Do suicide notes help or hurt?

[theway1]

I'm planning on leaving a very long and detailed suicide note to my family. I'm planning on fully explaining my decision, which I feel is very understandable. I will also provide them with reassurance that I love them and that there is nothing they could have done for me.

It seems that the suicide bereaved always grapple with the question of "WHY". But with my note, I will answer in full detail

However, according to AI, suicide notes do more harm than good. Is this true? I feel like leaving with no explanation at all would be much worse...

 

[Abandoned Phantom]

Honstly, I wouldn't trust AI for much of anything. Take anything that an AI language model tells you with a huge grain of salt. My take, give them the option. They can always not read it. But if you don't write it, then they never can. Every single question they have, will be left purely to speculation. They will wonder if maybe they could have done something. If you can maybe answer the hardest question, the "why?" question, maybe that makes them feel just that much better. Even 1% feeling better is enough reason for me, to suggest leaving one.
I don't understand how it could possibly make it worse. (This is more of an ignorance thing.)

 

[jeevasO-o]

Ai can be stupid. Don't trust it or ask it about suicide advice!! Especially chatgpt. I think suicide notes are good for explanation. I think people could be confused or not understand why you did it without a note. Of course it can hurt them but I think it would hurt more if you didn't understood it? I think? For me personally it would be 100x worse if I lost someone to suicide and they didn't left a note / explanation.

Here's also a thread talking about it:
Why you shouldn't ask AI about suicide

 

[TomIsNotMyName]

Like the others said, I think leaving a note is better. In my opinion, it's important to emphasize that it's not the other's fault (if that's the case) and that they couldn't have done anything to save you. But of course this is up to you

 

[kuroshimi]

As already said, you shouldn't rely on AI answers, since LLMs especially tend to hallucinate.

Regarding the question, I think the note can be helpful for other to understand your intentions and answering that "why" question.