On a personal level here, I have had such thoughts and I don't feel the need to see someone. I "tough it out". This probably isn't the best course of action, but I don't care. Of course that's an option - but my point is that recurring suicidal thoughts aren't normal.
There never used to be a watermark. I agree that the quality of the posts there has declined to the point that I don't visit very much any more. Even at it's best, probably only 25% of the stuff was actually funny.