sancta-simplicitas
Arcanist
- Dec 14, 2023
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If you can remember. Alternatively, what was your thoughts during the procedure that led up to the attempt?
can i ask why the bathtub method didnt work? did you eventually stop bleeding or what?I just sat there waiting to pass out, thinking about how utterly broken I was, and how my death would finally end this lifetime of sorrow. I felt a sort of poignant sense of peace knowing that I'd never have to feel like an unwanted outsider looking in any longer.
I was so ready to be gone... I wasn't scared, and survival instinct was nonexistent.
When that method (I sliced open my radial arteries on both arms, very deeply) ultimately failed me, I drained the bath, cleaned up the bloody scene, and then I went back to bed to research a better method. I genuinely thought I would have died in that bath tub that night. Stupid me.
I had indeed lost a great deal of blood the night before and had tremendous trouble moving around that following day when I headed to the hardware store to purchase some supplies for the new method. I must have appeared drunk or something, because I remember how weak my legs felt, and that whole day just felt like I was drifting through a dream?
But I never got the chance to put Plan B into action. My wounded arms were discovered when I accidentally fell asleep with my bedside lamp on later that night. It was a whole ordeal, and I was taken to the hospital a couple days later to have my arms double-stitched.
But hey, at least I wasn't forced to stay in the psych ward- which is pretty unbelievable, huh? ♀
P.S. I actually just dreamt about the night of that attempt last night, which has my mind so fucked today, which is why I'm here right now after a hiatus.
(1)The body is efficient af at clottingcan i ask why the bathtub method didnt work? did you eventually stop bleeding or what?
I know what you mean. There was definitely a certain emptiness of the mind, a void. I know I'll have to return to the same mindset before I can attempt again; because in that sort of moment, neither pain, survival instinct, nor fear was present. I was willing to do anything to end the feelings consuming my body and mind.Didn't black out but to answer your alternative question, there were actually almost no thoughts in my head. I described it at the time as "being in the void." As a result, I was very task-oriented. I knew what steps I had to take, and then I just did them one after the other without really thinking much about it. I've often gone back to that moment because I'd like to be in that headspace again when I reattempt, but unfortunately I haven't found a way to replicate it yet.