Discussion Does anyone else starve themselves by laying in bed/not going out?

[joshe]

I have heard this termed as a form of passive suicide but I'm unsure of that.

I may lay in bed and not go out or whatever when I don't have to, but I'm unsure sure of the motives, just extreme depression, anxiety of having to see the same shopkeepers again and again, or because I think that I'll slip into a peaceful state when I have exhausted my body of its resources.

I know that some of our ancestors used to walk into the desert/forest when they got too old/sick for the village to look after. Maybe my behaviour is just a precursor to that.

 

[czarodziej]

very sick, old people in hospitals may refuse to eat and drink and eventually die. but they are highly drugged and their bodies are running on fumes anyway. starving yourself due to depression won't be the same. it won't be easy nor peaceful. starvation is not the way

 

[cryptic_cynic]

I have done that at various times when I had a place to live (which I don't currently have). I didn't really do it as a form of passive suicide; I was just too depressed and anxious to bother with going out, even if it meant not eating for days and days. I would just sleep all the time. You don't feel hunger when asleep. I lost a lot of weight, but I wouldn't count on it as a way to CTB. Too long and drawn out.

 

[DreamCatcher]

I have heard this termed as a form of passive suicide but I'm unsure of that.

I may lay in bed and not go out or whatever when I don't have to, but I'm unsure sure of the motives, just extreme depression, anxiety of having to see the same shopkeepers again and again, or because I think that I'll slip into a peaceful state when I have exhausted my body of its resources.

I know that some of our ancestors used to walk into the desert/forest when they got too old/sick for the village to look after. Maybe my behavior is just a precursor to that.

That's pretty much deep depression I think. I've been that way quite frequently.

You won't CTB from it though, eventually you'll get hungry or your SI will kick in to find food for you unless you're literally restrained or unable to move or you are actually out in the wilderness where there isn't access to food.

If you actually want to CTB from starvation then maybe literally take a hike somewhere you'll be far away from humanity, intentionally get lost in some major forest or something.

I hope you get better or get peace

 

[xXSarac3nSlay3rXx]

That's pretty much deep depression I think. I've been that way quite frequently.

You won't CTB from it though, eventually you'll get hungry or your SI will kick in to find food for you unless you're literally restrained or unable to move or you are actually out in the wilderness where there isn't access to food.

If you actually want to CTB from starvation then maybe literally take a hike somewhere you'll be far away from humanity, intentionally get lost in some major forest or something.

I hope you get better or get peace

I mean, your survival instinct won't magically prevent this method from working. It honestly depends on how strong your willpower is. Several prisoners starved to death in the Irish hunger strikes, so it certainly is possible. A method like this simply gives you ample opportunity to back out, lessening your chance of death.

 

[DreamCatcher]

I mean, your survival instinct won't magically prevent this method from working. It honestly depends on how strong your willpower is. Several prisoners starved to death in the Irish hunger strikes, so it certainly is possible. A method like this simply gives you ample opportunity to back out, lessening your chance of death.

SI is pretty magically strong for me. I can't give my SI a window of opportunity, because I know it'll take it. But if someone thinks they can out willpower it, then I hope it works out for them.

I'm just weak willed.

 

[Saga]

i am currently doing the same SI sucks and i give in sometimes...its just a prep for me until I get N or cyanide pills

 

[Final Escape]

Yes I tend to let the food run out for a couple days or more lol! Especially if I'm feeling really down. I seclude inside my apt and at moment feeling suicidal.

 

[Heliochrome]

I used to do this. It first started as eating irregularly, normally eating one day and then the other day not.
I think the reason being, I just felt stuck and there was no other way to go. Couldn't carry out a daily routine, stuck in bed. Then I regularly did it from 2 to 4 days a month or so.

If you disconnect from your devices, the internet in the meantime and start taking walks outside, reading some books it starts becoming a spiritual experience.
I wake up early, full of love and understanding and generally just being. As you have lower physical energy levels than normal, you redirect it automatically to actions and thoughts more beneficial to your being, essentially clear the garbage and optimize your flow.

I realized I use this not as a way of coping but in desperate and crushing situations to find a way out,and it worked for its intended purpose for a short time. A week of bliss, problems are solved, more outgoing, path is clear again. As I failed to solve the underlying issues, it became evident this wasn't the way to go. They just resurfaced.

For once I neither ate nor drank anything for 7 days. Thirsting like spongebob in that one episode where he goes to sandys and she doesnt know he needs water.
Feeling your insides drying up, body temperature increasing, overall metabolism rate decreasing. It gets worse as it goes on, it feels like a black hole in the core of your body sucking everything up. When theres nothing left you just start shrinking in on yourself. Have to breathe forcefully at intervals to get oxygen in. There wasn't any pain but it is irritating. As it went on I could feel my organs slowing down, I was failing, body temperature dropping. I was radiating heat, dying.

As a way to exit, unless you are physically unable to access resources or have major suicide fuel and are dead set on your intention this isn't going to work.
Also if you don't eat but drink water you can still go a very long time. I wouldn't recommend it either way it is just terrible.

 

[Susan Caswell]

i am currently doing the same SI sucks and i give in sometimes...its just a prep for me until I get N or cyanide pills

how do we get cyanide pill where from is it 100%

 

[irrelevant_string]

I used to do something similar. Although I live with my parents so the lack of food is not the reason and I rarely leave the house even in normal circumstances, except for taking walks at night sometimes.
It's because I'd rather feel drowsy than anxious and the less I eat, the less I feel the need to eat and I end up being so malnourished and exhausted that I can't bother worrying about stupid things anymore. I like that feeling, it's kinda like being drunk all the time.
But then somehow I decide to start using food as a fuel for my brain, in order to enhance my intellectual capacities so that I can get back to studying and then I realize how much time I wasted and the anxiety prevents me from doing anything productive so I end up back where I started again.
It's definitely not a long term solution if you don't end up starving to death which is very unlikely to happen and not the best way to do it anyway. Iy provides a temprorary relief only, just like everything else.

 

[not_a_robot]

I generally won't starve as long as restaurants deliver, but the slow suicide by just lying very still as much as possible/practicing for being dead, yes. Twenty years and counting, but I actually think I've isolated a physical cause so I'm very hopeful of being able to cure myself... I just don't think it's worth the effort to go on living, even if I can.

 

[dramaqueen]

I am not eating and drinking today cause i am attempting on hanging tomorrow. Guys, do you think it will help not to sht all over during death if i do this?

 

[k75]

I do this, but it's not with the intention of trying to starve myself to death or anything like that. I'm just often too depressed to get out of bed for stupid reasons like eating or drinking, because... effort.

I usually don't bother until I cross the point where I'm going to start vomiting if I don't get something in my stomach, and I hate puking more than I hate eating, so...

 

[woxihuanni]

Ah, replied to an old message.

 

[coma-baby]

I do that. I'll purposefully "forget" to eat. Just to see how long my will power in starving lasts.
On days where I think I'm about ready to CTB, I don't eat or drink. I want my stomach to be empty. I want there to be less mess for them to scrape off of the floor when I finally go.

 

[Wayfaerer]

I'm not exactly bed-ridden but I am frequently hungry with no appetite.

 

[Pistolero114]

Have done it yeah. Takes about thirty days I believe to result in death. The one case I can think of where it actually worked is Bobby Sands from the IRA who starved himself to death on a hunger strike. I think; and it's a maybe but 36 days was the number? Anyone who knows for sure feel free to make a correction please. I won't propagate false information. That's the government's job.

 

[catharticEscapism]

I got out of bed today for the first in about a month, but also I had food at my bedside. I wasn't not eating, I just wasn't getting out of bed because of depression. I'm actually somewhat proud of myself. I took care of the trash today and even went grocery shopping, so that's a thing I did. For the most part, I just seep upwards of 20 hours a day. I can't bear to be awake anymore. )8

 

[Juicebox]

I've "attempted suicide" by not drinking anything, and when it got to where I couldn't resist taking a drink, I would drink vodka

It only ever got me rhabdomyolysis, not death

 

[pole]

I have heard this termed as a form of passive suicide but I'm unsure of that.

I may lay in bed and not go out or whatever when I don't have to, but I'm unsure sure of the motives, just extreme depression, anxiety of having to see the same shopkeepers again and again, or because I think that I'll slip into a peaceful state when I have exhausted my body of its resources.

I know that some of our ancestors used to walk into the desert/forest when they got too old/sick for the village to look after. Maybe my behaviour is just a precursor to that.

i do that all the time.

usually sleep at like 7 am, wake up at like 6pm, eat an apple, then just stay in bed depressed as hell. Pathetic huh.

 

[catharticEscapism]

i do that all the time.

usually sleep at like 7 am, wake up at like 6pm, eat an apple, then just stay in bed depressed as hell. Pathetic huh.

That's honestly my sleep schedule and my life, lol. My trash overflows, my dishes haven't been touched for at least a month, my shower is neglected (as is my body), and if it weren't for my cat, I wouldn't get out of bed for any reason, but I got to feed him.

 

[pole]

That's honestly my sleep schedule and my life, lol. My trash overflows, my dishes haven't been touched for at least a month, my shower is neglected (as is my body), and if it weren't for my cat, I wouldn't get out of bed for any reason, but I got to feed him.

ill literally just be overthinking while listening to music and being sad as shit till 7 am. then sleep till 5. Eat an apple, shower, then hop into bed lol.

its wierd, cause i still self care; daily skin care routine, hair masks, showers, etc. how wierd is that lmfao but im lazy as shit to do anything else.

im wierd and broken i guess. sadness is a bitch.

 

[catharticEscapism]

ill literally just be overthinking while listening to music and being sad as shit till 7 am. then sleep till 5. Eat an apple, shower, then hop into bed lol.

its wierd, cause i still self care; daily skin care routine, hair masks, showers, etc. how wierd is that lmfao but im lazy as shit to do anything else.

im wierd and broken i guess. sadness is a bitch.

We all go our own way, I suppose. Sadness is a bitch though. I wish it would turn its hatred back on itself instead of focusing on me. lol

Granted, I sleep a lot -- like sometimes up to 20 hours a day, but when I am awake I listen to documentary-eque channels on youtube until I pass out again.

Honestly, I wish I could summon the strength for personal hygiene, but I'll got for as long as a month without showering. Luckily, I tend to not stink very much (or so I've been told and my mom is anal about personal hygiene).