Resource Non-methods that should not be attempted

[shutdown.exe]

what are the specific issues with electrocution? i built a timer circuit that runs line voltage current through my heart for five minutes and i thought it would be a pretty good solution. granted, calculating specific current through a human is kind of a fool's errand and i do not completely understand the biological aspect of electrocution but based on my research, my parameters should be sufficient.

Bratishka, ya tebe pokushat` prines.

Spoiler: ALLO, YOBA, ETO TI?

 

[bratishka]

Bratishka, ya tebe pokushat` prines.

Spoiler: ALLO, YOBA, ETO TI?

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Я не понимаю, sorry i do not get the reference, is this a meme or something?

edit: i looked it up and i think i get it now.

 

[chaotic_crow]

Can confirm Tylenol overdose recovery is painful as fuck, I couldn't eat, think, speak coherently, hallucinated for a week min. I was basically catatonic and my stomach was in horrible pain but I was so out of it I couldn't even explain what was wrong

 

[SoverignDreamer97]

Believe it or not, this is what my first attempt consisted of. I was young, I didn't know better, and of course hadn't researched properly beforehand. Not only was this method ineffective, my strategy of executing it wasn't (I got caught). In my opinion, this should be a clear non-method, as a very, very significant number of these are necessary to successfully CTB.

You are not ready.

 

[nevermindness]

What about using two metal nails or rods and sticking it into electrical socket while holding firmly those nails. Is this a very bad idea?

 

[tinyfox]

Where i can read about hypothermia? Maybe I can do CTb go to freeze any where in nature in night without clothes? It's real?

 

[dustoff]

Where i can read about hypothermia? Maybe I can do CTb go to freeze any where in nature in night without clothes? It's real?

check geo stones book "suicide and attempted suicide" it has a section about freezing to death. tldr: cold surfaces and wind contribute most to loss of heat

 

[tinyfox]

check geo stones book "suicide and attempted suicide" it has a section about freezing to death. tldr: cold surfaces and wind contribute most to loss of heat

Sorry, where I can find this book?

 

[dustoff]

Sorry, where I can find this book?

should be on z-lib or archive org i think

 

[involuntary]

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I will say that CO poisoning was my initial method of choice but after reading about it a lot I am getting the impression there are many things that can go wrong.

What could go wrong?

 

[DustToDust31]

mod note: this has been added to the suicide resource compilation at the top.

This has been made in response to the ever increasing amount of posts made about highly unlikely methods. Please read before posting about one of these methods or feel free to link if someone does post about them.

This thread is meant to prevent people from trying methods that are almost certain to not kill them but likely to cause harm, whether temporary or permanent. Any method listed in this thread should not be attempted by anyone, and should not be considered a method. I do not give advice on methods that will kill you, as it goes against my personal beliefs, so I will not be responding to any questions asking about them. This has been made for harm reduction to prevent people from ending up in a worse off situation.

Tylenol/paracetamol/acetominophen
An overdose of Tylenol has a probability of ~5% or less of killing you. That is an incredibly low chance. If you succeed, odds are it will be slowly over the course of days to weeks, or even months, as your liver slowly shuts down. This would be an excruciatingly painful death. Liver failure causes your skin to turn yellow, nausea, vomiting, severe abdominal pain, fowl smelling pale stools, and even the potential for massive esophageal bleeding. More than likely, however, you will throw up for several hours before returning back to baseline over the next few days. If you do seek medical care, you will be given the reversal drug and then sent to the psych ward after being medically stabilized.

Other over the counter medications
While over the counter availability differs from country to country, the rule remains that if it can be purchased without a prescription, it is not a method. These medications have been deemed safe enough by your country's government through rigorous testing that they feel confident giving free access to them. This means that the odds of you being able to overdose on it are very low. Once again, less than 10%, though the exact statistic will vary from drug to drug. Generally, no matter what medication you chose, the answer will be waking up in your vomit feeling like you're more hung over than ever. Things such as ibuprofen or other NSAIDs will do nothing but make you vomit. The amount that you would have to take in order to reach toxic levels is high enough that you will throw up before your body gets to that point. If you manage to reach lethal levels, it will be painful and slow, often resulting in severe abdominal pain, seizures and other neurological symptoms. Your kidneys will work overtime to flush it out of your system and you have a very high chance of waking up in a pool of your own vomit. Benadryl (diphenhydramine) is another common overdose (this is over the counter in the US, though I know it is prescription in other countries, however the consensus stands) that results in severe hallucinations. These are often described by people who have survived as absolutely terrifying. Following that is likely seizures and coma, however the odds of it being lethal are not in your favor, especially if medical attention is given. It has the potential to cause cardiac side effects, however all of this considered, the fatality rates are considered low, the highest death rate I was able to find was 14%, however this varies from source to source.

Prescription medications
This method has a lot more nuance to it, as certain prescriptions have a high likelihood of lethality when taken in the right doses, while others have next to 0 chance. Generally, most prescriptions have a low chance of killing you. Psychiatric medications are the most discussed on this forum, and are also on the lower end of having any shot at killing you. Antidepressants vary in chance of killing you, though even the most toxic (tricyclics) have only about a 14% chance, not a very good statistic. At worst, certain antidepressants have only a 0.5% chance. Other medications, such as those taken for chronic conditions, vary wildly, however the list of those with a high chance of killing you is significantly shorter than the ones with little or moderate chance. Obviously it would be far too tedious to go and list off all of them.

Cutting/Stabbing
This method is often sought out by people who have seen it in movies or TV shows. It should not be considered a method, as it is only in these shows to play it up for the movies. With a success rate of ~1-4%, the odds are the opposite of in your favor. While they make it seem like you can take a razor blade to the wrist and peacefully slip into unconsciousness in the bathtub, in reality it is nothing like that. The human body is wired to not be able to harm itself in this way. In order to die from blood loss you would have to cut an artery. The arteries are meticulously located beneath several layer of muscle, tendons, and other tissues. They are not meant to be cut, especially not on purpose. Even with wonderful understanding of anatomy, such as healthcare workers, you would have a very, very poor chance of reaching them unless you were in a state of psychosis. If you attempted to, you would find yourself halfway there before realizing you mentally and physically cannot get yourself to go any further. Your mind will stop you without you having any control over it. Many people argue that if they get drunk or high beforehand they will be able to overcome it, however this would impair your ability to properly locate and cut to the arteries. The biggest risk with this method is permanent nerve damage to whatever area you attempt to cut. Depending on how deep you get before aborting, you may end up with severe scarring and potentially anemia or other blood loss related conditions.

VSED (voluntarily stopping eating and drinking)
This method is often sought out by people who hear about it use in terminally ill patients on hospice. These patients are under the care of medical professionals who are prescribing them heavy sedatives and pain killers to ensure that they are in as little distress as possible, as well as likely in the late stages of dying in which thirst and hunger cues are lost. It is also rarely done in people who have reached extreme states of spiritual enlightenment. In general, someone who does not meet either of these criteria will not be able to succeed in VSED. There are currently 0 confirmed cases of this on this site, despite many, many attempts, myself included. While people are under the impression that consuming absolutely no food or fluids will kill you within 3 days max, that is a myth. The body has the potential to make it much longer on absolutely nothing. As you get further and further into dehydration and electrolyte imbalances, your mental state will begin to suffer. Your body will go to extreme lengths to get some sort of fuel. If you have any access to food or water, you will eventually be overcome with an ravenous, primitive desire to eat and drink anything in your path. You will eventually cave. And will then have put yourself through days and days of this for nothing.

So, what would be the best and least painful way to end it?

 

[xhersekk]

So, what would be the best and least painful way to end it?

The least painful ways are hard to aquire. We are only left with the brutal and painful ones. I can only thing of hanging as a reliable possible right now.

 

[subtract7671]

VSED is listed here as a non-method because you're unlikely to be able to go through with it but is that even still the case if you (like me) have practically no appetite already as a result of GI issues + meds and already struggle to eat even on good days?

 

[Pat]

Despite being nearly 100% fatal, would infecting yourself with the brain eating amoeba (Naegleria fowleri) be considered a non-method too?

Rabies is nearly 100% but the hydrophobia seems terrible.

 

[PainWorseThanDeath]

I think pesticides, Drano, insecticides without taking into account the suffering involved should also be added. The high likelihood that your organs are forever going to be permanently damaged not to mention the horrific pain and rigidity of muscles, and the list goes on it's just not a realistic method or at least I don't think, not a high likelihood of death but a high likelihood of lifelong self-imposed hell

Amd then inevitable death from cancer, im fhe case of pesticides and insecticides.

Anyone that I've ever known that did pester insect control for a career inevitably died of cancer, and they were middle aged.

They were non-smokers, and otherwise had no known habits to otherwise cause this.

Despite being nearly 100% fatal, would infecting yourself with the brain eating amoeba (Naegleria fowleri) be considered a non-method too?

Rabies is nearly 100% but the hydrophobia seems terrible.

I'm going to say yeah, those would be terrible ways to die.

So, what would be the best and least painful way to end it?

Idk... I've chosen the exit back, because it seems the least painful. In fact it's supposed to not be painful at all. Unlike sodium nitrite, it's also a very quick process, where I will fall unconscious. I just hope everything goes smoothly.

VSED is listed here as a non-method because you're unlikely to be able to go through with it but is that even still the case if you (like me) have practically no appetite already as a result of GI issues + meds and already struggle to eat even on good days?

I think starving to death would be easy, but then again I've had issues with anorexia. It's also easy for me not to eat. And I had a bonus is the fact that once I hit ketosis, I was no longer hungry anyways. I also became lethargic. If I would have continued, I could have starved myself to death slowly.

If I'm ever forced into a position or have no other methods available to me, I am pretty sure I could starve myself to death.

It would probably take me month or so though.

You are not ready.
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Whats in that bottle? I can't read it.