Questions about water poisoning

[StolenWings97]

I've been going down a rabbit hole about unorthodox but not unlikely methods, and how much pain you'd go through before you finally pass. How does water poisoning sound? I read you drink so much water your brain swells up and your blood becomes so thin it doesn't function. Just a curious question for anyone interested in discussing.

 

[persepexa]

Water poisoning is very difficult to do on purpose. You would have to drink an enormous amount in a short space of time. It doesn't work like alcohol poisoning it works by reducing the amount of sodium in your body to dangerous levels. If you drink too much water your thirst turns off making it difficult to drink. You would also vomit way before you got to the required amount. It mostly happens accidentally during endurance sports where they're sweating a lot because that also reduces the amount of sodium in your body. It's also an incredibly uncomfortable way to go and it's not recommended.