Editing Suicide note (section)

==Reasons==
Some fields of study, such as [[sociology]], [[psychiatry]] and [[graphology]], 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:<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Olson |first=Lenora |title=The Use of Suicide Notes as an Aid for Understanding Motive in Completed Suicides |publisher=University of Utah |year=2005}}</ref>
*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 offence.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/14/newsid_2503000/2503395.stm |title=Suicide note reveals murder confession |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=2008-10-28 |date=1971-07-14 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/4762774.stm |title=Man jailed for murder in lay-by |date=2008-03-01 |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=2008-10-28 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/suicide-note-found-in-murder-suicide-case-1.234301 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219225157/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2000/06/23/note000623.html |url-status=live |archive-date=December 19, 2008 |title=Suicide note found in murder-suicide case |date=2000-06-23 |publisher=cbc.ca |access-date=2008-10-28}}</ref>

Sometimes there is also a message in the case of [[murder–suicide]], explaining the reason(s) for the murder(s); see, for example, [[Marc Lépine#Suicide statement|Marc Lépine's suicide statement]] and [[7 July 2005 London bombings#Videotaped statements|videotaped statements of the 7 July 2005 London bombers]].