Rumi
Experienced
- Mar 29, 2023
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Hi All,
My method involves placing a 240 liter trash bag over the head and secure it with an elastic band. Once this is done, I plan to take a strong sedative that will cause unconsciousness within 30 minutes. While I am waiting for the drug to take effect, I will hold the neck of the bag open, so that I can breathe freely until I feel close to losing consciousness.,
I strongly believe this method has potential; however, whenever it has been proposed on this forum, the reaction has been negative. The main explanation for this negative response is the lack of goodbye threads on this forum where the deceased used this method. However, sucessful suicides using this method have been documented by Chris Docker, a leading researchers in the field. Chris Docker describes a study of suicide by plastic bag din Ontario, in which 110 cases of this nature took place between the years 1993 and 1997. In most of these 110 cases the deceased was over the age of 60; 40% of the time, they were suffering from a serious illness. These details suggest that not only is this method reliable for the average person, but is also accessible for those with reduced mobility. It thus scores highly in the accessibility and storage metrics.
Geo Stone, another leading suicide researcher, has also investigated this method, and compared it to other methods of suicide involving asphyxiation. In 1994 in the United States, asphyxiation using a plastic bag was the most common method of suicide by asphyxiation after hanging and carbon monoxide poisoning. It is important to note, however, that the vast majority of cases of CO2 poisoning involved a motor vehicle; catalytic converters had only been mandatory for 20 years at this point, so CO2 using a vehicle was still an effective method in 1994. When CO2 deaths using a motor vehicle are excluded, asphyxiation using a plastic bag was the most common method of asphyxiation after hanging. For those who are considering inert gases as a method, consider that Stone only records 15 cases of suicide by asphyxiation using gases other than CO2, compared to 422 cases of suicide using a plastic bag without gas. For those who would argue that this research demonstrates that hanging is a more reliable method, I would agree, but with the caveat that hanging as the potential to be extremely painful. What Stone's research ultimately shows is that this method rivals CO2, hanging, and inert gases as a suicide method.
Another advantage of the method is its low cost. All you will need is plastic bag large enough for a wheelie bin, an elastic band, and prescription sleeping pills. Docker recommends Zolpidem, sold as Ambien in the U.S; but other prescription hypnotics and Benzos may also work. People differ in their response to drugs depending on their weight, sex and other factors; you will have to be familiar with whatever drug you use so that you can ensure it will render you unconscious; make sure to leave enough time between trying out different drugs and making an attempt, in the case that you build up a tolerance.
The other point often made by critics of the plastic bag method is the potential for the attempter to wake up during the attempt gasping for air. I believe that people are mistaken on this point; before the level of CO2 in the blood has built up enough to awake you, you will have subconsciously removed the bag. There are confirmed cases of this happening, as reported by Chris Docker, who describes a man who failed this method several times without regaining consciousness during the attempt. I believe the owner of LostAllHope also failed this method in the same way, regaining consciousness to realise that he had torn off the bag in his sleep. If you still have doubts, consider sleep apnea. A person with sleep apnea 'wakes up' hundreds of times each night as a result of their airways becoming temporarily obstructed. This obstruction causes their body to wake up, and their head to adjust itself so that the airways are no longer obstructed; all the while, their brain remains unconsciousness. This proves that the body's first reaction to a build up of CO2 in the blood is not to wake up the brain, but the body, and unless you have restricted your hands or tied a knot around the bag (which you should NOT under any circumstances) your body's first reaction will be to remove the bag, long before the build-up of CO2 is sufficient to wake you up completely.
Needless to say, the above situation can be avoided by taking a sedative that you are confident will override the bodies self-preservation mechanisms completely by putting you into a deep sleep. If your sedative is not strong enough, or if the bag you use is smaller than the one I recommend, the level of CO2 in the bag will reach a critical point before you are in a deep sleep, causing you to tear off the bag. For this reason, a small bag and OTC meds are not recommended, although it is not inconceivable that they could work. You also must consider the order in which you put on the bag and take the drugs: one option is to do as I plan to do, and take the drugs while the bag is already over the head; then, holding the neck of the bag open, you simply wait for the drugs to take effect, so that the bag comes to rest against the neck when you lose consciousness. The other option is to take the drugs before you place the bag on your head, and place the bag over your head when you feel unconsciousness coming on; the advantage of this method is that you will take in more oxygen than if the bag was over you head, and you were breathing through the neck.
That is all.
My method involves placing a 240 liter trash bag over the head and secure it with an elastic band. Once this is done, I plan to take a strong sedative that will cause unconsciousness within 30 minutes. While I am waiting for the drug to take effect, I will hold the neck of the bag open, so that I can breathe freely until I feel close to losing consciousness.,
I strongly believe this method has potential; however, whenever it has been proposed on this forum, the reaction has been negative. The main explanation for this negative response is the lack of goodbye threads on this forum where the deceased used this method. However, sucessful suicides using this method have been documented by Chris Docker, a leading researchers in the field. Chris Docker describes a study of suicide by plastic bag din Ontario, in which 110 cases of this nature took place between the years 1993 and 1997. In most of these 110 cases the deceased was over the age of 60; 40% of the time, they were suffering from a serious illness. These details suggest that not only is this method reliable for the average person, but is also accessible for those with reduced mobility. It thus scores highly in the accessibility and storage metrics.
Geo Stone, another leading suicide researcher, has also investigated this method, and compared it to other methods of suicide involving asphyxiation. In 1994 in the United States, asphyxiation using a plastic bag was the most common method of suicide by asphyxiation after hanging and carbon monoxide poisoning. It is important to note, however, that the vast majority of cases of CO2 poisoning involved a motor vehicle; catalytic converters had only been mandatory for 20 years at this point, so CO2 using a vehicle was still an effective method in 1994. When CO2 deaths using a motor vehicle are excluded, asphyxiation using a plastic bag was the most common method of asphyxiation after hanging. For those who are considering inert gases as a method, consider that Stone only records 15 cases of suicide by asphyxiation using gases other than CO2, compared to 422 cases of suicide using a plastic bag without gas. For those who would argue that this research demonstrates that hanging is a more reliable method, I would agree, but with the caveat that hanging as the potential to be extremely painful. What Stone's research ultimately shows is that this method rivals CO2, hanging, and inert gases as a suicide method.
Another advantage of the method is its low cost. All you will need is plastic bag large enough for a wheelie bin, an elastic band, and prescription sleeping pills. Docker recommends Zolpidem, sold as Ambien in the U.S; but other prescription hypnotics and Benzos may also work. People differ in their response to drugs depending on their weight, sex and other factors; you will have to be familiar with whatever drug you use so that you can ensure it will render you unconscious; make sure to leave enough time between trying out different drugs and making an attempt, in the case that you build up a tolerance.
The other point often made by critics of the plastic bag method is the potential for the attempter to wake up during the attempt gasping for air. I believe that people are mistaken on this point; before the level of CO2 in the blood has built up enough to awake you, you will have subconsciously removed the bag. There are confirmed cases of this happening, as reported by Chris Docker, who describes a man who failed this method several times without regaining consciousness during the attempt. I believe the owner of LostAllHope also failed this method in the same way, regaining consciousness to realise that he had torn off the bag in his sleep. If you still have doubts, consider sleep apnea. A person with sleep apnea 'wakes up' hundreds of times each night as a result of their airways becoming temporarily obstructed. This obstruction causes their body to wake up, and their head to adjust itself so that the airways are no longer obstructed; all the while, their brain remains unconsciousness. This proves that the body's first reaction to a build up of CO2 in the blood is not to wake up the brain, but the body, and unless you have restricted your hands or tied a knot around the bag (which you should NOT under any circumstances) your body's first reaction will be to remove the bag, long before the build-up of CO2 is sufficient to wake you up completely.
Needless to say, the above situation can be avoided by taking a sedative that you are confident will override the bodies self-preservation mechanisms completely by putting you into a deep sleep. If your sedative is not strong enough, or if the bag you use is smaller than the one I recommend, the level of CO2 in the bag will reach a critical point before you are in a deep sleep, causing you to tear off the bag. For this reason, a small bag and OTC meds are not recommended, although it is not inconceivable that they could work. You also must consider the order in which you put on the bag and take the drugs: one option is to do as I plan to do, and take the drugs while the bag is already over the head; then, holding the neck of the bag open, you simply wait for the drugs to take effect, so that the bag comes to rest against the neck when you lose consciousness. The other option is to take the drugs before you place the bag on your head, and place the bag over your head when you feel unconsciousness coming on; the advantage of this method is that you will take in more oxygen than if the bag was over you head, and you were breathing through the neck.
That is all.
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