Let's face it, suicide is impossible.

[eternal_life]

CTB is really complicated, I never imagined it would be so difficult. The stats prove it: only get CTB, 1 out of every 20 CTB attempts. That is, 19 out of 20 attempts end in failure. Imagine, of those 19 that fail, how many will end up with sequels? That's the scariest thing of all...

 

[Yumeko.dreams]

Can you explain how you went about this method first?

Took a cord, tied a reef knot, giving roughly 3 fingers between it and my neck. Put in a medium sized kitchen spoon and started turning so that it was tight above my adams Apple. Got it so that that it compressed my windpipe, and obviously my jugular, but no carotids.
I also tried it several more times in several different ways. At this point I may just buy an actual tourniquet.

 

[Insomniac]

Nature won't let us out. The human body survives everything, from starvation, through drowning, to gunshot in the abdomen, the human body survives everything. The only way to go is N, which is impossible to obtain.

I'm on the fucking floor who the fuck are you you litterally joined 2 days ago and you're already the funniest member on the platform

anyway I'm glad you understand that everything is predetermined by fate.

 

[Hope:-)]

It doesn't feel that way to me anymore x

 

[protocorpse]

The human body survives everything

There are quite a few instances where this is not the case :p

 

[watchingthewheels]

Nature won't let us out. The human body survives everything, from starvation, through drowning, to gunshot in the abdomen, the human body survives everything. The only way to go is N, which is impossible to obtain.

Uh, what? Tell that to my father ( CBT'd with a gun to the head).

 

[Job Joad]

I feel the same. I know I'm never going to try to hang myself. The moment I feel uncomfortable I'll stop. I know I'm not going to try to drown. Can't even go underwater without holding my nose. I know I'll never make the leap off a tall building. I can see myself pulling the trigger, but guns are hard to get and so is N. I'm stuck as well.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

I'm basically homeless, and am not going to risk getting a bunch of random drugs delivered here in 3 months.
Plus I've been trying to ctb asap, not trying to fuck around with the waiting game when I've been trying nonstop for like 2 weeks.
Just failed 2 more times btw :) my carotids are actually just impossible to compress aren't they? Unless I missed something about the tourniquet method, I don't think everything including swallowing should hurt, all while not even feeling a little woozy.
If you got any tips for squeezing the tubes please tell me.

I'd say you're either doing something wrong, or you don't really want to die. Your carotids, just like everyone elses, are not impossible to compress.

 

[Yumeko.dreams]

I'd say you're either doing something wrong, or you don't really want to die. Your carotids, just like everyone elses, are not impossible to compress.

That's why it's so annoying. If I had a better ligature I'm sure it would be much smoother, but I just don't have anything better to use than this shitty paracord.
(And when I find my carotids by feeling for them, I can never get passed "oh that feels funny")

 

[locked*n*loaded]

That's why it's so annoying. If I had a better ligature I'm sure it would be much smoother, but I just don't have anything better to use than this shitty paracord.
(And when I find my carotids by feeling for them, I can never get passed "oh that feels funny")

It seems if you're really intent on ctb, you could do a little more research and figure out what you're doing wrong and correct whatever it is. I know there's lots of information right here on SaSu regarding hanging, what works and what doesn't.

 

[Shu]

 

[damaged_soul]

I mean, the stats don't lie, close to a million people manage it every year. I'd say it's very difficult (which is sad in its own way) but not impossible.

For sure. I have to keep reminding myself that "hard" is not a synonym of "impossible"

I feel like, for me atleast, survival instinct is the biggest barrier between the realm of suffering and the realm of eternal peace. Of course reliable methods are hard to come by, but without the mental/instinctual block, I feel like the act itself would be significantly easier (albeit still difficult), atleast for me.

Yes, the mental block is a huge hurdle for sure. At this point, I'm not even scared of killing myself, I'm scared of being scared. Meaning that although I feel ok about dying now, I fear that once I'm in the middle of the process, I'll freak out, SI will kick in, and I'll end up aborting the attempt and going to the hospital/psych ward, which would be absolutely freaking horrible.

 

[jessisme]

Fear, believing I am not competent to do it and the survival instinct all make it seem impossible to me. Which is bad because I really REALLY need to go. I just have little faith in my own ability to make it happen.

 

[ARW3N]

I know quite a few people who took their own lives. They died by hanging, cutting their veins and jumping in front of trains. Suicide is not impossible but does take a lot of courage nowadays because those involved in suicide prevention have taken away the painless methods. That's why people have the misconception that suicides are exhibitionists or crave for attention. They're not exhibitionists. They're fighting against the survival instinct.

 

[LaVieEnRose]

If it were impossible the suicide rate wouldn't have been climbing and climbing the past 2 decades. Impulsive, uneducated, and insincere suicide attempts are all included under the umbrella statistic of suicide attempts, diluting the rate of successful attempts.

 

[Himalayan]

Nature won't let us out. The human body survives everything, from starvation, through drowning, to gunshot in the abdomen, the human body survives everything. The only way to go is N, which is impossible to obtain.

Holy shit. I am starting a revolution! We are immortal SaSu! Immortal! N is our kryptonite, but they throwed it away. They forgot the horrors we could do and how they defeated us in the past.
Let's retake our land

 

[Mofreeko]

The majority of suicide attempts that fail are attempted overdoses with over the counter drugs, which almost never works. The success rate of SN alone is way higher than the average rate of suicide attempts in general and the vast majority of the SN failures are because the person was found or called for help.