To those considering ctb, are you ok if the statistics collected about you are wrong/inaccurate?

[Burned out]

Hypothetically, if you were to die by suicide, and the investigators and people that enter stats into national databases got some things wrong about you, such as attributing your death to depression, when you weren't depressed, or some other diagnosis which is not correct, would you care? Does anyone know if the average suicide in the US result in multiple statistics being taken? Afterall, why would we have these if it were not the case?

And, if you were planning suicide, would you leave a note giving your pov so these statisticians are less likely to make an error?

Also, are there any guides about writing a good suicide note?

I just passed 10 years of chronic pain, and 20 years of suicidal ideation is coming soon, so I think I'm going to try again.

 

[Ta555]

Yes. This is something that pisses me off. If I ever ctb I will probably be recorded as a suicide because of 'mental health issues' when it's actually neurological, not psychological. I hate the idea that my possible suicide may be used for the 'We need more mental health!!' bullshit that's always rolled out when there's a suicide. No you dumb fucks, I didn't need mental help. I need someone to fucking solve chronic illness like long Covid. So to answer your question, I'm already mad thinking about it.

 

[Sea Turtle]

I am angry now but logically I know it won't matter. I dont think it's a fight worth fighting, the words of one dead person will just be disregarded because they will think they know better anyways. It's not worth the mental stress now

 

[Al Cappella]

Don't care about stats, at all. Stats just screw up the truth.

As for suicide note, I've usually been against, as they tend to be saccharine bits of self-indulgent drivel. But. If I could create one that was indeed epic, filled with interesting characters and crusty dialogue—written in perfect iambic hexameter—well now, that might be something. I think it should be long too—like Howl, or Leaves of Grass. And have drawings. And a recipe or 2. At least reward the poor schmuck reading it with some great chocolate chip cookies…

 

[Quiet Desperation]

I have been misunderstood by pretty much every person I've ever been close to, so why should my death be any different?

I'm not really afraid of them getting it wrong, rather I expect it. After my last experience I'm not too motivated to try to explain. People become so hysterical and make so many assumptions that I feel it almost doesn't matter what you write.

 

[Burned out]

My reasons are numerous, and I won't go through them all, but I know it is not my mental health, but I feel like anything I say will be ignored by investigators, and they will say it was one or the combo of my mental health diagnoses that lead to my suicide. I think for peace of mind, I will leave a tiny note saying my body has too many physical things wrong with it for life to be worth living.

 

[slushy]

I promise I won't care--I will be dead. Same goes for how my carcass is disposed of or anything else after my death. I won't feel it

 

[brnggundottxt]

I know there'd be a pack of li8es, a huge coverup. All by people who claim to have some moral high ground. Parasites, rats cumstains all of em.

I'm (already) dead and would this would no longer be me so it won't matter. I no longer exist.

 

[FuneralCry]

In my case, I do not care what people say or think after my death, because I will not be alive at that point. I will be incapable of caring about anything. My life does not matter, it is so meaningless. As you said, of course people could write about their reasons for ctb in their note and they could make it quite clear what caused them to ctb.

 

[HappyForever?]

I don't think the mainstream understanding about suicide is accurate. So there will definitely be wrong information. However, there is nothing I can do about it because I'll be dead.

 

[heirofvoid]

I honestly wouldn't care. I won't even plan to write a note or anything explaining why I did it. I think even if I did explain they'll misclassify me as something else so why bother.

 

[CiproKilledMe]

My death should be listed as iatrogenic but it won't be. It should also be classified as a murder but again it won't be.

 

[Crazy4u]

I have been misunderstood by pretty much every person I've ever been close to, so why should my death be any different?

I'm not really afraid of them getting it wrong, rather I expect it. After my last experience I'm not too motivated to try to explain. People become so hysterical and make so many assumptions that I feel it almost doesn't matter what you write.

I can easily relate. You answered the question perfectly. I would never understand why I am ALWAYS misunderstood!!!!

 

[Burned out]

Do you guys think it is enough to clear browser history/cookies/passwords, etc, or will they use forensics to recover these things and get into all my accounts?

 

[Al_stargate]

Do you guys think it is enough to clear browser history/cookies/passwords, etc, or will they use forensics to recover these things and get into all my accounts?

Not sure how browsers store data, but with anything on the hard drive, probably doing deep clean, shredding empty space, or formatting the computer entirely is a better way to make sure any data is deleted for good. Data restore software often have deep clean features, or using some disc cleanup software like BleachBit.

 

[Klo]

I think getting to a point of not caring about things like that is a step forward leading up to the main event. I have spent months working on not caring what people will think or say once I'm gone. I'm almost there.