Method Hypothermia

[poisonedminds]

''As your body temperature drops below 26 °C, your heartbeat will become irregular and eventually stop. The moment of death will likely be silent and relatively painless.
A person dying from hypothermia will get into sort of a dreamlike state, drifting in and out of consciousness, and they may have visions of random things, possibly in a state of bliss.''

- Source: http://walkjohnnywalk.com/what-does-hypothermia-feel-like
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I've done a bit of research on death by hypothermia and by all accounts, past the first state of shivering and uncomfortable coldness, hypothermia is generally described as a very peaceful and painless death. Hypothermia can be accelerated by alcohol and medications like beta-blockers.

My idea of ctb by hypothermia would include driving into the canadian wilderness, taking a good amount of benzos and narcotics to assure that I will stay asleep during the process, then lay down in nature and enjoy the silence before I pass out from the meds. After that, the body goes through three states of hypothermia before dying, but past the first state, even if I did wake up, the process is described as painless and even peaceful.
I've even read that some people in the final stages of hypothermia may resist medical help (although they had no suicidal intentions at first) because of that peaceful feeling. Hide-and-die behaviour is also commonly described.

I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this method!

 

[boc]

Man, I'm Canadian and I've been cold and it sucks. Not for me. I agree once you go hypothermic you'd be alright but getting there would really really suck. I do see the appeal of dying in nature.

 

[poisonedminds]

Man, I'm Canadian and I've been cold and it sucks. Not for me. I agree once you go hypothermic you'd be alright but getting there would really really suck. I do see the appeal of dying in nature.

I'm canadian too, I like the accessibility of this method. I know getting there would suck, that's where the med cocktail comes in and makes me pass out BEFORE i get there.

 

[BottomlessPit]

I fantasized about this method before I found SS because it was mentioned in "Final Exit". I still think that it can be a peaceful method if one takes enough sleeping pills and the place one chooses is secluded enough. Disappearing into the wilderness and dying in nature is also kinda romantic..

 

[poisonedminds]

I fantasized about this method before I found SS because it was mentioned in "Final Exit". I still think that it can be a peaceful method if one takes enough sleeping pills and the place one chooses is secluded enough. Disappearing into the wilderness and dying in nature is also kinda romantic..

Absolutely. I've always fantasized about dying in nature. I want to let nature reclaim my body. I want mushrooms and moss to grow all over my body and living organisms to gain life inside me. I think that would be a wonderful way to thank nature in death.

 

[logan]

I have read in several places that it works well in combination with alcohol. There have also been many accidents in this form.

 

[WornOutLife]

I've thought of doing something like this a few times.
You know, I would just go to some snowy woods, dig a "well", drink lots of alcohol, get naked, get in the hole and then hopefully die.

Easier said than done I guess, but I really used to want to ctb like that.

Now, I'll probably get SN some day, somehow.

Hugs,

Matt

 

[Broken Buzz]

I experienced hypothermia once on a very cold and snowy hillside. The shivering stage is not to be underestimated, I had to bite on something to stop my teeth from smashing together. Beyond that, I felt rather warm and calm; I'm told I became very quiet, muted and began to act a little irrationally, although nobody has ever really given me a definitive answer as to what that entailed - taking off layers I would have thought.

It certainly sounds peaceful, provided you can find somewhere cold and/or wet enough.

 

[Pookie]

I'd rather die of hypothermia than die of SN poisoning, hands down. The symptoms of SN are nasty and even if you lose consciousness in 5 minutes, those 5 minutes must feel like eternity.

The problem with hypothermia is that there are so many variables. I have no idea how long it would take for me to die.

 

[FuneralCry]

I haven't really considered this method but I have heard of many accidental deaths lined to this. I love the sound of dying somewhere isolated in nature and I would want my death to be as peaceful as possible. I would be worried about getting found though and the planning associated with it.

 

[LansJ70]

Alcohol opens up your blood vessels and lets the heat (carried by your blood) leave your core and move to the skin, where it's more quickly lost to the atmosphere. Plus it makes you pass out so you don't notice.

This is why so many people are found dead when they've passed out outdoors at night through drinking too much. It doesn't even need to be that cold, like doesn't need to be freezing in winter.

 

[enau]

https://www.newsweek.com/utah-man-dead-freezer-left-note-1488325

 

[mustard_glass]

https://www.newsweek.com/utah-man-dead-freezer-left-note-1488325

I think it was OD and suffocation that killed him, not hypothermia.

 

[enau]

it would be kind of plastic bag freezing method?

 

[stygal]

I'd only be afraid of ...waking up midterm with blue/black fingers or something D:

I'd be too scared to actually do it and irreversibly damage myself - rather go the more expensive route with N.

But thinking about dying in nature on just an overdose/N/F sounds actually kinda nice and ~romantic~