Asuicide note ordeath note is a message written by a person who intends to die bysuicide, often intended to be read afterwards.
A study examining Japanese suicide notes estimated that 25–30% of suicides are accompanied by a note. However, incidence rates may depend on ethnicity and cultural differences, and may reach rates as high as 50% in certain demographics.[1] A suicide message can be in any form or medium, but the most common methods are by a written note, an audio message, or a video.
Some fields of study, such associology,psychiatry andgraphology, have investigated the reasons why people who complete or attempt suicide leave a note.
The most common reasons that people contemplating suicide choose to write a suicide note include one or more of the following:[2]
To ease the pain of those known to the victim by attempting to dissipate guilt.
To increase the pain of survivors by attempting to create guilt.
To set out the reason(s) for suicide.
To send a message to the world.
To express thoughts and feelings that the person felt unable to express in life.
To give instructions for disposal of the remains.
Occasionally, to confess acts of murder or some other offense.[3][4][5]
