Feeling like people don't really need you and that you're a burden is quite a common symptom of depression but that doesn't make it true! Even when it doesn't feel like it, people would miss you forever. Sure, they would eventually find a way to get through things, but the grief would never truly leave you.
My sister's friend's brother, who I'd never even met committed suicide over ten years ago and I still think of him occasionally and will never forget the grief in his mother's eyes as she gave a monetary award at our school prize-giving to a student going to study what she believed her son would have liked to study. If his death can touch me, as someone who only vaguely knew his sister, then the grief felt by those who actually knew him must be unimaginable. I truly believe that no matter how isolated someone may feel, there will be people changed forever by that person not being around anymore.
I'm not saying that you should just feel OK because there are people who care about you, but I would really try to challenge that belief that people don't really need you.
Are you able to seek support, either from friends, family or professionals about these feelings?
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