text: Depression can lead to other things that can kill you. Aside from suicide itself, depressed people tend to have eating disorders- either too much or too little (each bringing with it its own set of problems) and sleeping disorders- either too much or too little (again each with its own set of problems). Depressed people turn to drugs and alcohol to cover the pain- again we know the problems these carry with them.  Depression can take over your life making you dead inside long before a physical death comes to you.