Anybody know how long it takes to starve to death?

[Cara7177]

Can't afford food as it is, so I might as well embrace the starvation and use it to my advantage.

 

[ResilientAF]

Can go without food for a considerable time depending on starting weight. Water is another matter. If you don't eat or drink you're not likely to last longer than a few days. Bulk of your body is made of water, no water. Game over.

 

[Cara7177]

Ahhhh, see, this is useful information

 

[TheSpookyNameGuy]

I'm trying this right now but my mood is stabilised with food and coffee.

Im going extra insane, don't think it'll last this one unfortunately.

 

[Raven2]

Someone on here tried vsed recently no food but with minimal water and had to stop after 8 days. You will have bad side effects delirium, headaches and weakness. I wouldnt recommend this method.

 

[Linda]

You can reckon on at least 6 weeks. Sometimes it can be 8 - 10 weeks. It will be at the lower end of that range in cold conditions, as your body will expend more energy trying to keep warm. In the latter part of the period you will be very weak, and unable to resist if someone intervenes to "save" you. In other words, although you can certainly ctb that way, it would need quite a lot of planning and a certain amount of determination. If you avoid water as well as food, you will die in 3 - 7 days, but it's not a nice way to go.

 

[Silent Raindrops]

Not as easy as it seems. I've considered it as well, and may also go this route.

Without water, you're liable to pass within a week.

You can survive up to a month without food.

But it varies between people for different reasons.

And the urge to not get a drink of water when your mouth is bone dry, is nearly impossible. Even the tiniest sip can make you survive a little longer.

 

[Cara7177]

Sounds like starvation would take too long

 

[trashhologram]

Dying from starvation takes a long time and it's miserable. I've done longer water fasts (I'm in recovery from anorexia nervosa) and they sucked. I felt cold and weak all the time, couldn't focus on anything else than food and sleeping was almost impossible.

 

[wearetired]

A long time. Your body will fight it. I've had anorexia for a long time. Your body will first eat away at your fat supply. This alone take a long time to induce. Then it will eat away at your muscles. This will affect your heart eventually, because it depends on the contraction of your cardiac muscle to pump blood. When that muscle is weak enough, which again takes a long time (because that muscle will not be your body's first choice), your heart will go into cardiac arrest. It is really impossible to know when this will happen because every body is unique. All in all, it's lengthy and risky as people do survive heart attacks. If you survive, you'd probably be identified as having an ED and sent to treatment. And you don't know when your heart will fail. Sure, you might be alone, or you might not. You never really know. Wouldn't recommend personally, there are better ways.

TL;DR you will likely go into cardiac arrest before dying of malnutrition, because our bodies are hard wired with backups to fight malnutrition.

 

[Cara7177]

Dying from starvation takes a long time and it's miserable. I've done longer water fasts (I'm in recovery from anorexia nervosa) and they sucked. I felt cold and weak all the time, couldn't focus on anything else than food and sleeping was almost impossible.

Oh as it is I never sleep, I won't miss sleep (cuz I never get it).

A long time. Your body will fight it. I've had anorexia for a long time. Your body will first eat away at your fat supply. This alone take a long time to induce. Then it will eat away at your muscles. This will affect your heart eventually, because it depends on the contraction of your cardiac muscle to pump blood. When that muscle is weak enough, which again takes a long time (because that muscle will not be your body's first choice), your heart will go into cardiac arrest. It is really impossible to know when this will happen because every body is unique. All in all, it's lengthy and risky as people do survive heart attacks. If you survive, you'd probably be identified as having an ED and sent to treatment. And you don't know when your heart will fail. Sure, you might be alone, or you might not. You never really know. Wouldn't recommend personally, there are better ways.

TL;DR you will likely go into cardiac arrest before dying of malnutrition, because our bodies are hard wired with backups to fight malnutrition.

right then, I need a better way,

 

[ztoi]

You can go very very long without eating any food at all, it would be very mentally draining. as if living isnt allready bad enough.

 

[Cara7177]

You can go very very long without eating any food at all, it would be very mentally draining. as if living isnt allready bad enough.

Living IS mentally draining, which is why I'm looking for a way to die.

Oh as it is I never sleep, I won't miss sleep (cuz I never get it).

right then, I need a better way,

I don't want hugs, I want a reliable suicide method

 

[sserafim]

I've tried VSED before but I had to give up after 2 days due to the thirst. I've also tried water fasting multiple times unsuccessfully (because I love food, lol), but I might try again because I just want to get out of this world.

 

[nobody11]

its hard bro not easy at all

 

[Cara7177]

I've tried VSED before but I had to give up after 2 days due to the thirst. I've tried fasting multiple times unsuccessfully (because I love food haha), but I might try again because I just want to get out of this world.

its hard bro not easy at all

Well I just thought since I can't afford food AND I wanna end it all, I could kill two birds with one stone