Does suicide end physical pain and mental depression or does suffering continue after death?

Suicide does not end physical pain or mental depression; rather, it perpetuates suffering because the soul is eternal and merely changes bodies (BG 2.20). When one destroys the gross body prematurely, the subtle body—comprising mind, intelligence, and false ego—continues to carry all unresolved distress, desires, and anxieties into another form (BG 2.13). According to śāstra, such untimely death interrupts the soul's allotted karma, often casting it into a disembodied preta (ghost) condition where the living entity suffers intensely without sensory organs to satisfy severe hunger, thirst, and craving, for at the time of death one's consciousness determines the next destination (BG 8.6). The human form of life is extraordinarily rare and valuable precisely because it offers the chance for self-realization and liberation through devotional service (SB 5.5.1). One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, not degrade himself by ending his life (BG 6.5). By taking shelter of Bhakti-yoga and chanting the Holy Names—Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā-mantra—all suffering, anxiety, and karmic bondage can be permanently transcended, granting eternal peace and freedom from the cycle of birth and death.