Discussion Are there any believable cases of successful suicide by hanging on this site?

[babouflo201223]

Le nœud coulant ne s'est pas resserré, ce qui est important si vous voulez survivre à la pendaison. En raison de la friction dans le nœud, il peut être difficile de desserrer le nœud coulant.
Un autre effet est qu'il y a moins de pression sur le cou si le nœud coulant n'est pas serré, la pression est réduite de moitié au maximum (relation géométrique simple).

Je n'ai jamais ressenti de force contre ma trachée, ni aucun réflexe de vomissement.

In this case, indeed, it's not a surprise that it is painless.

 

[Amarajoy]

It hurts a lot more than I expected, but it'll do the job if you see it through.
I managed to get myself down after I realised my best friend would find me and that it would probably break her.

It hurts a lot- like A LOT- but that wasn't what stopped me. If there were any roof fittings in the building that would take an adult man's weight, I'd be gone.

Deaths by hanging are not uncommon. Seen plenty around my way.

Can you describe the pain?

In my country hanging is probably the most common way that people ctb. I think most of the people who suceed don't practice and don't have a 'safety' option. Like if you have no way to stop it once you've started then you just have to suffer through it.
If you are lucky the fall is from a high enough place that your neck with snap before you really begin hangining.

If you have a way to stop it, then chances are you will... the key is not having that saftey net....

I've never understood practicing this method. It confuses me. Sure, you can practice feeling the rope, even tightening it a bit but how would you actually practice hanging?

 

[UnlovedUnlived]

If there were any roof fittings in the building that would take an adult man's weight, I'd be gone.

-Knock on ceiling until you feel a stud
-Drill pilot hole
-Insert eye lag screw

Adult man's weight device secured.

 

[Privateer2368]

-Knock on ceiling until you feel a stud
-Drill pilot hole
-Insert eye lag screw

Adult man's weight device secured.

People might intervene if I start drilling holes in the roof of my workplace

 

[TapeMachine]

That is helpful to know about the SI even with pills and alcohol because that was my plan. Get myself ready and then take enough to black out and fall off the chair or stool or whatever. I've always worried that the pain and shock would wake me up even with blacking out. That is terrifying. I wish there was a simple attempt. Even seeing so many people survive gun shots is like... damn. I've always wondered how people I know managed to do it.

It's surprising how much pain (or preconceived notions of pain) one can endure when they've reached the point of no return. It's almost like the mind just goes blank and your body is a machine working towards one goal. The pain is there, sure, but you just don't fucking care anymore, because soon you won't ever have to feel pain again.

At least that's how it felt for me several years ago. Unfortunately- and much to my humiliation- I chose a wildly unreliable method. I did all the grueling work of severing my radial arteries and didn't even die. For the love of god, it takes way too long to bleed out..

But even then, I never once had any survival instinct. It's just that I had been bleeding in that damn tub for hours, and I could hear the other person in the house waking up, so I had to abort my mission and clean up the bloody mess before they found me and had me committed.

I wish I'd realized then that I could have found information for more reliable methods online. I had no clue.

I now have SN and some ropes handy for the next time I reach my limit. I don't think I'll go with SN, because I happen to really hate being sick to my stomach (as this is an almost-daily hell I already experience.) I will likely go out by hanging. The carotid arteries are the key to making hanging more peaceful; but I know from experience that I won't care much about peacefulness or pain when I reach the point of actually carrying out my next attempt. (Side note: It's not that I'm some kind of 'badass' with a high pain tolerance or anything. I'm really a huge wimp, seriously. But when I'm suicidal, I seem to swell internally with a lethal mix of despair + rage, and every ounce of that mental poison gets directed towards myself.)

 

[Gone soon]

Well, the ones who succeeded can't tell how it felt. But I almost made it when I was 14 years old. I had practiced a few times before to get a feeling how it might be like. Yes, there was pain, but I doubt that there are many painless methods. Once I started blacking out I felt surprisingly comfortable. I went unconscious after a short time. Unfortunately I still made noises so my father found me just in time to rescue me. Somehow hanging is still my preferred method but I understand people who are anxious about it

 

[End_it_all]

Hanging is not painful if done right, just uncomfortable for a very brief moment. When I was 15, I tried hanging myself from the light in my room with an extension chord. I stood on the chair and was actually having second thoughts, but my foot slipped. I thrashed around with my feet scraping the floor for a few seconds then went limp. It's weird because when I went limp and my eyes closed, I was still kind of awake and felt very peaceful just hanging there. Next thing I woke up on the floor in the dark very confused and with my ears ringing. I had passed out but the light had ripped from the ceiling.... It really wasn't painful and no idea how long I was hanging there, but it felt like I passed out very quick.

 

[hamtaro]

Well, the ones who succeeded can't tell how it felt. But I almost made it when I was 14 years old. I had practiced a few times before to get a feeling how it might be like. Yes, there was pain, but I doubt that there are many painless methods. Once I started blacking out I felt surprisingly comfortable. I went unconscious after a short time. Unfortunately I still made noises so my father found me just in time to rescue me. Somehow hanging is still my preferred method but I understand people who are anxious about it

Hello, was this partial or full?

Could you describe your setup?

Thank you.

 

[Gone soon]

Hello, was this partial or full?

Could you describe your setup?

Thank you.

It was partial. I fixed a scarf around a window handle and kneeled forward. I can't tell very much any more about the process. I just went unconscious and woke up in hospital two days later. As I wrote, it was almost successful

 

[qw3rty259]

It is only painful if the rope is to thin.

Btw it's an info and I'd like to believe it... My friend whom I talked about in the post exactly used a thin rope or electrical wire if I'm not mistaken. Anyway, will find out myself soon

 

[failureofahuman]

If you do full-suspension, the fact that your whole body weight is used to tighten the rope will make you pass out way quicker than partial suspension. It will restrict your carotids almost instantly. I had a failed full-suspension attempt (I was stupid and I tied the bowline wrong so it came undone halfway through, in terms of carotid artery restriction it worked perfectly) and it did feel painful, but it was a dull type of pain and for literally like 2 seconds before I passed out. I used a thick soft bathrobe belt, the pain was not that bad compared to the relative efficacy of the method. I jumped hard and quickly, instead of easing into it, and that also makes it restrict your carotids faster. I think most failed attempts with partial are because SI kicks in and you can just stand up. Full suspension and an abrupt jump are ideal.

 

[babouflo201223]

Si vous faites une suspension complète, le fait que tout le poids de votre corps soit utilisé pour tendre la corde vous fera perdre connaissance beaucoup plus rapidement qu'une suspension partielle. Cela restreindra vos carotides presque instantanément. J'ai eu une tentative de suspension complète qui a échoué (j'étais stupide et j'ai mal attaché le nœud de chaise, donc il s'est défait à mi-chemin, en termes de restriction de l'artère carotide, cela a parfaitement fonctionné) et j'ai ressenti une douleur, mais c'était un type de douleur sourde et pendant littéralement 2 secondes avant de m'évanouir. J'ai utilisé une ceinture de peignoir épaisse et douce, la douleur n'était pas si terrible par rapport à l'efficacité relative de la méthode. J'ai sauté fort et rapidement, au lieu de le faire en douceur, et cela permet également de restreindre vos carotides plus rapidement. Je pense que la plupart des tentatives ratées avec une suspension partielle sont dues au fait que la SI entre en jeu et que vous pouvez simplement vous lever. La suspension complète et un saut brusque sont idéaux.

Only 2 seconds !!??? You were lucky. Very very lucky. And no vomiting reflex ?

 

[failureofahuman]

Only 2 seconds !!??? You were lucky. Very very lucky. And no vomiting reflex ?

No urge to vomit, it happened so fast I couldn't even form a thought before I passed out

 

[babouflo201223]

Aucune envie de vomir, c'est arrivé si vite que je n'ai même pas pu formuler une pensée avant de m'évanouir

Vomiting reflex comes when you place and tighten the rope around your neck and check everything is in the best position, I mean it already comes before you fall from the chair. I'm curious to know how you manage to avoid it as it's a normal reflex of the throat muscles when something tighten the neck in its upper part. Maybe you do something special ?

 

[Wezzy777]

I haven't found any from recently, maybe if you searched enough you'd find someone from a few years ago doing it successfully.
I'd personally never do it again because once I tried it back when I was in middle school and because I lived in a cheap apartment a part of the fucking wall BROKE off. And it was a whole shit show because of my parents.

It did feel really painful though, just as I felt like I was actually choking the wall broke.

Just curious to read their last thoughts maybe.

It sucks that it's not possible to talk to those who succeed, lol, or at least to know their thoughts about the pain during the process like it's possible with SN.

Tho I've talked about it with my friend who tried hanging and survived by managing to step back on the bed. I know that the pain is immense... They were shocked by intensity of it, that's why they backed up

Anyway, I'd like to read someone's last thoughts before hanging if there are some believable cases

 

[failureofahuman]

Vomiting reflex comes when you place and tighten the rope around your neck and check everything is in the best position, I mean it already comes before you fall from the chair. I'm curious to know how you manage to avoid it as it's a normal reflex of the throat muscles when something tighten the neck in its upper part. Maybe you do something special ?

I didn't tighten it so it hurt, there was a little bit of space so I could breathe normally

 

[qw3rty259]

If you do full-suspension, the fact that your whole body weight is used to tighten the rope will make you pass out way quicker than partial suspension. It will restrict your carotids almost instantly. I had a failed full-suspension attempt (I was stupid and I tied the bowline wrong so it came undone halfway through, in terms of carotid artery restriction it worked perfectly) and it did feel painful, but it was a dull type of pain and for literally like 2 seconds before I passed out. I used a thick soft bathrobe belt, the pain was not that bad compared to the relative efficacy of the method. I jumped hard and quickly, instead of easing into it, and that also makes it restrict your carotids faster. I think most failed attempts with partial are because SI kicks in and you can just stand up. Full suspension and an abrupt jump are ideal.

My only concern is Adam's apple lol... When I try my rope on me and push it up with my hands (just out of curiosity lol) i have an reflex/urge to try to swallow. And when you swallow, your Adam's apple is moving upwards and right back. Since there is a rope above it (as i decided to place the rope above it since it seems it restricts carotids better this way) it feels REALLY unpleasant... Anyway, I just hope that I won't want to swallow and it just won't be possible due to much higher weight of my body thus the much higher pressure of the rope around my neck

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

I have tried partial a few times and it is horrendous for sure. it takes a lot of courage to achieve it.

Huh. I thought partial was just passing out if you got the rope position right. I've never set it up properly, when I played around with it I blocked the jugular and got balloon head.

 

[babouflo201223]

I didn't tighten it so it hurt, there was a little bit of space so I could breathe normally

If there was a little bit of space, enough to breathe normally, it was certainly enough to avoid vomiting reflex too. But when there is a little bit of space, full suspension can't really work. How could you say that it was perfect to restrict the carotids if there was a little bit of space ? In my opinion, you had just been lucky because you managed to push the area where are baroreceptors and vagus nerve and that's why you were unconscious so quickly, because there is a strong and immediate reaction on this area. But unless it would have caused a cardiac arrest (vagus nerve), you would have certainly wake up after being unconscious a short moment. Luckily you failed because of the bowline, in fact. Otherwise, I'm afraid it would have been long sufferings. I remember a thread of Evelyn Lane, specialist of full suspension here, and she said it was important there was no space at all between the rope (or the belt) and your neck to succeed a full suspension.

 

[weepingfree]

If there was a little bit of space, enough to breathe normally, it was certainly enough to avoid vomiting reflex too. But when there is a little bit of space, full suspension can't really work. How could you say that it was perfect to restrict the carotids if there was a little bit of space ? In my opinion, you had just been lucky because you managed to push the area where are baroreceptors and vagus nerve and that's why you were unconscious so quickly, because there is a strong and immediate reaction on this area. But unless it would have caused a cardiac arrest (vagus nerve), you would have certainly wake up after being unconscious a short moment. Luckily you failed because of the bowline, in fact. Otherwise, I'm afraid it would have been long sufferings. I remember a thread of Evelyn Lane, specialist of full suspension here, and she said it was important there was no space at all between the rope (or the belt) and your neck to succeed a full suspension.

I'm learning about how to do either partial or full, and I can't seem to find a description in the Hanging Guide about where on my neck the rope should be. Is there an illustration somewhere? I can feel my carotid pulse, and where the rope tightens by default seems to cut that off, so is that correct?

 

[Yoñlü×]

I remember a thread of Evelyn Lane, specialist of full suspension here, and she said it was important there was no space at all between the rope (or the belt) and your neck to succeed a full suspension.

Not even cover it with a light cloth?

 

[babouflo201223]

Not even cov

Not even cover it with a light cloth?

Not even cover it with a light cloth?

Yes, you're right, a piece of light cloth to avoid that the rope burn the skin.