thoughts on starvation?

[zombiegirl]

moot on twitter said this and i wanna know how true it is

 

[kyhoti]

It takes an awfully long time to go. Like many weeks. The human body is an amazing machine.

 

[zombiegirl]

It takes an awfully long time to go. Like many weeks. The human body is an amazing machine.

i reckon some of our machines function better than others in that regard

 

[Beyond_Repair]

Idk if I buy the idea that it's painless. Even if you stop feeling hunger, your bodily fuctions and organs start to fail. That doesn't sound too peaceful to me

 

[Not A Fan]

Too slow. I wouldn't want to endure my body slowly shutting down over weeks or months. That's the kind of thing most people would specifically like to avoid!

On the other hand, I don't blame you for considering it. All the nice people who know what's best for us have forced us into these situations on account of their own hypocrisy.

 

[msesis]

Apparently your body starts breaking itself down, and you may experience things like heart problems/attacks towards the end. That's what I've read. Unfortunate because it was my preferred method as well. I'd love to just slowly pass out.

 

[enduringwinter]

Literally have you guys not seen anorexic people and Buddhist monks fast for years and still live. How is anyone, in a situation bad enough to be suicidal, going to not function for over a year. Like who is paying rent

I've had very extended fasts myself before, you def can't function after a certain point and that point is very very far before you can die. Idk personally I don't have the privilege to just sit there for ages waiting to die

 

[JustA_LittlePerson]

Last year I went like 5 days without eating or drinking anything. I know it's not that many days but I really did stop feeling hungry. A teacher of mine also tried not eating for 2 weeks and his experience was similar to mine, you get very hungry at first, it goes away and then you are full of energy. He said he felt fine for the 2 weeks he didn't eat, I however started having a very small headache by the 5th day (although that was probably because of dehydration). Remember, in the past, food was scarce. Our body is adapted to not eating food.
Also I guess it would be painful at some point, your body would start eating itself in order to survive (Muscles and stuff)

 

[rednights]

If it truly isn't painful that doesn't sound so bad, but like others in the thread have said I'm not too sure about that. And, considering how slow it is, I don't know how I would manage to time it out to where when I finally pass out no one would save me. If I didn't have to worry about that maybe I'd give it a try. After all, the method is free!

 

[zombiegirl]

Literally have you guys not seen anorexic people and Buddhist monks fast for years and still live. How is anyone, in a situation bad enough to be suicidal, going to not function for over a year. Like who is paying rent

I've had very extended fasts myself before, you def can't function after a certain point and that point is very very far before you can die. Idk personally I don't have the privilege to just sit there for ages waiting to die

as someone with an eating disorder, we still eat, so if you was determined to die by starvation u would just fast until you die. that is if extreme hunger doesnt get you first and you binge

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

It takes an awfully long time to go. Like many weeks. The human body is an amazing machine.

Having a brain that can make a creature suffer unending constant unbearable pain is not amazing but an abomination

Furthermore it's A piece of garbage machine that decays , results in constant pain by age 80 or sooner . It's a trap that you constantly have to work to feed and maintain. It's a torture chamber. Funny that you never hear any of this only " the human body is amazing"

 

[enduringwinter]

as someone with an eating disorder, we still eat, so if you was determined to die by starvation u would just fast until you die. that is if extreme hunger doesnt get you first and you binge

Ok Buddhist monks then

In my experience extended fasts (longest was 10 days for me) won't make you binge at all, after a while you just lose your appetite, afterwards you reintroduce food slowly or everything will taste awful for a long time. But that may be because I don't have a disorder, it's probably tougher for those suffering from binge-restrict cycles.