‘Holy’ method (drowning plus strangulation)

[LittleJem]

Complex suicide by drowning and self-strangulation: An atypical “holy” way to die

About 1.5–5% of suicides are committed in a complex way. The present paper reports the case of a 72-year-old man who committed suicide by throwing him…

www.sciencedirect.com

I enjoyed this for some reason - as it has suicide methods of saints in it...

It has images of the dead body in case anyone would find that disturbing.

 

[drune11]

Interesting. I had long ago thought about wearing a weighted vest and handcuffing my hands and ankles together to counteract SI once in the water, but I figured drowning would be too painful.

 

[Clarity In Kerosene]

Seems better foolproof but it's sound really painful. In the document it says "many findings (fluid aspiration inside the lungs, the internal and external airway foam, the fluidity of gastric content) suggested that the victim was still breathing when he submerged" this sounds too painful