To those who want to ctb by hanging

[telekon]

tested the anchor, haven't learned knots, but did wrap the blanket around my neck and noticed drowsiness so i feel sufficient that if i hang myself using full suspension I should pass out.

we can never know what gave that person the final kick however i do see a lot of people hanging themselves in response to relationships. mine is more financially based but also relationships and loneliness. the reason i haven't is because i hope it can get better because my life only started to become a nightmare ~6 months ago. things were relatively good before then. also the blanket is not long enough.

 

[eternalpace]

I recently (a few minutes ago) tried hanging, I couldn't bring myself to step off, I don't know why, it felt like some sort of reason rushed to my brain. And probably the fear of failure. I used a slipknot. Honestly, figuring it out and being 70% sure it would succeed was easy. actually doing it requires a lot of courage that my brain couldn't muster.

I've been in this situation... so many times that it grew frustrating, unnerving, and made things even worse. I had carefully read and researched what I needed to do, had the right materials, had gone to the place where I was going to die, and things just didn't happen.

 

[madameviolette]

No, it wouldn't. Choking on something is very different from hanging, and the two cannot be compared.

First, in hanging you pass out quickly by restricted blood flow to the brain. It's quick and relatively painless apart from the pressure felt on your neck. In contrast, choking on something and suffocation would take minutes even in an ideal scenario, and it'd be a horrific, painful experience.

Second, hanging is reliable and highly lethal. Once you pass out, gravity does its job and you can't do anything about it. Death is pretty much guaranteed unless someone finds you. In contrast, choking would be unreliable and you'd have no control over the outcome or what you'll go through.

I think it's a kind of misconception that you lose consciousness from hanging, even here no one was able to lose consciousness from hanging. People do struggle, heart pumps adrenaline, stomach hurt and you start to gag, intestines contract, blood accumulate in head with throbbing headache. It takes quite a while before losing consciousness