Here is the suicide note. Unfortunately, there is no practical manual containing answers to the existential questions linked to most suicides. Only 10 to 41% of suicides leave notes behind (Prestian). Those who do it rarely explain the exact reasons for this act. According to a recent study that collected suicide notes and analyzed their emotional content, most suicide notes contain instructions rather than explanations. Expressions of despair, anger and fear were also common, but for the most part, suicide notes do not contain the closure that families and survivors seek (Prestian). This runs counter to the depiction of suicides in fiction, where a note of some sort is almost guaranteed to resolve the conflict. The real world is less neat