Discussion Poll on whether or not you would want to receive a suicide note

[Meimi18]

This is for my own personal stuff, I have online friends I'm not sure how to deal with. My irl friends will inevitably find out one day whether or not I tell them beforehand.
I know all of them would like to know what happens exactly, but I don't think I want to subject them to that kind of grief. On the other hand, leaving them in a limbo of questions forever sounds awful too.

 

[theendisnigh5]

personally i think it's best to leave a note to give others closure, and to give them a last piece of you before you go.

 

[wilbursoot6969]

In that position I think it's better for people to know what happened to their online friend rather than not knowing that their friend killed themselves forever. But ultimately you can decide whether to tell them or not

 

[caninecomposer]

People detailing their reasons for leaving the planet can help usher positive change so that others hopefully won't need to take the same route.

 

[Slow_Farewell]

There's...frankly no point in receiving one.
I wouldn't want any of my friends to have to think about the guilt/pain etc I must feel when i receive their note, etc etc.
On a more practical and realistic note? people matter less than the value we place on them.
People come and go and eventually we forget about them because of life, of our own problems. If people truly held on to memories, etc, of other people and how much we treasured them and all that jazz, i dont think we'd visit the cemetery a few times a year only... I dont want to lie to my friend like that.
I'd rather tell him/her while he/she was still alive that I wish him/her well and I hope he/she finds what they are looking for on the other side.

 

[unwilling_lich]

im sentimental af and keep everything ppl give me and read them p regularly. honestly would rather have something that reminds me of their life than their death, but also id be crushed if i had no idea what was happening with them so its kinda tough. id rather the suicide note than nothing tho

 

[Sluggish_Slump]

It's up to you and it's a personal preference but maybe a public note on a social media platform could be best suited to say goodbye to anyone online who knew you but you weren't close enough to send a personal letter saying goodbye. I've seen someone online that before they died by suicide they scheduled a Facebook post on their account with a suicide note that explains their life story and what led to that decision and it did give me closure reading their statement.