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How do we know he didn't leave it unsent because he was still unsure if he wanted to commit to that course of action? I write "drafts" of things and leave them
by alexc05 9y ago
How do we know he didn't leave it unsent because he was still unsure if he wanted to commit to that course of action?
I write "drafts" of things and leave them unsent from time to time. After a cooling off period I decide that I don't actually feel that way or think better of it.
Unsent to me is a really bold line to cross. Email / draft form stuff is a scratchpad for developing how you feel and working out your thoughts.
- rando444 9y agoWhich is why there are courts to decide these things. In this case the guy wrote this very close to the time he took his own life, and the wording does signal that he intended this to be his will and last wishes. If I were a judge I would have decided the same. Killing himself was a pretty clear signal that he was done trying to work out his thoughts.
- bagacrap 9y agoWhy not press send then?
- rando444 9y agoAny answer is speculation. My guess would be that he knew that sending an SMS will to his brother would cause his brother to reach out to him.. a conversation he'd rather just avoid since he seems like his mind was made up.
- astura 9y agoMy guess - The message might not have sent due to bad signal. He may have written the message days before when he was feeling suicidal but didn't send to not alert the family. Later on he killed himself impulsively. Anywhere from one-third to 80% of all suicide attempts are impulsive acts, according to The New England Journal of Medicine. 24% of those who made near-lethal suicide attempts decided to kill themselves less than five minutes before the attempt, and 70% made the decision within an hour of the attempt. [1]. [1]http://www.businessinsider.com/many-suicides-are-based-on-an-impulsive-decision-2014-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/many-suicides-are-based-on-an...