is the myth of cutting your veins real?

[edu0z]

I think the quintessential way in teen suicide culture is to cut your veins... My question: Can someone bleed to death because of that?

 

[deathismymeaning]

i am definitely not an expert of any sorts but to my knowledge it is very unlikely and it really depends, for example if you hit you carotid artery's in you neck that gives a much higher chance of bleeding out and also it will cut out the oxygen and blood for your brain but for example the arteries in your arms would not be as successful, it will depend on if you're hitting a major artery or not which in order would be: the aorta, carotid, the subclavian arteries, descending aorta and femoral arteries.

 

[Someone123]

Cutting by all means, in the U.S., works about 1.5% of the time, according to official U.S. stats- so cutting works 1 out of every 67 times. But cutting by the wrists is a lower chance, because there are not majpr arteries there, plus you can damage the functioning of your hands in this way.

 

[-FrozenRobot-]

Cutting has a low success rate. Even if you hit the right vein, you need blood thinners to hasten the process which is unpredictable. When I was a newbie to "this" my method of CTB was cutting. I did a lot of research on that and concluded that it doesn't work.
To anyone considering cutting, please make sure you have no other method to CTB. Sometimes it can lead to losing the function of that particular hand or leg...wherever you are cutting. It's possible.

 

[Manaaja]

I've read that you need to cut along not side ways. Imagine getting a small paper cut on finger vs having your entire finger's height being cut. The more vein open the more blood pours out.

Hmm, I wonder how cutting your neck veins would go. I imagine it would be much easier to die if you were able to cut them compared to one arm.

 

[redwaymilk]

It is a glamourized method but it is the least successful suicide method (see here https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/case-fatality/). You'll note that [intentional] drug overdose is also right above it, and that is because typically drug OD is from an impulse and not planned. As the article describes, Lethality of method attempt is related to inherent deadliness, ease of use, accessibility, ability to abort mid attempt (whether intentional or not), and acceptability.

Thus drug OD's are typically common household medications (like aspirin, acetaminophen, benadryl) that would require an insane amount to actually kill you. Or they are prescription medications that will often lead to clinical effects before it becomes deadly, causing the patient abort / be recognized (ie arrhythmia, seizure).

In the case of Tylenol which is the most common intentional drug overdose, you are actually less likely to die than completely fuck up your liver, stay alive and in a lot of pain, and will require a liver transplant. Tylenol has maxes out 4/5 of those lethality factors, but is very low inherent deadliness.

Cutting your wrist is even less succesfully because people often cut horizontally, have lots of hesitation cuts (very painful), and go for the middle of the wrist. It is rather that arteries that are on the sides of the wrist that would need to be cut (veins are low pressure systems, arteries are high pressure systems).

 

[Bootleg Astolfo]

Family Guy says that yes but only if cut vertically, and I for one, will happily blindly trust Peter Griffin, the man has infinite wisdom.
*insert random cutaway gag here*
*insert secondary cutaway gag*

 

[Someone123]

I've read that you need to cut along not side ways. Imagine getting a small paper cut on finger vs having your entire finger's height being cut. The more vein open the more blood pours out.

Hmm, I wonder how cutting your neck veins would go. I imagine it would be much easier to die if you were able to cut them compared to one arm.

Trying to cut along the veins is almost impossible- I tried a couple times years ago and you'd almost have to be s surgeon to do this, you have to be so precise.

I've read that you need to cut along not side ways. Imagine getting a small paper cut on finger vs having your entire finger's height being cut. The more vein open the more blood pours out.

Hmm, I wonder how cutting your neck veins would go. I imagine it would be much easier to die if you were able to cut them compared to one arm.

The movies create a wrong impression - this is almost impossible to get to work. I have read that it can work to cut an aretry in the neck, bhut it's a long shot to work. I read of one case where a cut to the groin opened a major artery and it worked, but you might have to be a doctor or nurse to get this cut right.

 

[Wojaczek]

This image makes me really sad for some reason

 

[edu0z]

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This image makes me really sad for some reason

no matter how sad I feel... I must always have a giant smile, because society does not allow depression... in part, that's what got me here. but now I'm happy... because finally it will all end soon.

 

[Someone123]

no matter how sad I feel... I must always have a giant smile, because society does not allow depression... in part, that's what got me here. but now I'm happy... because finally it will all end soon.

That is a big problem- because people get mad at you and exclude you if you show sadness, the sadness grows and the causes of teh sadness grow because they are untreated, unless you are lucky enough to have people in your life who will help with this, which many people do not have.

 

[mandyjohnuk]

Death by a thousand cuts. I heard of this as a child in a Chinese martial arts film.

 

[edu0z]

That is a big problem- because people get mad at you and exclude you if you show sadness, the sadness grows and the causes of teh sadness grow because they are untreated, unless you are lucky enough to have people in your life who will help with this, which many people do not have.

exactly... people will exclude you if you show madness, thats why I have always a smile in my face

 

[healthrecovery]

Something from hollywood movies

 

[FuneralCry]

From what I have heard it is not a reliable ctb method. I would never choose this method. We all deserve the option of a peaceful, reliable exit from this life.

 

[edu0z]

From what I have heard it is not a reliable ctb method. I would never choose this method. We all deserve the option of a peaceful, reliable exit from this life.

assisted suicide... choose if we want to live or leave, must be a human right.

 

[Someone123]

assisted suicide... choose if we want to live or leave, must be a human right.

Realistically, the way society is, if this becomes a right it will only be for those who are terminally ill or possibly for others who have extremely painful medical conditions- even this much probably won't happen any time soon in the u.s. At least suicide is now legal in the u.s., which it didn't used to be. But this is something we will have to do for ourselves if we want to.

 

[xLosthopex]

Isn't that what Avicii did?
I was actually planning and near to following through with this method right before accidentally stumbling upon this site, I was in an extremely desperate place and had failed numerous OD's previously so it was all I could think of. Thank goodness I found this site when I did because I imagine that would have been an awful way to go

 

[PeacefulTonic]

Isn't that what Avicii did?
I was actually planning and near to following through with this method right before accidentally stumbling upon this site, I was in an extremely desperate place and had failed numerous OD's previously so it was all I could think of. Thank goodness I found this site when I did because I imagine that would have been an awful way to go

I think Avicii was murdered, or overdosed. Cutting yourself with broken glass? If he really was suicidal and had ideation for a long time, surely he would've researched and used a method with a much higher success rate? Smells like bs to me

 

[kingkong57]

The brachial artery is easy to find. Draw a line from your pinky to just above your elbow. Watch a yt clip for a more informative show and tell. It's easy. Warm bath. Benzos. Scalpel. You don't feel a thing.
I realise I'm still alive whilst typing but I almost got there. Really, it may be glamourised and success rates low but misinformation clouds the suicidal from finding the easy exit.

 

[setup]

Cutting has a low success rate. Even if you hit the right vein, you need blood thinners to hasten the process which is unpredictable. When I was a newbie to "this" my method of CTB was cutting. I did a lot of research on that and concluded that it doesn't work.
To anyone considering cutting, please make sure you have no other method to CTB. Sometimes it can lead to losing the function of that particular hand or leg...wherever you are cutting. It's possible.

Yep def wouldn't recommend it.

 

[onetapgandhi]

When I was a teenager, I researched it a lot. Drank a lot of mountain dew. Got me my grandma's blood thinners. Prepared a warm bath. Scoured my skin to find a consistent artery and vein to cut length wise across the whole arm with spirit and drew on it. Got a medical scalpel. Right there and then I thought, "Man this shit is wack". Decided not to do it. Lived 7 more years. Shitty years no less but achieved good shit in those years.

 

[theboy]

Yes but is not easy

 

[ForeverLonely82]

If taking some blood thinner, Drinking a lot of water to make the veins stick out and going down the vein and not across should work but I wouldn't recommend it as it takes a while unless you deeply sever your jugular vein, but you'll suffer some before fading into nothing.