How lethal is partial suspension?

[Menschenmühle]

I'm under suicide watch, I can't leave the house unaccompanied, so my best shot at dying is through partial suspension late at night. But I don't know how effective it is. Assuming I have enough willpower to carry it through right until I pass out, how effective is partial hanging? I've heard many horror stories about people suddenly waking up from partial even after they've gone unconscious. How common are these stories?

 

[Someone123]

I have seen many posts of people saynig they were going to do partial here and tehn most of the time they came back later and said it didn't work, that even though they passed out their body stood up during the process. Several peopel have posted here that they failed at this method from 15 to 25 times. The most interestibg thing to me was a prison guard who said that he saw the results of several prisoners successfully using this method, and he nboted the type of rope, knot, body position, etc- everything about it, and he tried 25 times to duplicate what they did but he never could. So it does work some of the time, but it does seem to fail most of the time. When it does fail it does usually leave a very noticeable mark on the neck that takes a few days to fade. SO if you attempt in this situation most likely it won't wonrk but some people will notice the mark on your neck and then they'll respond based on this. Kate Spade nd Robin Williams both reprtedly used this method- it is a mystery why it works sometimes and not others. I do wonder in the case of the prisoners if their determination to leave the prison life behind may have been a factor. I have sometimes thought that being closer to a standing position could help, but the prison examples were in a kneeling position and leaning over, so it's just not clear what causes this to work sometimes.

 

[regal20]

The most important thing is to make sure no one finds you at least 30 minutes after you pass out or you end up a vegetable.

 

[StrangeAndDeath]

I'm under suicide watch, I can't leave the house unaccompanied, so my best shot at dying is through partial suspension late at night. But I don't know how effective it is. Assuming I have enough willpower to carry it through right until I pass out, how effective is partial hanging? I've heard many horror stories about people suddenly waking up from partial even after they've gone unconscious. How common are these stories?

I don't know but it seems to be far more effective than self strangulation. Read geo stone's suicide and attempted suicide for an answer to your question

 

[Silent.Tears]

I don't know but it seems to be far more effective than self strangulation. Read geo stone's suicide and attempted suicide for an answer to your question

Is that a member on this forum?

 

[StrangeAndDeath]

Is that a member on this forum?

No, a writer... You can Google the book