Has anybody here tried self immolation? And what was your experience?

[Hanger2]

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[evolutionerror]

I really can't understand why anyone would choose this method. It sounds (in my opinion) like the worst method I can think of. I would imagine if someone seriously tried this willingly and was still able to tell you about it, they would probably tell you it was the worst thing ever.

I've seen videos of people trapped in burning buildings and car wrecks and their screams are bone chilling.

 

[Lost Magic]

No, but my mother (who passed a few years ago) did light herself on fire. She was saved, suffered severe burns and was in a burns unit for 8 months enduring painful skin-graft surgery. It sounds like an excruciating way to go. My mother ended up dying a painful death, due to cancer. Anyway, I think there are much better (and far less painful) ways to die than burning to death, to be honest.

 

[LaVieEnRose]

No, but my mother (who passed a few years ago) did light herself on fire. She was saved, suffered severe burns and was in a burns unit for 8 months enduring painful skin-graft surgery. It sounds like an excruciating way to go. My mother ended up dying a painful death, due to cancer. Anyway, I think there are much better (and far less painful) ways to die than burning to death, to be honest.

I'm gathering it was an accident in her case, right?

 

[Lifeaballache]

Fuck that!

 

[gramenii]

It is considered THE WORST way to die actually. Would never choose that.

 

[makethepainstop]

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I would not recommend that method, to ctb that way, one must be led by a burning desires. And if I might say, OUCHIE!

 

[WhiteRabbit]

I did it. Burned all my skin and muscle off and now I'm just a skeleton. 0/10 would not recommend.

 

[Lost Magic]

I'm gathering it was an accident in her case, right?

No, it was a deliberate attempt to end her life in her youth (before I was born). It was no accident. She also attempted to jump off a high-story building (before somebody pulled her back) before that. My mother had to endure a great deal of suffering in this hellhole. I could never compare my pain to hers.

 

[akirat9]

i have a deep burn on my right hand
was lucky no have nerve damage, but is not lucky coz it didnt kill me

 

[theboy]

is used as a means of protest

 

[Lost Magic]

is used as a means of protest

Yep, a Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức famously was set on fire in the 60's as a form of protest.

 

[ojinzo]

is used as a means of protest

That's what the academics say. I don't believe everyone who does it is protesting.

 

[theboy]

That's what the academics say. I don't believe everyone who does it is protesting.

not all, of course

 

[𖣴 nadia 𖣴]

Just did some reading on this because it's difficult to imagine how someone could be desperate enough to resort to using such a painful method.

It's very rare in developed countries, and it's predominantly young married women with a low level of education in the Middle East and South Asia who are burning themselves alive. The most common reasons are family problems, marital problems and domestic abuse. And the countries with the highest rates are India, Sri Lanka, Iran and Egypt. In Iran, about 40% of all suicides are by self-immolation, and 80% of those cases are of young women.

 

[akana]

I did it. Burned all my skin and muscle off and now I'm just a skeleton. 0/10 would not recommend.

I cant lmfao

 

[Hanger2]

Sometimes I want to commit suicide so bad. But i am not able to do it. What have I ever done bad for anyone?