Failing with partial suspension

[Suicidalastronaut]

Hi, I've been trying to CTB with partial suspension quite often and it fails everytime. I can't seem to get the rope to cut off my blood flow. Full suspension is an option but the anchor point would make it likely for me to be found and stopped.

I would really like to just finally have a successful attempt. Are there certain knots I should be using? Why am I failing so bad at partial suspension? My only other alternative is slashing my throat. I'm at the point where I'm about ready to slash my throat but would like to give hanging another try before going out in such a violent and distressing manner.

 

[TheHangman]

It sounds as if you need a place where you know you will not be interrupted. Location can be very important. Full suspension certainly works if you have a place to do it. All you need is a place where you won't be disturbed for half an hour or so. I won't get into specifics at this point but I'm sure you have your own ideas.

 

[Casoperso]

Honestly, it's very hard to do partial. If you can't commit to it, I doubt you'll succeed in slitting your throat.

 

[isthisthingon]

Honestly, it's very hard to do partial. If you can't commit to it, I doubt you'll succeed in slitting your throat.

I think there's a common idea that you can slowly ease your way into a partial hanging, but quickly lose consciousness. Slowly and quickly don't compute. Definitely very hard to do.

Hanging attempts in general have a 50% success rate as based on the data compiled from ER visits, hospitalization, and death in one study.

Good read all around here:

Suicide Case-Fatality Rates in the United States, 2007 to 2014: A Nationwide Population-Based Study: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 171, No 12

Background: The suicide case-fatality rate (CFR)—the proportion of suicidal acts that are fatal—depends on the distribution of methods used in suicidal acts and the probability of death given a particular method (method-specific CFR). Objective: To estimate overall and method-specific suicide...

www.acpjournals.org

 

[Suicidalastronaut]

Honestly, it's very hard to do partial. If you can't commit to it, I doubt you'll succeed in slitting your throat.

The issue is that I get an extremely headache whenever I try and its too painful and I have to stop. But as I understand, if you place the rope correctly, you should quickly lose consciousness. Then once you go unconscious it becomes tighter from your body going limp.

You can't save yourself after you slash your throat, you don't need to commit, just need 5 seconds of bravery and then its too late to stop it.

It sounds as if you need a place where you know you will not be interrupted. Location can be very important. Full suspension certainly works if you have a place to do it. All you need is a place where you won't be disturbed for half an hour or so. I won't get into specifics at this point but I'm sure you have your own ideas.

Yeah my roommates sleeping schedules all over the place so there's never a time where Its guaranteed that someone won't come across me for at least 30 minutes. I guess I could book a motel room somewhere.

 

[itsgone2]

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Hanging attempts in general have a 50% success rate as based on the data compiled from ER visits, hospitalization, and death in one study.

This is scary. But I make sort of attempts and can't really commit to stepping off I wonder if that counts. I have to hope stepping off does the trick.

 

[isthisthingon]

Th

This is scary. But I make sort of attempts and can't really commit to stepping off I wonder if that counts. I have to hope stepping off does the trick.

That I don't know. The study doesn't go into much detail on what counts as an attempt. I would imagine it is more than placing a noose around your neck, but I guess that's left open for interpretation.