suicide by cold weather?

[Ah.ow]

I don't remember this being talked about. is it a method/nonmethod that's been described?

is it like vsed? or possibly like intentional full course of hypothermia?

 

[maniac116]

That's a long, tortuous way to go & I'm sure SI would be strong after a short while.
Bad bad choice in my opinion

 

[ShatteredSerenity]

I've seen topic come up a few times. It's absolutely not my method of choice because I hate the cold, but some people apparently want to do it (or they lack other options) so to each his own.

My understanding is that you want to avoid frostbite, which is excruiatingly painful. So you want to be cold enough for hypothermia, but not cold enough to freeze skin.

There's a guide to do it in a bathtub here:

Hypothermia & Diphenhydramine(chloride) method

Translation from the German book "Selbstbestimmtes Sterben. Sanfter Tod bei klarem Geist" Victor Niculescu Hypothermia & Diphenhydramine(chloride) "The lethal dose of Diphenhydramine(chloride) is 50mg per kg body weight. also required: Zopiclon 20 tablets Bromazepam or Triazolam 30-50...

sanctioned-suicide.net

 

[ma0]

Sounds long and painful. There are absolutely better ways to go out that'll be less excruciating.

 

[F@#$]

Don't know how true this is but. I have heard of like native people in like way north Alaska or some place similar. That when the an old person is getting ready to die they'll float off on a big chunk of ice and let the cold take them. I'm a white dude that grew up in the desert so I have no actual knowledge about this in practice.

 

[cali22♡]

It is not only pain..... it also takes a mega long time... better not do it

 

[Kornous]

I remember watching a rescuer on a travel channel talking about how he saves people in the high mountains. Where there is always snow. And he said that he himself almost died from the cold. And he described it like this: at first my whole body was tingling, but then I felt warmth spreading through my body. Eventually I started to fall asleep.

 

[Autumn_Stars]

I want to try it. Going to be below freezing all week. Going to be wet/mostly naked and drunk which will help. Best of luck to you.

 

[dragonofenvy]

I tried this last January and it sucked so much that I couldn't go through with it. I recommend not trying. SI gets the better of you really fast. It's not painful per se but it is unbearably uncomfortable which to me was worse than being painful. Plus there are a lot of permanent side effects from organ damage, cognitive impairment, frostbite, etc. should you fail that I was lucky enough (maybe? I've had some weird stuff happening with cognitive functions but idk if it was related to the incident) to avoid because I was only outside in -30C (~ -22F) weather for a small amount of time.

 

[pachamacha]

i've only heard about frial elderly falling in the winter a few die each year in the uk from it as nobody was around they were most likely imobolised from broken pelvis ect there was an advert in uk years ago an elderly woman falls down her staircase and breaks bones calls weakly for help and nobody hears her i can imagine defeat kicks in fast to protect your pysch

got a bit off topic there i suppose it could come in handy if survival was bleak and the enviourment was cold enough suicide could be an empowering way of speedrunning the inevitable

 

[CogitoMori]

I don't remember this being talked about. is it a method/nonmethod that's been described?

is it like vsed? or possibly like intentional full course of hypothermia?

I'd suggest taking some sort of sleep medication before attempting this method. If you are awake for the end though, you'll feel very hot despite the cold weather, and fall asleep feeling like you're next to a warm fire.

Don't know how true this is but. I have heard of like native people in like way north Alaska or some place similar. That when the an old person is getting ready to die they'll float off on a big chunk of ice and let the cold take them. I'm a white dude that grew up in the desert so I have no actual knowledge about this in practice.

I've heard similar stories about elders of certain tribes walking off on their own into the snow. Pack animals have a natural instinct to leave the herd before they die, as not to attract predators to the rest of the population. You see this kind of behavior a lot in nursing homes where they somehow leave and go to an isolated area like the woods.