Help Brain damage chances if the hanging goes poorly?

[RandomUser25]

How likely am I to suffer brain damage or loss of function as a result of an unsuccessful hanging attempt?

Looking to CTB and no other methods are available to me aside from the partial hanging (The ceilings are too low and I'm too tall).

Any recommendation on which resources to consult (read through the megathread first posts already) or maybe what rope/pose/technique to use?

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

It can happen. If you get unconscious with a strong rope and anchor point you're probably dead, but only probably. I don't know if there's much more info out there than that.

 

[copioushopelessness]

I guess it really depends. There is a chance of it for sure but if alone and done correctly I think you'd be a goner pretty quickly.
My cousin tried hanging but was found quickly. They were in a coma for months though, but it seems mostly cognitively fine just traumatized. It's crazy how some people get brain injuries and some people are mostly the same. I have another cousin who has tbi but manages pretty well considering. You wouldnt notice unless you were told. There's certainly different levels of brain damage. Some people recover and some dont. Ive had brain damage from multiple things I wont get into rn, I'm not the same person and have a hard af time functioning now.

 

[l1ablemistakes]

Depends how long you're suspended. Brain damage happens quickly if you're fully without oxygen. I've treated patients who were basically vegetables after being found and brought back. You'd need to be suspended for at least 15 mins to be sure.

 

[RandomUser25]

It can happen. If you get unconscious with a strong rope and anchor point you're probably dead, but only probably. I don't know if there's much more info out there than that.

Well will try to do more research, my other prime option is jumping, but I feel like it equally as terrifying to survive if not worse.

I guess it really depends. There is a chance of it for sure but if alone and done correctly I think you'd be a goner pretty quickly.
My cousin tried hanging but was found quickly. They were in a coma for months though, but it seems mostly cognitively fine just traumatized. It's crazy how some people get brain injuries and some people are mostly the same. I have another cousin who has tbi but manages pretty well considering. You wouldnt notice unless you were told. There's certainly different levels of brain damage. Some people recover and some dont. Ive had brain damage from multiple things I wont get into rn, I'm not the same person and have a hard af time functioning now.

I won't be found for sure as I live alone. I was thinking of doing full suspension even if the rope will be super short. Just to make sure I won't survive accidentally. Hope you feel better man.

Depends how long you're suspended. Brain damage happens quickly if you're fully without oxygen. I've treated patients who were basically vegetables after being found and brought back. You'd need to be suspended for at least 15 mins to be sure.

Appreciate you sharing the experience, leaning towards full suspension in this case probably. But good to know if comes fairly quickly.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

my other prime option is jumping

Quick and certain, but I couldn't get past the terror. My hands and feet sweat just thinking about it. PICTURES of heights do that to me.

 

[copioushopelessness]

Whoa, nice grammar.

Well will try to do more research, my other prime option is jumping, but I feel like it equally as terrifying to survive if not worse.

I won't be found for sure as I live alone. I was thinking of doing full suspension even if the rope will be super short. Just to make sure I won't survive accidentally. Hope you feel better man.

Appreciate you sharing the experience, leaning towards full suspension in this case probably. But good to know if comes fairly quickly.

Thanks. I'll try to feel better. I apologize for the chaotic replies and terrible grammar... I for some reason care more about how it pans out for other people than myself. I don't know much about hanging other than my cousin's experience and my friend's father who successfully ctb. Partial was my original attempt. I couldn't even figure it out because I'm an idiot. You have a spot in your house that you can do full suspension from? I'm still curious about partial but don't want to mess it up. Seems like you have to be real committed to it.

 

[interna]

i failed a FSH attempt about a month ago (anchor point couldn't support my weight) and although i dont remember how long i was suspended for, i don't think i got brain damage. although ive realized forming sentences and speaking/writing coherently in general is harder for me now and also i get extremely painful headaches basically every day. but its like copioushopelessness said, some people recover and some dont. if i were someone else maybe id be a vegetable rn.

 

[RandomUser25]

Whoa, nice grammar.
Thanks. I'll try to feel better. I apologize for the chaotic replies and terrible grammar... I for some reason care more about how it pans out for other people than myself. I don't know much about hanging other than my cousin's experience and my friend's father who successfully ctb. Partial was my original attempt. I couldn't even figure it out because I'm an idiot. You have a spot in your house that you can do full suspension from? I'm still curious about partial but don't want to mess it up. Seems like you have to be real committed to it.

I have a hook that holds the chandelier in the bedroom, I think it should be good to support the weight but the ceiling is pretty low. So the rope would not even be an arm length and there would be like 0 drop. So considering the partial suspension, but afraid I'm going to mess it up too. Or the instinct will kick in and I will end up just injuring myself while already sent goodby notes.

Maybe I will just try to drive outside of the city into a forest area and find a tree to do it. No car so will have to find some buss to a rural enough area. Still seems like the most straightforward way to go, without traumatizing my landlord/neighbors.

 

[dyingisliving]

How likely am I to suffer brain damage or loss of function as a result of an unsuccessful hanging attempt?

Looking to CTB and no other methods are available to me aside from the partial hanging (The ceilings are too low and I'm too tall).

Any recommendation on which resources to consult (read through the megathread first posts already) or maybe what rope/pose/technique to use?

depends on how long you stay unconscious. i was shortly so i got no brain damage from it.

 

[RandomUser25]

depends on how long you stay unconscious. i was shortly so i got no brain damage from it.

You mean you haven't stayed unconscious for long? Any experience you can share from what went wrong? That is one of the thing I'm vary of - that I will regain consciousness and only get more pain out of the attempt.

 

[dyingisliving]

You mean you haven't stayed unconscious for long? Any experience you can share from what went wrong? That is one of the thing I'm vary of - that I will regain consciousness and only get more pain out of the attempt.

i have no idea why i regained consciousness shortly after passing out, but SI kicked in and i somehow managed to untie the double knot i had done before the noose. i only managed to do so due to having a staircase next to me that i could cling onto with the tips of my feet so i wasn't suspended in the air.

 

[RandomUser25]

i have no idea why i regained consciousness shortly after passing out, but SI kicked in and i somehow managed to untie the double knot i had done before the noose. i only managed to do so due to having a staircase next to me that i could cling onto with the tips of my feet so i wasn't suspended in the air.

Damn, sorry to hear that, sounds like a shitty experience to go through. I'm leaning more and more towards full suspension, at least failure is less likely.

One more question if you don't mind - how badly does it hurt? I'm debating between taking some alcohol/tranquilizers and having clear consciousness.

 

[asfergrggdas]

Depends how long you're suspended. Brain damage happens quickly if you're fully without oxygen. I've treated patients who were basically vegetables after being found and brought back. You'd need to be suspended for at least 15 mins to be sure.

were they able to feel pain? or were they vegetables with some awareness still? I always thought in order to be called vegetative you need to have no brain activity and rely on life support (ie be permanently hospitalized)

 

[l1ablemistakes]

were they able to feel pain? or were they vegetables with some awareness still? I always thought in order to be called vegetative you need to have no brain activity and rely on life support (ie be permanently hospitalized)

I can't really tell for pain. The patient I'm thinking of had little improvement over the 4 months they survived. Relied on a ventilator to breathe. When I saw them, their eyes would flutter and they'd cough and display basic responses to discomfort but I don't know how much of that is instinct vs awareness. They were permanently hospitalised until the family decided to unplug the vent as the patient would never recover and would have to live their entire life like that.

A different patient was found sooner and now has a TBI and is in a wheelchair, but still has some cognitive function, so not really a vegetable.

It really depends on how long it takes until you're found.

 

[asfergrggdas]

I can't really tell for pain. The patient I'm thinking of had little improvement over the 4 months they survived. Relied on a ventilator to breathe. When I saw them, their eyes would flutter and they'd cough and display basic responses to discomfort but I don't know how much of that is instinct vs awareness. They were permanently hospitalised until the family decided to unplug the vent as the patient would never recover and would have to live their entire life like that.

A different patient was found sooner and now has a TBI and is in a wheelchair, but still has some cognitive function, so not really a vegetable.

It really depends on how long it takes until you're found.

see I am fine with the first scenario because I would still end up dead. The second is what I am more worried about. No one is going to find me for at least 24 hours but I am having to use the dumbbell/door method and I worry like 5-15 minutes in my rope could slip or something could go catastrophically wrong. If no one found me for 24 hours after that point would I still likely be dead? Like after being unconscious and hanging for 5-15 minutes could I still be breathing on my own or would it take medical intervention at that point to save me even if the rope somehow came loose?

 

[l1ablemistakes]

see I am fine with the first scenario because I would still end up dead. The second is what I am more worried about. No one is going to find me for at least 24 hours but I am having to use the dumbbell/door method and I worry like 5-15 minutes in my rope could slip or something could go catastrophically wrong. If no one found me for 24 hours after that point would I still likely be dead? Like after being unconscious and hanging for 5-15 minutes could I still be breathing on my own or would it take medical intervention at that point to save me even if the rope somehow came loose?

I'm not a doctor so take this with a grain of salt. The longer you go without medical intervention the worse your outcome will be. The patients I'm referring to were all found and cut down basically immediately and began treatment ASAP. I imagine after 10-15 mins, even if you fell, if you went that long without help your chances would be minimal. Also keep in mind falling increases your chance of hitting your head and sustaining a brain injury that way - first patient got a skull fracture when they were cut down. I'd still try and find a sturdier anchor point.

Btw, not endorsing any of this. Just speaking from my medical knowledge. I hope you choose recovery <3

 

[asfergrggdas]

I'm not a doctor so take this with a grain of salt. The longer you go without medical intervention the worse your outcome will be. The patients I'm referring to were all found and cut down basically immediately and began treatment ASAP. I imagine after 10-15 mins, even if you fell, if you went that long without help your chances would be minimal. Also keep in mind falling increases your chance of hitting your head and sustaining a brain injury that way - first patient got a skull fracture when they were cut down. I'd still try and find a sturdier anchor point.

Btw, not endorsing any of this. Just speaking from my medical knowledge. I hope you choose recovery <3

"I hope you choose recovery" great do you want to send me some money for that? No? right thats what I thought so take that somewhere else. People are on here because they have no other options and there is no choice. I'm not sure what you are doing on here but you really have no idea what you are talking about and it is ignorant for you to say that any of this is a choice. Also wanting to ctb doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you or you have to recover from anything. It can be a very logical rational thing to do in this society and in certain situations.

 

[l1ablemistakes]

"I hope you choose recovery" great do you want to send me some money for that? No? right thats what I thought so take that somewhere else. People are on here because they have no other options and there is no choice. I'm not sure what you are doing on here but you really have no idea what you are talking about and it is ignorant for you to say that any of this is a choice. Also wanting to ctb doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you or you have to recover from anything. It can be a very logical rational thing to do in this society and in certain situations.

Geez okay I'm sorry, just trying to be nice.

 

[asfergrggdas]

Geez okay I'm sorry, just trying to be nice.

im sorry im not in a good place