Suicide note

<h2 id="reasons">Reasons</h2>
<p>Some fields of study, such as <a href="/facts/Sociology/d2Fd0N87">sociology</a>, <a href="/facts/Psychiatry/uzS7vEo0">psychiatry</a> and <a href="/facts/Graphology/fXJcgr1n">graphology</a>, have investigated the reasons why people who complete or attempt suicide leave a note.
</p><p>The most common reasons that people contemplating suicide choose to write a suicide note include one or more of the following:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<ul><li>To ease the pain of those known to the victim by attempting to dissipate guilt.</li>
<li>To increase the pain of survivors by attempting to create guilt.</li>
<li>To set out the reason(s) for suicide.</li>
<li>To send a message to the world.</li>
<li>To express thoughts and feelings that the person felt unable to express in life.</li>
<li>To give instructions for disposal of the remains.</li>
<li>Occasionally, to confess acts of murder or some other offence.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul>
<p>Sometimes there is also a message in the case of <a href="/facts/Murder%E2%80%93suicide/wspuNXUF">murder–suicide</a>, explaining the reason(s) for the murder(s); see, for example, <a href="/facts/Marc_L%C3%A9pine/TRjc8pbs">Marc Lépine's suicide statement</a> and <a href="/facts/7_July_2005_London_bombings/FQloc3bg">videotaped statements of the 7 July 2005 London bombers</a>.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li>Writing portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Death_poem/74C2YvrL">Death poem</a> – Genre of poetry</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Deathbed_confession/Qn0651kH">Deathbed confession</a> – Manner of confession</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Last_words/7UC5PHsG">Last words</a> – Final words attributed to a person before their death</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Will_and_testament/PoRXxpEM">Will and testament</a> – Legal declaration where a person distributes property at death</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<ul><li><a href="https://russelljohn.net/journal/2008/03/a-collection-of-suicide-notes/">A collection of suicide notes and letters</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rtwGCgAAQBAJ&dq=presentation+david+lester+bijou+yang&pg=PT16"><i>The Presentation of the Self in Suicide Notes</i></a> by <a href="/facts/David_Lester_(psychologist)/dMchP5Gr">David Lester</a> & Bijou Yang</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>SHIOIRI, TOSHIKI; NISHIMURA, AKIYOSHI; AKAZAWA, KOHEI; ABE, RYO; NUSHIDA, HIDEYUKI; UENO, YASUHIRO; KOJIKA-MARUYAMA, MAKI; SOMEYA, TOSHIYUKI (April 2005). "Incidence of note-leaving remains constant despite increasing suicide rates". Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 59 (2): 226–228. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01364.x. PMID 15823174. S2CID 28986718. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1440-1819.2005.01364.x" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1440-1819.2005.01364.x</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Olson, Lenora (2005). The Use of Suicide Notes as an Aid for Understanding Motive in Completed Suicides (Thesis). University of Utah. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Suicide note reveals murder confession". London: bbc.co.uk. 1971-07-14. Retrieved 2008-10-28. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/14/newsid_2503000/2503395.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/14/newsid_2503000/2503395.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Man jailed for murder in lay-by". London: bbc.co.uk. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2008-10-28. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/4762774.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/4762774.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Suicide note found in murder-suicide case". cbc.ca. 2000-06-23. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-28. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/suicide-note-found-in-murder-suicide-case-1.234301" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/suicide-note-found-in-murder-suicide-case-1.234301</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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