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Tomoko

Tomoko

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Aug 12, 2021
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I'm curious as to what the experience is like. What were your "final" thoughts, last day, what did it feel like to start dying, what happened after you came to, etc. I guess in a way its sort of a morbid curiosity for the sake of my own comfort.

(Please let me know if this thread is too personal, I wouldn't want anyone to be uncomfortable.)
 
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Fadeawaaaay

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Nov 12, 2021
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About a month ago, I made a half hearted attempt doing partial. I either fell asleep or unconscious for a few moments, then shot awake and immediately struggled to untie the belt around my neck realizing I was on my way to ending my life. Major SI.

It was actually quite terrifying. One reason I would prefer N.
 
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Brokensaddle

Brokensaddle

Student
Sep 28, 2020
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I'm curious as to what the experience is like. What were your "final" thoughts, last day, what did it feel like to start dying, what happened after you came to, etc. I guess in a way its sort of a morbid curiosity for the sake of my own comfort.

(Please let me know if this thread is too personal, I wouldn't want anyone to be uncomfortable.)
For me it was like I hand enough of the pain and had decided to end it and was hoping I would be successful. I was just thinking in that moment how better off people would be without me and how I wouldn't deal or feel like shit again. I was extremely upset and unhappy when I failed to hang myself. The rope snapped. I'm glad I found about sn because I feel it easier method for me
 
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bettyboop40

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Aug 9, 2021
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I was found after an overdose and honestly gutted.
I was found after an overdose and honestly gutted.
I was happy at the time in my decision and just feel miserable now
 
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Tomoko

Tomoko

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Aug 12, 2021
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For me it was like I hand enough of the pain and had decided to end it and was hoping I would be successful. I was just thinking in that moment how better off people would be without me and how I wouldn't deal or feel like shit again. I was extremely upset and unhappy when I failed to hang myself. The rope snapped. I'm glad I found about sn because I feel it easier method for me
I'm terribly sorry to hear that. I am also having similar thoughts which is what lead me to create this thread.
 
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Ta555

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For me it was like I hand enough of the pain and had decided to end it and was hoping I would be successful. I was just thinking in that moment how better off people would be without me and how I wouldn't deal or feel like shit again. I was extremely upset and unhappy when I failed to hang myself. The rope snapped. I'm glad I found about sn because I feel it easier method for me
I'm sorry you went through that :( May I ask if you were doing partial or full suspension hanging?
 
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Brokensaddle

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I'm sorry you went through that :( May I ask if you were doing partial or full suspension hanging?
I was using the partial suspension hanging but I did it wrong it just fell through after a couple of minutes. Hopefully next time I find the peace I'm looking for on the other side
 
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Ta555

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Aug 31, 2021
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I was using the partial suspension hanging but I did it wrong it just fell through after a couple of minutes. Hopefully next time I find the peace I'm looking for on the other side
I hope you're as well as can be under the circumstances and I hope you find peace too ♥️
 
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Brokensaddle

Student
Sep 28, 2020
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I'm terribly sorry to hear that. I am also having similar thoughts which is what lead me to create this thread.
It was like I was in deep trancelike state where I was fixated with finding a way to ctb. Hopefully I find the answers through sn as it much easier to follow and less painful and it harder for people to save me as they will think I'm sleeping. Hopefully my next attempt is successful and I find peace in the after life. I think it thread is useful as it can help people understand what emotions they feeling and if they truly ready to take that step as it can be undone. The worst thing I want is person to attempt when they don't want too and end up dying. Especially when they could give life and recovery another go. I think it every person has different limits to where life can push them and it's up to each individual to know when the time is right
 
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bettyboop40

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Aug 9, 2021
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The pain my family my feeling was horrendous, which obviously not my intention but least my own pain would be over now
 
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kovu

kovu

unendlichkeit
Nov 15, 2021
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For me it was a completely normal day, went to school, got home, did my homework, etc. and then decide to hang myself from one moment to the next. Idk why, I just thought "now's the right time". I scrapped together what little I knew about partial hanging, put a belt around my neck and did it. Welp, in the end the belt snapped and I went to bed shivering and feeling like a loser. I only got to the part right before losing consciousness, my vision turned black and I couldn't keep a single straight thought. Honestly it just felt like being half-asleep and confused in my case. I regret failing.
 
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Rustysoupcan

Rustysoupcan

I'm sensitive
May 2, 2020
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I'll talk about my first attempt where I overdosed on painkillers. I fell asleep peacefully. I was ready to die, I was at peace thinking I was going to die. I woke up in the morning and started vomiting, went back to sleep, then woke up again a few hours later. When I woke up the 2nd I woke up into the midst of a panic attack, and call 911 on myself. It was a real stupid thing to do, but I was so panicked and I didnt have anyone else to call.
 
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Tomoko

Tomoko

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I'll talk about my first attempt where I overdosed on painkillers. I fell asleep peacefully. I was ready to die, I was at peace thinking I was going to die. I woke up in the morning and started vomiting, went back to sleep, then woke up again a few hours later. When I woke up the 2nd I woke up into the midst of a panic attack, and call 911 on myself. It was a real stupid thing to do, but I was so panicked and I didnt have anyone else to call.
Thank you for sharing. I'm sure in a time like that it is more than reasonable to call just for the sake of hearing another person's voice.
 
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Ihadagoodlife

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Jan 18, 2021
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Felt like i was doing something really wrong guilt got me. Conditioning from family and old friends they don't even know about it but i already know what they think and it keeps me from doing it what if they are right but ik they are not i looked at it from every angle there is nothing
 
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I-can-only-imagine

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Apr 26, 2021
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I'm curious as to what the experience is like. What were your "final" thoughts, last day, what did it feel like to start dying, what happened after you came to, etc. I guess in a way its sort of a morbid curiosity for the sake of my own comfort.

(Please let me know if this thread is too personal, I wouldn't want anyone to be uncomfortable.)
i had an attempt in which drs said if i had been found an hour later, would have been the outcome i hoped. when i did it, i felt truly at peace and just peacefully fell asleep. when i woke up, i was so disappointed but was on heavy sedation for a couple of days as was kept on a ventilator for 24 hours whilst conscious, and so it took me a while to comprehend that i had failed. Needless to say, i am now taken very seriously when i say i am suicidal and so have learnt to keep my mouth shut now, well, to an extent. im not comfortable in saying what i did.
 
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vinie

vinie

Nauseous as hell
Nov 28, 2021
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I have failed to overdose on painkillers, which I had combined with a substantial amount of alcohol. I had ran away from home so that I could ctb away from my parents, as I wanted to spare their sanity. Knowing that the time has finally come was painfully peaceful. I did not feel like myself in that moment. I even thought that I had taken a high dose of Xanax instead of painkillers. Nevertheless, I vomited and fell unconscious, but woke up at around dawn. Ironically, I mentioned in one of my ctb notes that I never got to directly see the sunrise due to the positioning of the windows in my apartment. That day was the first time that I actually saw the sun peaking through the buildings.

As I did not want to jump off a roof in such a populated area, I decided to head back home. Once I returned, I was greeted by my sleep-deprived parents and the police. Turns out they had reported me missing and a city-wide search had been conducted. I still feel extremely guilty and disappointed, as I had freaked out my parents for no reason whatsoever. I am still very much mentally ill and I am currently searching for accessible ways to ctb.

Stay safe everyone <3
 
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EliphasBlackwood

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Nov 27, 2021
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When I was 14 or 15 I tried to do a partial suspension hanging with two belts in my parents closet using the wooden bar as an anchor point. It was very improvised and in the moment. I thought the closet was nailed to the wall. It wasn't. The entire thing fell on me. Didn't get too hurt and I was able to clean up it all up before my parents noticed.
 
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stellabelle

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I'm curious as to what the experience is like. What were your "final" thoughts, last day, what did it feel like to start dying, what happened after you came to, etc. I guess in a way its sort of a morbid curiosity for the sake of my own comfort.

(Please let me know if this thread is too personal, I wouldn't want anyone to be uncomfortable.)
Accept it.

Sometimes a sliver of regret. And then once more a regret for "surviving" because of the same targeted attacks.
 
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freelifexit

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Nov 7, 2021
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Sorry for mistakes – google translate.

While suicide is something distant, it is idealized and seems to be something very pleasant, but the closer you get the more unpleasant it becomes, and I would say sobering.

Few months ago. I was unhappy, I was waiting for my parents to leave for a few days, imagining how easy I would hang myself (partial) and all the suffering would end.

When parents left, I made a loop so that I can sit on a stool and the loop squeezes the neck. I tried this several times in one day. It is very scary to lose consciousness knowing that you will die. But always in the process of losing consciousness, I removed the loop. The last time I got up from my stool and took off the loop at the very last moment, as I almost lost consciousness, my eyes grew dim, my ears were ringing and I heard scraps of voices - this is a classic reaction. BUT the SI is so strong that it is almost impossible to fight with it, it seems like a mixture of shock and strong paralyzing fear.

It is incredibly scary - to lose consciousness in this way, this is not quite falling asleep - it is rather a clouding of consciousness with its further loss.

I was so scared that I gave up the idea of suicide for several months, I thought I'd better hang myself after my mother dies, I felt sorry for her - she has very poor health. Maybe I just subconsciously postponed the date, I don't know. But now I'm back to the idea of suicide again. I tried again not so long ago when my parents were leaving, but the fear was so strong that I didn't even do the loop normally and gave up.

SI is a very strong thing, it can be overcome only by willpower or an incredible degree of despair. Therefore, it is advised to drink benzodiazepines or Xanax to calm down, although it seems to me that SI will break through any sedatives. Now I am serious about messages like it is advisable to turn off the phone and chreck that no one is at home, because SI is so strong that you can ask for help, there are stories when neighbors were knocked at the hotel and asked to call an ambulance.

The fear of the sensation of loss of consciousness when hanging is so strong that I choose sodium nitrite, although it is painful. I choose a low dose of SN up to 10 grams (so that there are no severe side effects), and a sleeping pill to die in my sleep.
 
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sweetheart

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May 12, 2018
15
Two years ago I had a failed overdose. I kind of went to sleep like normal. I was pretty drunk at the time, so I wasn't scared or anything. I took the pills, I was tired, so I went to bed. Then later I became awake and realized that I was feeling pretty bad and that I probably wasn't gonna die. Had to ride it out at home cause I didn't want to get locked up. Was a horrible experience and still have some traumatic memories from it, especially this time of year since the weather reminds me.

But when I thought I was gonna die from the overdose I was not scared. The bad stuff came when I wasn't dying.
 
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Helpless77

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Nov 25, 2021
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I made an attempt with full suspension hanging a few years ago. It wasn't really planned, though I was thinking of ctb for a long time before. That day I felt really bad. The company I had worked for was about to close down, I had big debts and barely any support from family. That evening I was pretty drunk. My apartment that time had a hook on the ceiling where once probably a lamp was hanging. I don't know anymore what exactly made me doing this but I took a scarf, tied it round the hook and round my neck. I stood on a chair and simply made a step ahead. I was hanging for certainly a minute or two but didn't black out at all. I just used a simple knot. All I felt was pain on my throat and my face flushing red. As I hadn't kicked away the chair I made it back, loosened the scarf and stopped the attempt. My neck and my head did hurt and my face had turned deeply red. For a week or so I had to pretend having an allergy. Oh and not to forget, while hanging I had an errection
 
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crippled with grief
Nov 8, 2021
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it was a long journey to get to my destination that day. woke up feeling the calm for the first time in a long time. no early morning stomach cramps, no anxiety puking, no dragging myself out of bed. got up immediately after my alarm went at 6am, got ready, and got on my train. throughout the day i didn't really think anything, just went through the motions. after the chaplains stopped me i was quite talkative to them and felt in good spirits on the way back but back to the normal pain by the next morning
 
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FentIsMyWay

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Mar 25, 2020
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I'm curious as to what the experience is like. What were your "final" thoughts, last day, what did it feel like to start dying, what happened after you came to, etc. I guess in a way its sort of a morbid curiosity for the sake of my own comfort.

(Please let me know if this thread is too personal, I wouldn't want anyone to be uncomfortable.)
Decently normal day, was drinking and decided it was time to end it via ODing on propanolol (Doesnt work atleast when the dose is about 2g)

Downed the pills with beer and wrote my note, everything was just surreal with an overwhelming feeling of calmness. Afterwards went to sleep, put my favorite music on and fell asleep fairly certain that I wouldn't wake up tomorrow...

But yeah... I woke up after sleeping for 4ish hours + without being able to move for like half a hour. After that settled I figured that Im just gonna go back to sleep, but psychosis after propranolol od is common ig and I got sent to the psych ward after calling for help since I was seeing shadow people.

The calmness that I felt back then, was very nice. When I decide to CTB next time while hopefully succeeding, I hope I will feel the same
 
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You will know when the time is right for you.
 
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wait-for-the-bus

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Dec 14, 2021
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I'm curious as to what the experience is like. What were your "final" thoughts, last day, what did it feel like to start dying, what happened after you came to, etc. I guess in a way its sort of a morbid curiosity for the sake of my own comfort.

(Please let me know if this thread is too personal, I wouldn't want anyone to be uncomfortable.)
I tried to hang myself when I was a teenager. I had tied a long towel around a ceiling stud and created a noose at the other end. I leaned off the stool and then pushed the stool away from under me..

I can remember that moment when I thought I was about to die. I was holding onto the towel that I had tied to the ceiling studs and wrapped around my neck.
But my grip loosened and the towel tightened hard. I blacked out but came to, to find myself laying on the ground looking up at the hanging towel that had failed me.

Nevertheless, I can clearly remember the exact moment I thought I was about to die before I blacked out. I simply said to myself "I just killed myself" with a sense of satisfaction and fear. I then very consciously loosened my grip.
 
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MolinaKeyLime

MolinaKeyLime

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Dec 16, 2021
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About a month ago, I made a half hearted attempt doing partial. I either fell asleep or unconscious for a few moments, then shot awake and immediately struggled to untie the belt around my neck realizing I was on my way to ending my life. Major SI.

It was actually quite terrifying. One reason I would prefer N.
Is n sodium nitrite
 
dustbiter

dustbiter

hewwo one and all :3
Nov 24, 2021
91
Is n sodium nitrite
N stands for nembutal!


as far as my attempt goes: i tried really hard to not have any thoughts so i wouldnt get scared and stop, so i did deep breathing and "mindfulness" like only focusing on my breaths and thought as little as possible tbh!

my last day was very calm and peaceful, almost eerily so!! i didnt feel afraid at all, and the days leading up to it i felt so happy and giddy, it was really odd :3

i took a lot of pills (not recommended) and i fell asleep in the bathtub. i didnt feel anything, but i woke up like 30-40 minutes later covered in vomit and everything hurt ;w; i ended up vomiting more and being taken to the hospital :T
 
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Kobusu

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Oct 18, 2021
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Hmmm, well when I did it partially, my final thoughts were me counting. I wanted to see if it was true that it typically took less than ten seconds, and I wanted to steady myself and do it, so I focused on counting. I made it to 7 before I blacked out. When I did it full suspension, I was zoned out sorta (which was why I didn't notice the footsteps outside the door when I stepped off). I don't know if I was thinking about anything, but I remember feeling relieved that I was finally doing it. When the SI kicks in, I don't know if I'd classify anything going on in my mind as "thoughts" as much as "feelings". I wasn't thinking anything, but for a moment there was terror. I imagine it passes after your brain shuts down, but I didn't make it that far (clearly).
 
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KTbear

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Dec 15, 2021
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I wondered if it would work or not (it didn't) and the next thing was I woke up in my house maybe a day and a half later feeling like shit, to find all the furniture rearranged with a few broken side tables, and the back door was wide open.
 
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Bleak

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Nov 10, 2021
178
Back when I was a teenager I tried to overdose by taking everything in the medicine cabinet with alcohol. I think I was crying and listening to a voice mail my Mom had left me, to try to feel comforted by her voice. Passed out and woke up with black vomit all over the carpet, so no profound near death experience for me. I thought about trying to strangle myself with shoe lace but was too scared and gave up. Called social worker and the police came and took me to hospital.
 

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