I've turned a strip of fabric from one of my pillowcases and a metal spoon into a tourniquet around my neck, and testing seems to strongly indicate that it's an effective method, I could feel myself starting to pass out before I had to deliberately untie it. I'm wondering why more people don't use this method, partial hanging seems to be a common method here, but why not this? If you've considered hanging yourself, this seems like a very similar experience, but without so much risk of discovery or concerns that the rope or anchor will break. So far as I know, this is just as effective, has less risks and you can do it with household items without pain...why go for the hanging? Those of you who prefer SN, why do you prefer that over the tourniquet method?
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Looking to leave.
- Nov 10, 2019
- 264
I'm not familiar with this method. But if you want to ctb & this is your method of choice, I hope that it goes as smoothly as possible. 
Yeah I agree, it's the most convenient and effective method to me. Just requires a lot of pressure applied so I just need to get past the SI to really twist it hard. Hopefully I'll manage to do that soon enough
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I'm stalling, I keep coming up with excuses to wait, I think getting myself to do this may be a longer process than I had hoped. Tourniquets are things people use to cut off the blood supply, generally for medical reasons. So the idea here would be for me to use a tourniquet to cut off the blood to my brain, like a partial hanging would, except without as much risk of pain and failure. Is it legal to educate someone about a suicide method? I'm not sure it is, espeically in this context(We're on a pro suicide forum, so there is a chance that you'd act on the materials I provided) I'd like to explain more and list a copy of my source material(a book that goes into a lot of detail about compression self deliverance and the large amount of evidence about it's painlessness), but I'd need to know the legalities first, and I can't find them online.
For those who may be interested in case studies for this method in the future, while I seem to be able to get it pretty tight without any pain to my neck, it does give me a terrible headache before I can get it tight enough. I have no idea why. I'll probably have to try what pain killers I have
For those who may be interested in case studies for this method in the future, while I seem to be able to get it pretty tight without any pain to my neck, it does give me a terrible headache before I can get it tight enough. I have no idea why. I'll probably have to try what pain killers I have
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I thought I posted this hours ago:
I used a sock as padding between the pillowcase strip and my windpipe and it made a huge difference. No headache, and I got to the point I needed to be...a euphoric lack of oxygen to my brain, if I had held on for 15 sec, I should have passed out and that would have been the end of my pain. Releasing the knot and letting the euphoria wash over me might have been the nicest thing I've ever felt, but it would have been better if life was over. Now I just need to figure out how to keep myself from releasing the knot
and I came back a few minutes ago to provide more anecdotal experience about the compression method and found that the above text hadn't actually been posted.
Here is how things have gone since the above text:
I've gotten to the point of cutting off oxygen to my brain a couple more times and then released before I could pass out. I've noticed that you can(and I believe you always will), lose a lot of feeling at this point. I couldn't really feel the hand that I needed to untie the torniquet, but I unfortunately managed to do so anyways. It seems to be a euphoric experience that eliminates the physical pain that you're feeling(but I haven't tried it with servere pain). People should keep the part about losing feeling in your hand in mind too, this method isn't suitable for fun or suicidal gesture(Not that you should feel bad about suicidal gestures, it's a natural part of expressing who you are and the pain you're in)
I used a sock as padding between the pillowcase strip and my windpipe and it made a huge difference. No headache, and I got to the point I needed to be...a euphoric lack of oxygen to my brain, if I had held on for 15 sec, I should have passed out and that would have been the end of my pain. Releasing the knot and letting the euphoria wash over me might have been the nicest thing I've ever felt, but it would have been better if life was over. Now I just need to figure out how to keep myself from releasing the knot
and I came back a few minutes ago to provide more anecdotal experience about the compression method and found that the above text hadn't actually been posted.
Here is how things have gone since the above text:
I've gotten to the point of cutting off oxygen to my brain a couple more times and then released before I could pass out. I've noticed that you can(and I believe you always will), lose a lot of feeling at this point. I couldn't really feel the hand that I needed to untie the torniquet, but I unfortunately managed to do so anyways. It seems to be a euphoric experience that eliminates the physical pain that you're feeling(but I haven't tried it with servere pain). People should keep the part about losing feeling in your hand in mind too, this method isn't suitable for fun or suicidal gesture(Not that you should feel bad about suicidal gestures, it's a natural part of expressing who you are and the pain you're in)
This will be my method soon is it better to be above or below the Adam's apple area (if you're a guy)
Because I can't find information about the legality of spreading information that could be used by someone to kill themselves, I'm going to cover my own ass and say that if you're feeling like you need help, there are people you can talk to anytime at 1-800-SUICIDE. Although you should know that they will try to send people to take you to get mental health care with force, if necessary; if they believe that you are a danger to yourself or others
And with all honesty, and not just cover my ass info, I'm not encouraging anyone to harm themselves, I'm just trying to provide information about my anecdotal experiences that people can use as they see fit and so that I can work through my own process of dying.
I don't know if it's the extra flesh in my neck, or that I've never really had a prominent one, but I couldn't tell you from personal experience which way is better(partially because I don't know exactly where mine is, and also because I can't tighten the noose very far up on my neck). I can say that I've been doing it at the bottom of my neck, and so long as you use padding at the front(over your windpipe), it only hurts slightly. The bottom of the neck works fine for me, almost no pain. I've been getting all of my information on how to do this from a book. I'm surprised this method isn't in the PPH or the Final Exit
And with all honesty, and not just cover my ass info, I'm not encouraging anyone to harm themselves, I'm just trying to provide information about my anecdotal experiences that people can use as they see fit and so that I can work through my own process of dying.
I don't know if it's the extra flesh in my neck, or that I've never really had a prominent one, but I couldn't tell you from personal experience which way is better(partially because I don't know exactly where mine is, and also because I can't tighten the noose very far up on my neck). I can say that I've been doing it at the bottom of my neck, and so long as you use padding at the front(over your windpipe), it only hurts slightly. The bottom of the neck works fine for me, almost no pain. I've been getting all of my information on how to do this from a book. I'm surprised this method isn't in the PPH or the Final Exit
MeltingHeart
Visionary
- Sep 9, 2019
- 2,151
I don't think you need to worry about the sharing of information here- there is SO much information on here about methods- putting the info out there isn't a problem- if you are not actively encouraging, or instructing/ assisting them directly. On here knowledge/ info is simply being shared- much of it is already out there on other sites/ in books etc. It's up to an individual what they chose to do with that new found knowledge. That's my take on it anyways.
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