Suicide by dehydration?

[maxatcu]

I plan to commit suicide by dehydration in an abandoned area. How practical is this plan?

 

[Kanoh]

Horrible, horrible idea. Please forget it.

 

[maxatcu]

Horrible, horrible idea. Please forget it.

why do you say that?

 

[EmptyBottle]

why do you say that?

It will be very painful, take hours to days (depending on temp, etc... usually days)
Dry throat, may even crack like dry lips, headache, many symptoms, and strong craving for water.
SI will be very strong too

 

[DivineSpark]

It will be very painful, take hours to days (depending on temp, etc... usually days)
Dry throat, may even crack like dry lips, headache, many symptoms, and strong craving for water.
SI will be very strong too

Yeah, very painful way to die. Just like with fasting (not eating)

 

[maxatcu]

Yeah, very painful way to die. Just like with fasting (not eating)

I don't have any other method.

It will be very painful, take hours to days (depending on temp, etc... usually days)
Dry throat, may even crack like dry lips, headache, many symptoms, and strong craving for water.
SI will be very strong too

I don't have any other method.

 

[Forveleth]

SI will be very strong too

This. Your brain will fight you and make you crawl out of the wilderness back to society to get water. Hell, it might even make you get up and find a stream. You can start to smell water with extreme dehydration and it will drive you literally crazy.

 

[maxatcu]

This. Your brain will fight you and make you crawl out of the wilderness back to society to get water. Hell, it might even make you get up and find a stream. You can start to smell water with extreme dehydration and it will drive you literally crazy.

I have to give it a shot. I don't have any other method available.

 

[Apathy79]

I've gotten lost on treks before and run out of water. It's horrible. I assume you'll be out in the Sun to make it faster, which makes it 10x worse but will speed it up. I can't remember all the symptoms but the thirst alone is way worse than you'll expect, your body ends up parched, the headaches don't go away, it's impossible to eat anything because there is no moisture to get it down. It's just an awful experience. And if it's not crazy hot, it'll take at least 3-4 days, during the latter part of which you'd level up all of this considerably from what I experienced. You could theoretically test this at home if you wanted to. Just don't drink or eat anything for 2 days and you'll start to get a sense of it, particularly if you spend a lot of time in the Sun.

Spoiler: Side note on Water Fasting because it was Mentioned

Water fasting (not eating) is a very different experience. I've done a number of these and you survive a very long time. The longest I've done is 40 days at a time, but I'd be shocked if I couldn't go far longer without dying. Maybe even a year. After 40 days, I usually had no interest in coming out of it. It's more a nuisance than a craving. The longest medically supervised water fast was 382 days iirc (Angus Barbieri), although I suspect there are longer ones unsupervised - it's not easy to get supervision for something like that. You're more likely to die refeeding too fast after a fast like that than during it.

 

[maxatcu]

I've gotten lost on treks before and run out of water. It's horrible. I assume you'll be out in the Sun to make it faster, which makes it 10x worse but will speed it up. I can't remember all the symptoms but the thirst alone is way worse than you'll expect, your body ends up parched, the headaches don't go away, it's impossible to eat anything because there is no moisture to get it down. It's just an awful experience. And if it's not crazy hot, it'll take at least 3-4 days, during the latter part of which you'd level up all of this considerably from what I experienced. You could theoretically test this at home if you wanted to. Just don't drink or eat anything for 2 days and you'll start to get a sense of it, particularly if you spend a lot of time in the Sun.

Spoiler: Side note on Water Fasting because it was Mentioned

Water fasting (not eating) is a very different experience. I've done a number of these and you survive a very long time. The longest I've done is 40 days at a time, but I'd be shocked if I couldn't go far longer without dying. Maybe even a year. After 40 days, I usually had no interest in coming out of it. It's more a nuisance than a craving. The longest medically supervised water fast was 382 days iirc (Angus Barbieri), although I suspect there are longer ones unsupervised - it's not easy to get supervision for something like that. You're more likely to die refeeding too fast after a fast like that than during it.

Can suicide by dehydration be done? I don't have any other option.

 

[EmptyBottle]

Can suicide by dehydration be done? I don't have any other option.

Doubtful it can practically be done

 

[Apathy79]

Can suicide by dehydration be done? I don't have any other option.

Well theoretically. People have died by dehydration before lost in the desert and things like that. But it's one of the most painful ways to go - it will be agonising for days.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

A lot of people would do it if it was that easy! It'd probably be the easiest method if we could just stop drinking water and die.

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[maxatcu]

Doubtful it can practically be done

why do you say that?
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A lot of people would do it if it was that easy! It'd probably be the easiest method if we could just stop drinking water and die.

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so you are saying it can't be done?

 

[Praestat_Mori]

why do you say that?
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so you are saying it can't be done?

I'm not saying you cannot do VSED but it's really difficult to go through with it and it's slow and agonizing - that's what I'm saying. Most likely you won't be able to die of dehydration unless you're in a desert. Don't underestimate SI when u have tap water access at home but try to resist after 2-3 days without drinking & eating.

 

[Kali_Yuga13]

It can be done fairly quickly if the temps are 100+ Fahrenheit. In Death Valley and the desert southwest US a handful of hikers die semi regularly. In that type of environment it isn't just dehydration, sun poisoning and heat stroke are also factors. If you do an internet search you will find stories. I hear it's somewhat painful.

 

[EmptyBottle]

why do you say that?
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so you are saying it can't be done?

Because while it may be possible, it isn't as practical as the other methods on the site, due to the pain, etc.

 

[iamanavalanche]

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/non-methods-that-should-not-be-attempted.177799/

 

[NegevChina]

It should take up to 3 days to dye from dehydration. At the beginning you feel headaches, nausea, thirst, then difficulty breathing, moving, interference with hearing and seeing, and loss of consciousness, then death. If you pass a certain stage when you start having difficultly moving with out being rescued, and that will occur within less than 3 days, you will definitely dye. You will however suffer to the extent that you might abort the whole thing and reach for help. Being in hot climate, in the sun or in the dessert will shorten the process drastically. How ever there is a high chance of being rescued and saved.

 

[cemeteryismyhome]

I've often wondered about that. All I have to do is stop eating and drinking. Seems simple. So why am I still here?

 

[wham311]

Way longer than 3 days. People water fast for a long fucking time successfully.

You also have to not eat because there is water in food. So you're starving and dehydrating, which is vsed. Your tongue cracks and si will make you eat and drink. But your body will eat through fat stores first which can take a very long time. There's a popular influencer on fb reels that has not had food for 500 days. There are reedits dedicated towards water fasting.

It should take up to 3 days to dye from dehydration. At the beginning you feel headaches, nausea, thirst, then difficulty breathing, moving, interference with hearing and seeing, and loss of consciousness, then death. If you pass a certain stage when you start having difficultly moving with out being rescued, and that will occur within less than 3 days, you will definitely dye. You will however suffer to the extent that you might abort the whole thing and reach for help. Being in hot climate, in the sun or in the dessert will shorten the process drastically. How ever there is a high chance of being rescued and saved.

 

[Kali_Yuga13]

Way longer than 3 days.

A father and daughter died of heat exhaustion same day on a 8.1 mile loop in Canyonlands National Park Utah 2024. It was an exceptionally hot summer and there were a bunch of heat deaths throughout the southwest.

Yes the "3 day" rule is largely BS. People linger in hospice for months on just a couple tablespoons of food and a few sips of water per day or even less. But in 100 degree heat with physical exertion death can happen very quickly.

Details emerge about deaths of dad and daughter from Wisconsin and 3rd hiker who died in Utah park

Three hikers died in suspected heat-related cases at parks in Utah, including a father and daughter who ran out of water.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[NegevChina]

I've often wondered about that. All I have to do is stop eating and drinking. Seems simple. So why am I still here?

You would most likely be found and rescued, or suffer from thirst so much you will give up and drink. By suffer I mean lose judgment and clarity of your goal that is dying.

 

[hao☆]

I plan to commit suicide by dehydration in an abandoned area. How practical is this plan?

Slow and horrible, unless you wanna die out like a swag ass buddhist monk. Your choice anyway, just saying.