Suicide via helium.

[WobblyJock]

Has anyone had experience with this method? Anyone who has tried it and failed what was it like?

I'm assuming there has been people who have successfully ctb using this method.

 

[getoutgirl]

I once held one of those clowns selling floating balloons at gun point. Forced him to swallow the helium from all his balloons, one after the other. His make up dripping, tears running down, slowly inflating until he could no longer stay in ground. He squeaked for mercy, but I had none. He floated away and into some powerlines where he burst up in electrical flames. The police ruled it a suicide.

So all that to say, it's been falling from favor in contrast to nitrogen due to availability from what I've heard. I think the exit bag was more a helium thing early 2000's before there was more crackdown to access high % helium cannisters, which is not imposible but in the US a lot harder. So yeah you assume right that it has worked in the past, you'll probably get more current experiences with nitrogen. I still know some ppl here who have helium currently.

Can't offer much help, haven't experienced this myself.
Sorry you had to be here and asking about this in the first place, whatever has brought you to it, hope you didn't mind the clowing and that you have some easier days your way, hugs <3

 

[LunarEcho]

I didn't faint, but I remember my heart beating fast after 2-3 breaths.

 

[Andrew10]

My attempt on this site was in 2023: I lost consciousness and woke up with an extreme headache, I was unable to move from my bed for 3 days, I'm not sure but I think I suffered brain damage, what I can say for sure is that my vision was affected and remained permanently damaged. It was a strange feeling, something like regret or fear, SI maybe? I can't describe it perfectly, but that made me sabotage the method at the last second. For my part, I also took it very lightly and didn't investigate this method further, but it did help me learn more about the consequences of trying CTB and the difficulties involved. It gave me goosebumps because I could have ended up as a vegetable, on the other hand, I am grateful that these were the only consequences. But honestly, I wish I had caught my bus back then, even so, there's always a second time .