Missed Brainstem

[average-joe4]

If I shoot myself with the barrel in my mouth pointing up slightly, but miss the brainstem, is there still a good chance of dying?

 

[bankai]

If you do it somewhere remote like a forest, I believe you'll still die. Blood loss, et cetera. If you do it in your room and your neighbors hear you whatsoever then yeah you might get saved and be disfigured and brain damaged maybe?

I don't think there's really any chance of surviving if you did it in a remote place where anyone couldn't intervene.

 

[avalokitesvara]

If you're far away from anyone who might find you and "save" you, and you render yourself incapable of calling for help, then I imagine so, yes. I've seen a video of a guy who was mutilated but survived, and that's probably because he did it in the living room of his goddamn family home. Out in the woods or the desert- I think you have more chance.

 

[Romanticize]

yes there is still a huge chance of dying, but it may be very painful and not instantenous this is why hitting brainstem is important

 

[gottacheckout]

What kind and caliber of gun? 12 gauge shotgun aimed as above will blow enough of your brains out of your head to be deadly. A 22lr may not be enough.

Also agree about doing it where you won't be found for a while

 

[painfully]

To add to this, even if you eventually die, its better to die immediately than be agonizing for hours or days... So the only way to make it sure is a shotgun

 

[Romanticize]

To add to this, even if you eventually die, its better to die immediately than be agonizing for hours or days... So the only way to make it sure is a shotgun

shotgun is not necessary if handgun is aimed correctly.
But of course if someone has access to shotgun, its better, because with shotgun you dont have to aim precisely.