Thoughts on drowning

[Al.ce]

Do you think drowning yourself is an overall successful method? I was thinking of going down to a secluded beach at night and swim as far away as possible until I completely run out of energy and end up sinking.

Then again, I'm not sure whether or not it would work or if I would need to get drunk or swallow some pills before. Tbh, it sounds like a stupid idea even in my head so I thought I'd run it by the community.

 

[EternalShore]

SI (survival instinct) is strong with methods involving drowning.

 

[Al.ce]

That's what I was afraid of ngl. Stupid survival instinct

 

[FuneralCry]

I do think this method would be unbearable to go through with unless one was in a situation where they couldn't physically bring themselves out of the water so they have no choice but to fight the survival instinct, that's how I imagine that many drowning accidents happen. But this method does sound horrible to me in general, but of course people have died in such a way so it's an option I guess but sounds like extreme suffering even trying to attempt.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

As long as you can swim and you are fully conscious I doubt that you would swim as far outside as you can until you're too tired to just sink. There's a lot of SI long before that happens and drowning itself isn't a peaceful way to exit this world. You should look into other more humane methods or perhaps the SWB method (Shallow Water Blackout if you still like drowning).

 

[Lucilius]

One can use an inflatable raft of some sort or even just a life jacket to get sufficiently far off the coast to not be able to swim back and then punch a hole through it. How does that involve a stronger ability to overcome SI than any other method?

The main advantage of this kind of approach is that it is a pretty binary thing. Either you survive unharmed (because they catch you or you can't bring yourself to do it: maybe you aren't ready) or you die. No chance of ending with brain damage, no chance of being rescued by surprise and resucitated the very last minute. To me this is way more important than anything else, including how painful the method is.

 

[dggtscccvfd]

Do you think drowning yourself is an overall successful method? I was thinking of going down to a secluded beach at night and swim as far away as possible until I completely run out of energy and end up sinking.

Then again, I'm not sure whether or not it would work or if I would need to get drunk or swallow some pills before. Tbh, it sounds like a stupid idea even in my head so I thought I'd run it by the community.

There are loads of examples of people who have successfully CTB through the 'walking into the sea method'. A quick Google search for 'sea suicide' or 'ocean suicide' will bring up numerous examples, so it certainly isn't a 'stupid idea'. All of the articles euphemistically speak of 'walking into the sea' though. In reality, everyone can swim a little bit - even 'non-swimmers' - so in practice these deaths occur in the way you describe: people swim out until they can't swim anymore and then they drown. The only variable that varies is how far that is: for a non-swimmer it might be only 10 metres whereas for a highly-experienced swimmer it might be as much as several hundred metres out to sea.

I myself am considering this method.

As long as you can swim and you are fully conscious I doubt that you would swim as far outside as you can until you're too tired to just sink. There's a lot of SI long before that happens and drowning itself isn't a peaceful way to exit this world. You should look into other more humane methods or perhaps the SWB method (Shallow Water Blackout if you still like drowning).

People can and do manage to pull this method off. Here are some examples:

Drowned junior doctor had job doubts - BBC News

A junior doctor who killed herself at the time of a strike by colleagues had doubts over her career, an inquest hears.

www.bbc.co.uk

The grief over my daughter's suicide never ends, but I can help other junior doctors | Mental health | The Guardian

As a doctor myself I know how isolating this job can be, which is why I am raising awareness of mental wellbeing at my trust

amp.theguardian.com

Police: Woman Commits Suicide by Drowning in Ocean

NEWBURY, Mass. (AP) _ A woman clutching a beer bottle and cigarette committed suicide by walking into the stormy Atlantic, authorities said Wednesday.

apnews.com