Method Slitting your wrists and/or neck

[b&w]

I know this method is notorious for being very unsuccessful and painful, but it is such an accessible way to go.

I feel like there has to be a way to make this work, perhaps by taking a bunch of pain killers?

If Hannah Baker could do it why can't I (jk)

 

[Arthaniel]

I know this method is notorious for being very unsuccessful and painful, but it is such an accessible way to go.

I feel like there has to be a way to make this work, perhaps by taking a bunch of pain killers?

If Hannah Baker could do it why can't I (jk)

The low effectiveness of this method is mainly due to the fact that it is the most common way to attract attention and is considered a failed CTB. its soreness depends on the medications. Bleeding out sober is very unpleasant, ranging from a headache, getting nervous to a very fast heart beat.

 

[sweater]

I honestly agree with you haha. I wish there was a way to make it work. But it's so easy to be found and helped before CTB.
And my main issue with a failed CTB (and I have failed this method) is the fact that you have to deal with the repercussions of it. And the repercussions of a failed attempt with blood loss mostly sucks for me in terms of having to see the person that found you like that... hate it

 

[sadworld]

It's probably really hard to do. You would need to cut really really deep as well. When self harming I always hope to cut too deep...

 

[Isadeth]

It's doable but <6% success.

I've mentioned before that a close family member ctb in March this way. Both radial and ulnar arteries were severed and not as deep as one might imagine. Horizontally and just one cut to the left wrist.

I've personally failed at this method but I wasn't as educated then. But less than 6% success is scary.

 

[mirko]

Sure, you can get painkillers can do the trick but you would feel numb and maybe not cut deep enough. Also if you fail (high probability )you could hurt your arms nerves.

Btw Hannah Bakes was lil bitch

 

[Isadeth]

Sharp new knife with sharpening sleeve can reduce the need for pain killers in my opinion. That's what family used at least.
I always went for box cutters.

 

[Mentalmick]

In terms of the wrist there 2 ways, across or down. If going across you have to do a shocking amount of damage to get to the arteries. When I tried I went through 4 tendons and 2 nerves and just hit the artery. I'm now left with a left hand that looks kinda skeletal because most of the muscles died off. I have no fine movement either. It's just a glorified clamp.
Going down the way will work but you need to know exactly where the arteries are and you will most definitely need a strong stomach as it will be bloody and very painful.

 

[enuff]

It's doable but <6% success.

I've mentioned before that a close family member ctb in March this way. Both radial and ulnar arteries were severed and not as deep as one might imagine. Horizontally and just one cut to the left wrist.

I've personally failed at this method but I wasn't as educated then. But less than 6% success is scary.

i was one of the other 94% way back when there were not enough stats on it

 

[Ardesevent]

You would have to cut much deeper than your body would allow you to. There's about 1 cm of skin and other junk you'd have to cut through on the neck, which is basically impossible to do with SI.
Even though there's less on the wrists, there wouldn't be enough blood loss to kill you just from there. Most people who manage to slit their wrists deep enough don't even die from it, they just end up with permanent damage.

 

[enuff]

You would have to cut much deeper than your body would allow you to. There's about 1 cm of skin and other junk you'd have to cut through on the neck, which is basically impossible to do with SI.
Even though there's less on the wrists, there wouldn't be enough blood loss to kill you just from there. Most people who manage to slit their wrists deep enough don't even die from it, they just end up with permanent damage.

yup i got the scars to prove it

 

[Isadeth]

You would have to cut much deeper than your body would allow you to. There's about 1 cm of skin and other junk you'd have to cut through on the neck, which is basically impossible to do with SI.
Even though there's less on the wrists, there wouldn't be enough blood loss to kill you just from there. Most people who manage to slit their wrists deep enough don't even die from it, they just end up with permanent damage.

My family member cut 4 inches across from thumb to pinky at the base of the wrist and about 3mm deep. He lost about 4L of blood. But again, he severed both radial and ulnar arteries. It's not the depth that matters, but where and how you do it. I was dumb. I cut about 3-4 inches above where he did. I miss him. He was like my dad. Cleaning up after his endeavor was numbing. Cleaning out his apartment was excruciating. But I'm glad he's not suffering any longer.

 

[painoflife]

If you haven't cut before I imagine that it would not be a nice way to go. Very messy and not many people would have the stomach to carry on after seeing quite a bit of blood already

 

[AutoTap]

No. If you don't care about the survival instinct or pain there are other easy ways to do it that are better. Look at resource guide ;)

 

[Steamm]

Remember if you fail you will have a huge visible scar.

 

[Pravesh]

In terms of the wrist there 2 ways, across or down. If going across you have to do a shocking amount of damage to get to the arteries. When I tried I went through 4 tendons and 2 nerves and just hit the artery. I'm now left with a left hand that looks kinda skeletal because most of the muscles died off. I have no fine movement either. It's just a glorified clamp.

fuck im so sorry this happened to you, im also desperate and wanted to try this method but your post has made me reconsider, how do you manage with this issue of your arm now? does it cause you body dysphoria? are you still able to play pc games and type etc? again im so sorry this happened to you , i hope you are doing well.

 

[Midnight-rain]

The ones who succeeded with this either combined methods or slit their throat. Adalbert Stifter cut his neck but it supposedly took him two days to die. Don Lapre and M. Jaishankar were both in legal trouble so that likely helped them go through with it. Avicii did it with a broken wine bottle, no location specified in the articles I've seen. I speculate he might've been drunk.
Is it accessible? Sure but it takes guts to keep cutting deep enough to reach arteries. On the way down you could damage your tendons and nerves and lose your ability to move your hand. And I know you mention her in jest but the depth Hannah Baker cut at wouldn't kill you. Not even close.

 

[Spitfire]

The carotid arteries should be ~4.2 to ~7.5 cm (1.6 - 2.9 inches) below the surface. The neck is a very complex region with many protective overlying muscles though.

 

[Mentalmick]

fuck im so sorry this happened to you, im also desperate and wanted to try this method but your post has made me reconsider, how do you manage with this issue of your arm now? does it cause you body dysphoria? are you still able to play pc games and type etc? again im so sorry this happened to you , i hope you are doing well.

It doesn't really bother me too much. The nerves got blocked by scar tissue when healing so they didn't grow past the wrist. I can still type with one finger easy enough. Only real problems are game controllers. I don't have the strength to use the d pad so fighting games are a problem and I can't move my fingers enough to use L1 and L2.

 

[Antigonish]

The low effectiveness of this method is mainly due to the fact that it is the most common way to attract attention and is considered a failed CTB. its soreness depends on the medications. Bleeding out sober is very unpleasant, ranging from a headache, getting nervous to a very fast heart beat.

The bleeding out, isn't really painful. If you're not resisting, that is. It's the waking up after a failed attempt that feels like. Kinda like a hangover, but ten times worse.

 

[kokosnight]

I know this method is notorious for being very unsuccessful and painful, but it is such an accessible way to go.

I feel like there has to be a way to make this work, perhaps by taking a bunch of pain killers?

If Hannah Baker could do it why can't I (jk)

not you bringing hannah baker into this LMAO

 

[the_final_countdown]

The urge to live is probably the strongest instinct an organism can have.

Sometimes I wonder whether these suicide attempts, as brutal as they are, have some failure built into them, because some part of you won't let you kill yourself.

It's like a primordial instinct to get help via intense injury. Because everyone can physically see the wound.

But a psychic one, something that is invisible that you can't convince anyone else the truth of...that can drive you mad with frustration.

Nassim Taleb once said he noticed more suicides from financial depressions than the fallout of wars, suggesting humans are particularly sensitive to changes in social status even more so than food and danger.

I think that's true.

I don't think people talk about it, but there is something immensely frustrating of not being able to function because you're dealing with some unstable, emotional landscape that affects every decision, every movement and plan you do. Like there's a weight on your entire sense of being and nobody can directly see it.

So they assume you have capabilities and responsibilities that you just don't have because your limbs all work.

It's maddening. Were I in a wheelchair, nobody could argue with the truth of my burden.

But to have an invisible ghost haunting you.

I get now why people cut themselves. You want everybody to see the depth of your suffering.

 

[Chris71]

In terms of the wrist there 2 ways, across or down. If going across you have to do a shocking amount of damage to get to the arteries. When I tried I went through 4 tendons and 2 nerves and just hit the artery. I'm now left with a left hand that looks kinda skeletal because most of the muscles died off. I have no fine movement either. It's just a glorified clamp.
Going down the way will work but you need to know exactly where the arteries are and you will most definitely need a strong stomach as it will be bloody and very painful.

Same thing happened to me I've been regretting it since the day I did it. No feeling left in my fingers. It basically just a weak claw...

 

[Pentobarbital_Plz]

Cutting yourself open impulsively is actually quite easy and the pain is bearable.

Running warm water over the wound makes it feel like nothing.

Bleeding out takes FOREVER, though, and your mind runs wild, and it's easy for the panic and SI to ruin everything.

The scars are intense. The hospitalization sucks.

I hate that we are raised to think we'll just die if we get cut or stabbed, or if we bleed a lot.

Physical organisms are so keenly prepared to keep their machines going…but MINDS are fucking LOSING IT.

 

[Reallysad]

The low effectiveness of this method is mainly due to the fact that it is the most common way to attract attention and is considered a failed CTB. its soreness depends on the medications. Bleeding out sober is very unpleasant, ranging from a headache, getting nervous to a very fast heart beat.

Is this not how avicii killed himself? How did he do it bad enough to die as I have cut myself etc

 

[edsin78]

I don't think i could do this, also I don't want to go twice, one done.