Help Tried tourniquet method

[Hardlyalive]

I used a belt, piece of cardboard, a kitchen utensil. I kept the cardboard between my skin and the belt. It's not a leather belt more like a soft cotton belt. In the start I felt the belt dig into my skin. As I kept turning the handle I felt dizzy for a few seconds and then I got the exploding head feeling. So I kept turning the handle and I got the dizzy feeling but the same thing happened. What did I do wrong?

 

[evanescent_eva]

Your belt was positioned around the middle of your neck, not the very top of your neck where it should've been. As a result, when you tightened the tourniquet, you applied pressure to your jugular veins (responsible for carrying blood away from your brain), not your carotid arteries (responsible for carrying blood to your brain). When your blood can't leave the brain, not only does the brain fail to become hypoxic, rendering your attempt unsuccessful - the brain also starts to swell up, creating that "exploding head" feeling.

Due to gravity and the shape of the neck, it's *very* hard to position the tourniquet correctly. That's why you don't see many successful attempts via the tourniquet method around these parts. Indeed, that's why I switched my method from tourniquet to full suspension. But best of luck, whatever you end up deciding to do!