Falling asleep while suffocating?

[Anarcholoser]

Someone posted on another website that their brother died by tying a rope around his neck before he fell asleep and he gradually lost oxygen through the night and died. Is this even possible? I would like to try it but am afraid that it seems too good to be true.

 

[ExhaustedExistence]

I think it is possible, but it has to be very painful and slow death. Also you would have to overcome SI, so it's not that easy method.

 

[WornOutLife]

I dunno if it's possible but I'll tell you about a failed attempt I had about 10 years ago:

I took lots of sleeping pills, put a bag in my head and fell asleep.

Then, I woke up 20 hours later, the bag was broken and I was obviously still alive.

To sum up, my subconscious decided it was not my time to die and plastic bags won't probably work.

As for the rope, I have no clue but I might do that! (tried to do it last year but I ended up passing out too son because of a terrible OD)

 

[signifying nothing]

If true, I think it's more likely that the rope somehow restriced blood flow to the brain rather than airflow into the lungs... or a combination of the two maybe. I'd expect something sedative in the form of drugs and/or alcohol might have been involved too.

 

[BlankUser]

Too risky, one might end up with a brain damage

 

[sadbadpsychogirl]

the suffocating sensation would probably wake you up

 

[FuneralCry]

I haven't heard of many people using this method, it would probably have high chance of failure, survival instinct might stop it. I personally would never go for it, it just sounds awful.

 

[Fthis]

It sounds good but I already have sleep problems so I'd be awake once the suffocating feeling starts