Extremely risky actions vs painless suicide methods

[greyhound]

When I read through the posts here it seems like the standard approach to suicide is to try to make it as pain free as possible (SN, Nembutol, etc). I guess this is understandable, why not try to minimize any extra suffering, given that we are all already suffering in some way.

However probably most people that have died (not through suicide) have not gone out as peacefully as everyone here is attempting to achieve. Wartime deaths, car accidents, heart attacks, dying in ICU, etc.

The alternative would be to potentially do some extremely risky things until eventually you die. Activities that most would avoid due to wanting to preserve their life. I'm thinking along the lines of extreme mountain climbing, soldier of fortune mercenary type stuff, wingsuit/basejumping etc.

I mean our only real advantage over the general population is lacking a fear of death, why not put that to use and have some interesting final experiences.

 

[mylastserenade]

Even if i feel like suicide is the only way atm, im still afraid of heights

 

[Bustedhornet]

I'm just too depressed to even think about taking up some new deadly hobby. If I did have the motivation I probably wouldn't want to die in the first place. I just want my mental torture to end.

 

[KClown]

Sure, if only I had enough money and actually enjoyed any of them. Adrenalin is cool, but without enjoyment all listed activities become an overly complex and expensive attempt at suicide, that will more likely permanently cripple me than kill.
Not to mention people want to go painless for a reason.

 

[ecmnesia]

if I had money and could leave the house for once I'd sure try it. unfortunately that's not something all of us are able to do. plus, I fear that I might get severely injured without dying, it'd be twice the suffering.

 

[greyhound]

I'm just too depressed to even think about taking up some new deadly hobby. If I did have the motivation I probably wouldn't want to die in the first place. I just want my mental torture to end.

I understand, for those severely depressed trying to do something like this probably wouldn't make sense. In my case I'm chronically ill and sort of being driven crazy by the daily suffering of it, yet still enjoy activities especially ones that distract me from the misery.

if I had money and could leave the house for once I'd sure try it. unfortunately that's not something all of us are able to do. plus, I fear that I might get severely injured without dying, it'd be twice the suffering.

I was thinking of something like carrying cyanide capsules while doing the activity, so potentially still able to end it if seriously injured.

 

[Mm80]

Ive actually given this some thought and agree with your principle.
I someti es think life is too boring and not much excites me. So maybe we have a more extreme threshold for excitement.
What have we really got to lose, and it looks like one hell of an adrenaline rush

 

[k75]

The thing is I don't want to have some random accident and die. I used be able to tell I was really in trouble when I started doing things like using sex as a way to kind of self harm. Meeting up with strangers, especially ones I thought might be too rough. But it's escalated way beyond that now. At least that was something. Now there's just a bunch of nothing, which is somehow worse.

I'm too depressed and exhausted to want to get out of bed most days, and there's about zero interest in doing anything at all, risky or otherwise. And I'm too anxious for adrenaline rushes to be a good thing. I don't feel like having experiences. It's not going to be fun or thrilling or exciting so I'd rather just go back to sleep.

 

[hypnotizing chickens]

I travelled to asia where I used hard drugs intravenously and drank daily, rode motorcycles recklessly, and had unprotected sex with whores. I was hoping to die over there but I kinda fucked it up by starting to actually enjoy life again. That's the worst thing about heroin. It fools you into thinking everything is going to be ok. It's very deceptive. I blew all my money and now i dont even leave the house. I won't make that mistake again.....

I'm lying, I will

 

[Lordsudbury]

I travelled to asia, used hard drugs intravenously and drank daily, rode motorcycles recklessly, and had unprotected sex with whores. I was hoping to die over there but I kinda fucked it up by starting to actually enjoy life again. That's the worst thing about heroin. It fools you into thinking everything is going to be ok. It's very deceptive. I blew all my money and now i dont even leave the house. I won't make that mistake again.....

I'm lying, I will

Lol yeah same as this guy I did all that kind of crazy stuff and more x10 and now I just have trauma from all my poor mid 20's decision making. So yeah I'm good on the action and adventure for now.

 

[Silvermorning]

I was hoping to die over there but I kinda fucked it up by starting to actually enjoy life again

reverse "leaving las vegas",

 

[Disappointered]

I once tried to find prostitutes in Nepal, hoping to contract HIV, but I'm such a fucking loser that I couldn't even find any. Had to start cutting myself after that...if you can't even pay for prostitutes because you're that much of a loser you need to be punished.

 

[NightmareTour]

I've been taking risks for most of my life. Drugs, taking huge risks, all of it. Its actually way harder to die "accidentally" than you'd think.

 

[Meditation guide]

I mean our only real advantage over the general population is lacking a fear of death

I have a fear of serious injury, pain, and failure. No fear of death.

I understand, for those severely depressed trying to do something like this probably wouldn't make sense. In my case I'm chronically ill and sort of being driven crazy by the daily suffering of it, yet still enjoy activities especially ones that distract me from the misery.

Hi greyhound, same here.