According to the WHO, 90 % of suicides are related to mental health issues. However associating suicide to an altered state of mind is not that simple. In Quebec for instance, History has shown us that this association often goes beyond psychiatric considerations. Without taking a stand on this issue, our analysis of suicide notes nonetheless starts off from the principle that, as soon as words are committed to paper in relation to one’s suicide, this narrative raises the prospect of a future where the author wishes to remain an actor in his or her own life and whatever is to come next. The majority of the notes from our sample explicitly detail the reasons for the upcoming death. Nevertheless, in 91 % of files, the coroner concludes that the act was committed by a person out of mind. Even when the suicide explicitly stated that it is not the case.