t think it’s right to label these cases as “fleeting emotion”; they require underlying issues, or a slow buildup which culminates in that one moment.
A moment of weakness is significantly different from a prolonged wearing down of defenses.