"So I hated life" (2:17). Is the Preacher saying he wants to die?

He says what he hated and why: "So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind" (2:17) (tap hated). The next verse says it of his labor: "I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me" (2:18). Then: "Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun" (2:20) (tap despair). Each time he gives the reason, and each time the reason is the work and labor under the sun. He doesn't say he wishes to die, and these notes don't say he does. Job, in his own trouble, says, "I despise my life" (Job 9:21). The chapter goes on: four verses later the Preacher says, "There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor" (Ecclesiastes 2:24). These notes quote his words as he says them, don't explain them away, and add no teaching of their own. If these verses touch anyone's own pain, make room to talk, and help them find someone they trust to talk to further, such as a pastor or a counselor.