Hi everyone- I've read a bunch of threads on drowning and many people mention adding weights. Is this necessary? I'm underweight and can't swim (at all). If just "walk into the ocean" as they say, wouldn't I drown easily without weights? I plan to take benzos and drink alcohol prior to help me relax. Thanks in advance.
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Evelyn Lane
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I imagine it's because your body would float after you've drowned? Maybe it could go back to the shore where you could be saved?I was thinking it would actually be better to be found eventually - my family would probably want to be able to visit me in the cemetery, gosh what a morbid thing to say. I plan to do it in a secluded area to avoid being "rescued".
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I've not researched drowning much, so take what I say with a grain of salt. I'd imagine weights serve two purposes. One as discussed already to help keep your body from being easily found / rescued. The second is to counteract SI. Even if you don't know how to swim, SI will often kick in and you will likely try, and it's not overly complicated to figure out how to doggy paddle and save yourself. Weights make that harder to overcome.Thank you, that makes sense. I might carry a full backpack with me as a precaution. Hopefully I'll be heavily sedated to help overcome that bloody SI I keep reading about
it does not matter if you aren't able to swim. Even a person that cannot swim would instinctively try to stay afloat and panic.
Weights are needed to avoid that there are chances that the person can rescue themselves, but should be added to the right places of the body and they should have enough density.
I've been thinking about this (otherwise being a good swimmer, I'd rescue myself). But I'm not encouraged by the discomfort of getting water into my lungs and panicking for the lack of air.From what I've read the discomfort is very short lived, followed by a very peaceful feeling. I'm in Australia - it's very hard to get access to the methods described in the PPH, so drowning seems to be the easiest and most reliable option.
Here is a research article I came across about drowning, doesn't sound too horrible: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/00258172211053127
Also linking a YouTube video:
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