Discussion Methods you won't use?

[Achlys]

I think most of us favor the most painless/peaceful of methods. Still, with no other options, I'd not be entirely opposed to considering the more painful of the bunch.

On the other hand, I don't think I can bear to use methods that directly inconvenience or traumatize others.

For instance, I live on the 20th story of a building above a well-frequented side-street. As tempting as it is some days to just vault over the railing, whomever finds me would no doubt have to witness quite the sight. For the same reason, I don't think I could jump in front of a train or car and potentially traumatize someone like that.

Others (off this site) might consider my reasoning hypocritical since I'd be "inconveniencing or traumatizing" those around me/family with my death, though.

 

[NearlyIrrelevantCake]

I would never jump--I can't even stand on a kitchen chair, my fear of heights is so bad.

I would never choose drowning--I can't swim [yeah, that would make it easy to do...] and have almost drowned accidentally in the past and it was awful.

Although I have intrusive thoughts about throwing myself into traffic when I'm walking to get groceries or whatnot, I would never choose a method that could possibly injure or kill an innocent stranger. I wouldn't jump into traffic or in front of a train.

 

[Hell-On-Earth]

I don't want to use a method in public, or in my families house (which I almost did back in February). As you mentioned I favour the peaceful pill method but even then I'd need to find a suitable location to carry out my plans. Whatever plan I undertake, I will be traumatising my family for life, but my goal would be to minimise that trauma as much as possible, to my family and to any members of the public. It makes planning much more difficult, especially seeing as I slipped up and was forced to tell my family about my feelings, but for me this is an important part of my plan to CTB.

 

[Achlys]

I would never jump--I can't even stand on a kitchen chair, my fear of heights is so bad.

I would never choose drowning--I can't swim [yeah, that would make it easy to do...] and have almost drowned accidentally in the past and it was awful.

Although I have intrusive thoughts about throwing myself into traffic when I'm walking to get groceries or whatnot, I would never choose a method that could possibly injure or kill an innocent stranger. I wouldn't jump into traffic or in front of a train.

I saw a post a few days ago about the SWB method (type of drowning). Before that, I wouldn't have considered drowning because suffocating has always seemed too painful to me, but SWB is supposedly painless since you lose consciousness first. However, it seems someone recently made a post about trying it and failing...

 

[Lullaby]

I fantasize about jumping a lot, but I could never do it. I can't even go out on a balcony without panicking. Someone my age recently jumped from a high rise apartment building near me and landed on someone else. I don't know why it affected me so much but it did.

I couldn't do anything that would make things worse for my family, or put pain onto someone I don't even know. So nothing brutal. I think everyone struggling deserves a nice way to go out.

 

[Achlys]

I don't want to use a method in public, or in my families house (which I almost did back in February). As you mentioned I favour the peaceful pill method but even then I'd need to find a suitable location to carry out my plans. Whatever plan I undertake, I will be traumatising my family for life, but my goal would be to minimise that trauma as much as possible, to my family and to any members of the public. It makes planning much more difficult, especially seeing as I slipped up and was forced to tell my family about my feelings, but for me this is an important part of my plan to CTB.

If I lived with anyone, I'd feel somewhat guilty about leaving them to find me. If I did ctb with others home, I'd probably choose the least gruesome method available. On another note, I intend to automate a message to the authorities (911?) so that, days after my death, they'll be informed that I'm dead. Better that those who're prepared and are used to dealing with this stuff find me instead of someone close to me. I don't want to inconvenience my landlord either (or my neighbors, I guess).

 

[CommitSudoku]

Natural causes! Can't wait that long haha

That said, I wouldn't use a method that would directly hurt someone else like stepping in to traffic or jumping in front of a train. I couldn't intentionally go through a method like that, it would be different if it was honestly an accident. I don't see myself going through with jumping either. In the past, and a bit now, it's less about painless methods and more about reliability and ability to combat SI for me. It's very hard to keep SI at bay with some methods, for me ingesting things has always been easier. Thus I'm more likely to go by SN than hanging, despite having easier access to the latter.

 

[Hell-On-Earth]

If I lived with anyone, I'd feel somewhat guilty about leaving them to find me. If I did ctb with others home, I'd probably choose the least gruesome method available. On another note, I intend to automate a message to the authorities (911?) so that, days after my death, they'll be informed that I'm dead. Better that those who're prepared and are used to dealing with this stuff find me instead of someone close to me. I don't want to inconvenience my landlord either (or my neighbors, I guess).

This had pretty been part of my long term plan. I moved back with my family during covid and was going to find my own place once my office allowed us to work in the office full time again. I'd be on my own, the chances of being "saved" would be much lower and there would be no risk for any family or housemate to find my body. My biggest issue would be finding a way of getting the authorities attention after I CTB. I'd be gambling on my workplace contacting the police (they wouldn't be able to get in touch with my family as the phone number they've got is dead) after I don't show up for work after the weekend. It's one of the really difficult parts of the plan (not like any of this is easy).

 

[Message In A Bottle]

I prefer to do the least amount of traumatization as possible - so anything that involves a person having to clean up a mess after is a no go - As it is, discovering a dead body will be enough.

 

[Cancún]

Jump fuck no

 

[TheYounger]

Anything violent (train, gun, etc.) Unless it absolutely had to come to that point.

 

[Slimetae]

I won't hang myself tried horrible experience so that's one .

 

[Hate you]

OD on otc medications, all other methods that are easily available are good

 

[downndone2]

That is a list for me... no hanging, drowning, SN, train, gun

I really dont want to jump but might be an option

I feel like I'm dying everyday, so hoping natural causes

 

[Weebster]

I think most of us favor the most painless/peaceful of methods. Still, with no other options, I'd not be entirely opposed to considering the more painful of the bunch.

On the other hand, I don't think I can bear to use methods that directly inconvenience or traumatize others.

For instance, I live on the 20th story of a building above a well-frequented side-street. As tempting as it is some days to just vault over the railing, whomever finds me would no doubt have to witness quite the sight. For the same reason, I don't think I could jump in front of a train or car and potentially traumatize someone like that.

Others (off this site) might consider my reasoning hypocritical since I'd be "inconveniencing or traumatizing" those around me/family with my death, though.

The whole thinking of strangers thing doesn't make sense to me. Doesn't your pain supersede their being inconvenienced?

 

[its-about-time]

My big nopes - full suspension hanging, cutting/stabbing self to death, burning alive (was real obsessed for awhile but fuck no), any kind of suffocation/CO2.

I've been real friendly with ctb via firearm and jumping in the past. I'm confident enough drugs and/or booze would've made those perfectly attainable but I went to the hospital voluntarily every time to try to get better. I like partial enough I guess but don't pursue it as a ctb method. SN is what I have now, I don't love it as an option but it's acceptable. If I weren't barred from owning a firearm I'd probably be wanting to go out that way still.

 

[Achlys]

The whole thinking of strangers thing doesn't make sense to me. Doesn't your pain supersede their being inconvenienced?

For others, I'm sure one's pain can indeed supersede one's aversion to inconveniencing others. My pain will likely supersede that aversion too if it comes to that point. However, on account of the vague principles I hold, I'd like to avoid directly hurting others if I can help it.

 

[mookid]

I definitely wouldn't hang myself, I think it's a difficult and way too risky method to try.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

Like others, no guns. No stabbings or cutting myself, either. Definitely not burning alive. And not that I could, at least without great difficulty, not burying myself alive. No jumping from a height, either. Drowning sound like it sucks, too. Not too crazy about electrocution, either. I would avoid any method that involves in any way someone else, like throwing myself in front of a car or train, or even SBC, but SBC is not off my list if necessary. Hanging is still on the table. CO is on the table. N and SN is on the table. Suffocation is on the table. Maybe my broken heart will help me out.

 

[Johnhawk_Down]

I think most of us favor the most painless/peaceful of methods. Still, with no other options, I'd not be entirely opposed to considering the more painful of the bunch.

On the other hand, I don't think I can bear to use methods that directly inconvenience or traumatize others.

For instance, I live on the 20th story of a building above a well-frequented side-street. As tempting as it is some days to just vault over the railing, whomever finds me would no doubt have to witness quite the sight. For the same reason, I don't think I could jump in front of a train or car and potentially traumatize someone like that.

Others (off this site) might consider my reasoning hypocritical since I'd be "inconveniencing or traumatizing" those around me/family with my death, though.

Setting myself on fire or drowning, jumping would take a lot of balls and I fear heights, and I heard when you do jump you die from cardiac arrest from sheer shock, but I think that's a myth and that your alive all the way down until of course the impact. Jumping in front of a train could just result in becoming an amputee.

 

[GongLiFang]

Hm, I think my absolute no's are just
1) Cutting because I am certain I wouldn't be able to tolerate the pain enough to do it fatally because I can't even cut effectively for self harm I just scratch a few layers down
2) Run into traffic because I think there are WAY to many variables and needless amounts of extra people involved. People could swerve and then an accident can happen, the driver might hit me and them plus all bystanders would deal with the carnage. And to top it off, depending on reaction time and speed of the car I might just be mutilated and not killed.

However, I have attempted both drowning and hanging and found them decent enough that if it comes down to it and I really need to I would.
Jumping, is almost a no on the sole basis that people would have to see it and the carnage would be very unpleasant but much like hanging and drowning and even despite my fear of heights I think It is possible in a crisis situation.

 

[Achlys]

Setting myself on fire or drowning, jumping would take a lot of balls and I fear heights, and I heard when you do jump you die from cardiac arrest from sheer shock, but I think that's a myth and that your alive all the way down until of course the impact. Jumping in front of a train could just result in becoming an amputee.

I think the most certain way(s) to die via train would be for the wheels to run through one's neck, or for the wheels to bisect the body vertically/horizontally. Both are too gruesome for me, and my SI would get in the way for sure. Not for me. Fire sounds hellish too.

 

[Ness]

Given the uncountable ways of dying there are out there, my one big boundary is that I would never choose a method that could get someone else hurt or traumatized just because they're out in public, living their lives. I would never jump into traffic or in front of a train not just because it could go wrong for myself and other people, but because the drivers of the car or train would have to live with that for the rest of their lives. I've sat on a train that had someone use the train method and I know how awful it is to sit there and know what happened. The amount of people on that train, kids included, that might never forget it is too much. Just because we're hurting doesn't mean we should hurt other people to make it end.

At least that's my opinion, and why I could never choose a method involving other people. If it comes down to it and I can't do the method I want, I'll jump off a cliff or something. There's always going to be another way that won't shit on the lives of strangers.

 

[MicropBaldCurrycel]

I would never choose drowning--I can't swim [yeah, that would make it easy to do...] and have almost drowned accidentally in the past and it was awful.

Sorry for my morbid sense of humor but this would actually be a bonus ? lol
1. Gunshot to the head ( at least while my dad if alive) so as not to further traumatize him when being called to identify my body, seeing my head open and brain splatter would be horrifying .

2. jumping, again too messy but also you risk hurting other people , damaging property, causing public trauma especially to kids who would see your corpse plus you can survive and just have broken bones (there's been cases of very high jump survival).

id got for gun to the head once my dad isnt around then i have no one to feel guilt about to identify my body ( i have no other family members)

 

[WorthlessTrash]

Jumping, electrocution, bleach, fire, drowning and hanging (since I wouldn't do it right).

 

[gottablast888]

i wont choose anything that wont leave my body in one piece. i dont even want an open casket funeral, or a funeral at all. im just vain

 

[Shu]

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If I lived with anyone, I'd feel somewhat guilty about leaving them to find me. If I did ctb with others home, I'd probably choose the least gruesome method available. On another note, I intend to automate a message to the authorities (911?) so that, days after my death, they'll be informed that I'm dead. Better that those who're prepared and are used to dealing with this stuff find me instead of someone close to me. I don't want to inconvenience my landlord either (or my neighbors, I guess).

How are you planning on automating a message to them?

 

[FuneralCry]

I know that I could never be able to ctb by jumping or train. They just sound too horrible and I would be scared of them going wrong. I would also not attempt very unreliable methods like ctb by cutting. I deserve to exit peacefully, I should not have to resort to a risky method, but eventually I will have no choice but to resort to hanging or drowning. It is cruel how people are expected to suffer for decades against their wishes. In a world with so much suffering our right to die should always be respected.

 

[ThePhoenix]

I don't think I can jump or jump in front of train. I don't want to traumatize even more people

 

[Achlys]

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How are you planning on automating a message to them?

I have experience programming. I've yet to automate such a system, so there might be some hiccups in working out the details, but it shouldn't be too difficult to set up. It also wouldn't surprise me if software like this already exists online—it's just automating sending an .mp3, after all.