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hematomatema

hematomatema

my name was lewis
Feb 29, 2024
156
I don't want to ramble on in it but at the same time I do have a lot that I want to discuss or just talk about in it. My big fear is that whoever's reading it will get bored reading it midway through, or will be too sad, and then won't bother to look at any of the rest of it.

How long have people here made their notes? What's a good word count to cut it off at?
 
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tone

Member
Jun 16, 2024
71
I plan to make mine short. My family members already know that I love them and my note will make it clear that it's not their fault.
 
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LaVieEnRose

LaVieEnRose

Angelic
Jul 23, 2022
4,362
Concision is important. To the average person all suicide notes boil down to "I done had a sad".

I have written letters that are a paragraph long. But I have come to terms with the fact that all of my stuff will just die with me, unsaid and unacknowledged (and truthfully, even if I left it I explicit I doubt it would be given due weight anyways).
 
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BackToLobby

BackToLobby

My bad, first time living.
Apr 9, 2024
80
Mine is 1 page, front side I explain why I'm doing it and the back I made a recompilation of psychologist near my zone with prices and phone numbers to help my family going through it.
 
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dragonofenvy

dragonofenvy

Wizard
Oct 8, 2023
674
I've written a lot over the years, and I think writing many is good because it lets you phrase things in a more concise way as well as letting you figure out what's important to put on there. I started at about 13 pages where I just kept rambling and rambling, and eventually got it down to about 4. I plan on rewriting it just before it's time and plan on simply editing the 4 page one a bit. I doubt the people it's intended for will even bother reading it in the first place and will just skim to the end anyway if they even make it past the first paragraph.

If it's for people who care about you, then they'd probably want to have as much detail as possible. Obviously not a novel, but enough to where you can answer most questions they might've had.
 
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Placo

Placo

Life and Death
Feb 14, 2024
905
I just left written in giant letters on two A5 sheets of paper, one not to have a Christian funeral and the other to cremate the body, there would be a lot to say but at the same time I don't feel like it.
 
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Beyond_Repair

Beyond_Repair

Disheartened Ghost
Oct 27, 2023
452
I'm keeping mine short and sweet. Stating my reasons, explaining it's no one's fault but my own and couldn't be avoided, expressing gratitude for the good times and experiences I've had and recounting good memories I've had with them, depending on the note.
 
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Aloneandinpain

Specialist
Dec 25, 2023
312
I definitely wouldn't bother writing one.
 
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WhiteRabbit

WhiteRabbit

I'm late, i'm late. For a very important date.
Feb 12, 2019
1,723
I don't think the people that care about you would only read half the note. Maybe keep it somewhere between 1 and 10 pages? That seems reasonable to me.
 
schmerz

schmerz

if i don't survive, i'll still be by your side
Jul 7, 2024
26
your loved ones will most likely read the entire note, no matter how long it is. mine includes basic information about myself and what i want to be done with my body after cbt. i remember there was a resource about writing a note floating around here somewhere
 
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Alexei_Kirillov

Alexei_Kirillov

i must rest here a moment
Mar 9, 2024
1,304
Mine is 1.5 pages explaining why I did it and then like 15 pages providing counterpoints to common objections to suicide (ex. "you're too young", "you have your whole future ahead of you", "what about your loved ones", etc.)
 
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Aloneandinpain

Specialist
Dec 25, 2023
312
Same here. I find it too hard with depression clouding my mind to find the right way to explain it.
It's nothing like that for me. Just can't be bothered and too fatigued/depressed to write anything.
 
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d_day_2031

Member
Jun 12, 2024
9
No one would read mine anyway. I remember when I was younger I wrote one and I just got screamed at and humiliated by my family after they read it. It was only two sentences.
 
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Inf

Member
Mar 10, 2023
15
I won't write one because I am certain no one would write it. It's weird. I don't feel like anyone in my family loves me but they tell me that they love me. I don't know.
 
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Beyond_Repair

Beyond_Repair

Disheartened Ghost
Oct 27, 2023
452
I would caution against writing personalized notes. I have read about this extensively, and those almost never go well.
I'm curious, why is that, if you don't mind sharing?
 
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Lost Magic

Lost Magic

Illuminated
May 5, 2020
3,203
I'm going to keep it brief but succinct. It will be no more or no less than 1 page long.
 
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Someone123

Illuminated
Oct 19, 2021
3,875
Whatever works best for you, each person is unique in this.
 
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iji

Member
Dec 4, 2023
98
I wrote mine last year and it was 1 page long.
 
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sukiduki

Student
Mar 24, 2024
145
i decided i won't leave one, those who really know will know why and there isn't anything left to say.
 
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lack

lack

im sorry for what i said
Sep 14, 2023
79
the 4 or 5 people in my life are very aware that i could die by suicide any moment, and i've even talked to them about the fact that if i killed myself, i wouldn't bother to leave a note.

i only have plans to leave a sort of quick note in the form of a scheduled text/email to my sister asking her to alert authorities a day or two after i choose to CTB. maybe i could say, like, a final "im sorry," and "i love you" and that kind of thing. but, i'd hardly consider that a "suicide note".

in fact i have little journals and notepads all over my house that describe how much pain im in and how anguished i am, how .. generally i feel that every moment is a sort of suffering, .. and part of my plans are to go around and make sure i get rid of aaall of that before i go. i would fucking hate for my sister to have to go through anything to decide if there's something worth keeping that she could find precious and end up with all this fucking horrible shit to sort. i know that she's the kind of person to parse through every notebook; just to .. cling, to anything that comes from my soul that's left over.. and, to be sure what to keep and what not to keep. i was an especially artistic person at one point, so i expect she'd be looking for some sort of doodles or any kind of creative writing or anything. but now all my expressions are very upsetting, and have been for so long. i assume even in a suicide note, it would devolve into some kind of horrible madness that borders on something psychotic. i think that it would be haunting and extra painful.

i pretty much always say too much.. so if i were to write a suicide note it would be a fucking novel... everyone else here mentioning "one page".. hah! i wish! good god. if i could be that brief, i might not want to die so terribly bad. i have been told i am "too much" by every person, so to give anyone anything more in my death would kill me again for a second time. i'd have to kill myself in my death, knowing i was troubling people so badly even in my death.

i feel like i have so many reasons not to want to even try to write a suicide note. hah.

but i'm very enamored and inspired by the people who are able to write any kind of nice or inspiring things for their loved ones. so there's a part of me that wants to do, .. like.. something. i have thoughts of making a little mix tape or something cheesy and simple and sweet. but i dont know. i imagine my time to ctb will be somewhat impulsive.
hah, did anyone read that part about me saying that i always say too much? i kind of assume nobody really pays attention to me.


tldr: i am way too much, so no i wont bore my loved ones with more of me when im dead lol
 
rednights

rednights

Member
Jun 5, 2024
45
No more than like 3 pages at the most. Just enough to get across my main reasons, try and discourage any guilt from the people around me, and express post-partem wishes.

I think people would get stuck asking themselves "why" if I didn't leave something, which is the main reason I'm leaving my reasons. Not sure I care enough to explain myself otherwise.
 
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UKscotty

Doesn't read PMs
May 20, 2021
2,447
About a paragraph should be enough.

If you want to write more, you probably are not ready and instead want to feel heard and understood. Maybe try a therapist.

Anything longer than a paragraph is pointless as we won't be around for it anyway and it will just cause confusion for who is left behind.
 
FrownyFace

FrownyFace

Is it suicide or sabotage you think
May 15, 2024
42
If I decide to leave, I'm not going to leave an explanation. I don't care enough to do it and I don't think anyone else would care either.
 
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Beyond_Repair

Beyond_Repair

Disheartened Ghost
Oct 27, 2023
452
your loved ones will most likely read the entire note, no matter how long it is. mine includes basic information about myself and what i want to be done with my body after cbt. i remember there was a resource about writing a note floating around here somewhere
This a resource I used that may be what you're referring to
 
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sugarb

sugarb

thief of silent dreams
Jun 14, 2024
795
I don't want to ramble on in it but at the same time I do have a lot that I want to discuss or just talk about in it. My big fear is that whoever's reading it will get bored reading it midway through, or will be too sad, and then won't bother to look at any of the rest of it.

How long have people here made their notes? What's a good word count to cut it off at?
The text I'll send before I CTB will be <50 words long. Essentially just "I shot myself at this location, [brother]. I love you all very much. My last will and testament are on my phone, along with a bunch of other stuff. Goodbye."

My actual note is split across like… thirty documents. I'm trying to write one for a few different people and I've also split it up into sections for my will, preferred burial, etc so it's pretty long. That's not really designed for anyone to read, though. It's bordering on being a dumping ground for my thoughts
 

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