Lost in the forest on purpose

[QuincyME]

Does anyone know of any confirmed cases of people who purposely got lost in the forest to CTB? They just let nature take its course so to speak. I have a gun, but try as I may I can't pull the trigger at the moment of truth. I want to take it deep into the woods and in the event I can't pull the trigger, I'll die from a combination of starvation, dehydration, and exposure. I really need to die before I become homeless which is on the horizon. I was hoping that the prospect of being homeless would give me the inspiration I need to pull the trigger, but still nothing. I'm beyond frustrated.

 

[TBONTB]

Does anyone know of any confirmed cases of people who purposely got lost in the forest to CTB? They just let nature take its course so to speak. I have a gun, but try as I may I can't pull the trigger at the moment of truth. I want to take it deep into the woods and in the event I can't pull the trigger, I'll die from a combination of starvation, dehydration, and exposure. I really need to die before I become homeless which is on the horizon. I was hoping that the prospect of being homeless would give me the inspiration I need to pull the trigger, but still nothing. I'm beyond frustrated.

Ugh, I feel your fear of homelessness. Not there yet but...

I've never heard of anyone intentionally becoming lost and dying of exposure. There would be a lot of suffering involved in your idea...none at those are quick deaths and all are pretty uncomfortable.

 

[dust-in-the-wind]

Google Aokigahara forest, in Japan.
It's known for people going there to commit suicide.

 

[dontwakemeup]

I was going to say Japan. I watched a documentary on people going inside this forest to die. Seems pretty cool.

 

[QuincyME]

Google Aokigahara forest, in Japan.
It's known for people going there to commit suicide.

I watched that documentary and I'm pretty sure those people all hung themselves.

 

[dontwakemeup]

I watched that documentary and I'm pretty sure those people all hung themselves.

Can you imagine the people who have to go collect all those skeletons I bet they don't sleep well at night

 

[doomerguy88]

Somewhere on these forums maybe in the resource megathread there's a link to a wiki page on ways in which notable people committed S and it talks about one Japanese lady who I think was a psychologist or something like that and apparently they walked into a forest in northern Canada to purposefully get lost and never came back. But there's no much info about it other than that.

 

[QuincyME]

Somewhere on these forums maybe in the resource megathread there's a link to a wiki page on ways in which notable people committed S and it talks about one Japanese lady who I think was a psychologist or something like that and apparently they walked into a forest in northern Canada to purposefully get lost and never came back. But there's no much info about it other than that.

I think I read somewhere about her. She came from another country, possibly Japan, to see the northern lights and mysteriously disappeared. I think she died of hypothermia.

 

[doomerguy88]

I think I read somewhere about her. She came from another country, possibly Japan, to see the northern lights and mysteriously disappeared. I think she died of hypothermia.

Yeh I didn't really look into other than what AI read on there so I'm not sure how they ruled it a suicide as opposed to an accidental death from getting lost.

 

[QuincyME]

Yeh I didn't really look into other than what AI read on there so I'm not sure how they ruled it a suicide as opposed to an accidental death from getting lost.

If we're talking about the same case, which I think we are, it was ruled to be undetermined because there wasn't enough to conclusively rule it a suicide.

 

[frayed]

if you're trying to save yourself from the greater misery that might follow if you did not not end yourself now, perhaps that greater misery, or something you haven't imagined yet that might appear even later, could be what finally pushes you over the edge. not that i wish that for you, but it's a distinct possibility. it's difficult to gauge how much we are actually willing to put up with until we are called to do just that, and many of us end up surprising ourselves.

 

[QuincyME]

I hope you're right. I hope I do have a breaking point because living like this for decades would be hell on earth.
BTW that was a very intelligent and articulate idea. Thanks for sharing.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

Does anyone know of any confirmed cases of people who purposely got lost in the forest to CTB? They just let nature take its course so to speak. I have a gun, but try as I may I can't pull the trigger at the moment of truth. I want to take it deep into the woods and in the event I can't pull the trigger, I'll die from a combination of starvation, dehydration, and exposure. I really need to die before I become homeless which is on the horizon. I was hoping that the prospect of being homeless would give me the inspiration I need to pull the trigger, but still nothing. I'm beyond frustrated.

Similar situation.

Which gun and ammunition do u have?

 

[Forveleth]

There was someone on here who attempted VSED and hiked out into the wilderness to die. After weeks of starving, they unconsciously walked back to civilization to get help. The human body is resilient and your brain will do whatever it has to to keep you alive. Think of all of the incredible survival stories out there. Dying in the wilderness would take an amazing force of will for potentially weeks to succeed.

 

[QuincyME]

BTW that was a very intelligent and articulate idea. Thanks for sharing.

 

[sevennn]

Somewhere on these forums maybe in the resource megathread there's a link to a wiki page on ways in which notable people committed S and it talks about one Japanese lady who I think was a psychologist or something like that and apparently they walked into a forest in northern Canada to purposefully get lost and never came back. But there's no much info about it other than that.

i wonder why. esp as a psychologist... interesting

 

[katara]

Similar to me, and I hate it that there's nobody I can talk to. Whenever I'm feeling the reality weigh heavy on me, when I realize that this is my life, that I have nothing and nobody. I look online for someone like me desperately hoping. But I never find anyone. I have no way of ever supporting myself and I hate all the worst people are having the best time.

 

[Kali_Yuga13]

Tetsu Shiohara - A 47 year old Japanese man with colon cancer live streamed his ascent of Mt Fuji and his slip and fall of over 9,000 feet to his death. Due to his lack of preparedness and starting late in the day it's assumed by many that he didn't intend to return from his hike.

The Sound of Insects - Story of a man in Europe that went into the wilderness and made a small tent camp and starved himself to death. It took about 40 days but he did drink water.

I'm sure it's been done in countries with high suicide rates and cold weather such as Russia but we might not have much documentation.

Extremes hot or cold environments hasten the process as we see in accidental deaths in the desert or cold every year. Also depends if the person exerts themselves, the nature of the terrain, predators

 

[diopdawe]

Atsumi Yoshikubo is the name you are looking for. Here is the wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Atsumi_Yoshikubo

 

[passedawayinapril]

There was someone on here who attempted VSED and hiked out into the wilderness to die. After weeks of starving, they unconsciously walked back to civilization to get help. The human body is resilient and your brain will do whatever it has to to keep you alive. Think of all of the incredible survival stories out there. Dying in the wilderness would take an amazing force of will for potentially weeks to succeed.

This is very accurate

 

[QuincyME]

This is very accurate

Unfortunately I agree with you. I'm so desperate to die that I'm grasping at straws at this point. I actually have the means at my disposal, but I'm too much of a coward to pull the trigger.

 

[Warriorsfan]

QuincyME

I wish I had a gun.
It would be difficult but I'm sure I would use it to ctb.
Right in the heart.

 

[dust-in-the-wind]

Into the Wild https://share.google/OwJ70hVbQxtps2N3C

 

[QuincyME]

QuincyME

I wish I had a gun.
It would be difficult but I'm sure I would use it to ctb.
Right in the heart.

That's what I thought. Having a gun and pulling the trigger are two entirely different things.

 

[Off_Switch]

If I went in the woods, I'd take a gun with me. Or some rope. If the dehydration and starvation prove to be too insufferable, then at least I'd have another possible option that is quick.

 

[Warriorsfan]

Quincy ME

I agree with what you said.
They are two different things.

 

[lifeisbutadream]

Unfortunately I agree with you. I'm so desperate to die that I'm grasping at straws at this point. I actually have the means at my disposal, but I'm too much of a coward to pull the trigger.

Same here. Movng your finger 1/2 of an inch is so hard.

Years ago I found a book and I think it was called *Jane*, but I was never able to locate it again. It was a mere paperback book with the cover torn off that I found lying around. It was about a girl prodigy, maybe 13 years old. She was in a wealthy family in New England I believe, and I remember they were friends with the famous poet Walter De La Mare. She wrote a story about a little girl - like herself - who went off into the woods in the winter and fell asleep in the snow and died. Then one winter she disappeared and they were quite sure she emulated the heroin in her story. She was never found..

 

[Raindancer]

The woods are my favorite place. I've thought of this often as my location and method.