everything has gotten to the point that the only thing that helps is substance abuse, and even then it doesnt even really "help". it just makes me numb to my emotions. i dont feel "good" or "happy" by any means. i fear im gonna relapse into my alcohol addiction that i had briefly in my late teens, but honestly at this point i couldnt care less
in other words, ive been seriously looking into suicide methods lately again for the first time since last summer. i rewrote my note earlier. im still super set on SN, as always, but its genuinely unobtainable since if i shipped it to my current place of residence it would be discovered, and i dont think my friend would be very happy with me asking him to receive a lethal chemical on my behalf, and id hate to worry anyone before i ctb. i dont really want anyone knowing until its too late.
my next best option is hanging, probably full as opposed to partial. though i havent looked into it very much so im not sure of any specifics yet. my main thing is 1. i really dont want it to fail and then i end up with brain damage or in a vegetative state or something. especially not a vegetative state, because if i only sustained brain damage i could always just try again. but if i ended up in a vegetative state i would be at the mercy of my parents, and god knows they wouldnt let me die or take me off life support, so its really risky in that sense. and 2. the way hanged bodies look during and after death really freaks me out... i really dont want MY body looking like that.
though im not sure why i care so much how i look if im not gonna be here to witness it. its not a "i dont want people to discover my body and be scarred forever" because SN also has kinda fucked up effects on the body, and i dont really care if someone sees me after a successful SN attempt.
so then hanging is off the table too. which is fine. im currently living with my parents, which makes ctb so much more stressful in case im found mid attempt and they try to "save" me, or in case i fall from the noose or start throwing up from SN and they hear and try to check on me. i probably wasnt going to attempt until i move out from them, which is (hopefully) only a year from now. ill need to work hard to graduate on time so this can happen though.
this isnt really a "vent" per se but i just wanted to chronicle my thoughts, in case anyone on this forum cared, and i thought this thread would be a good place for that. and maybe others would have their own input on my strategy? peer review sort of thing. in any case i hope that this is interesting to anyone reading this, even out of a sort of morbid curiosity