What does it feel like to go unconscious

[I’vehadenough]

What does it feel like to go unconscious? I hear so many people talking about backing out of hangings because they get scared once they start going unconscious. Is it a dizzy feeling?

 

[Shay]

You feel like your fainting

 

[Desperate_Soul]

Cloud 9

The fear of losing control and the realization of 'oh shit, i'm really going to die' is what I think they meant by 'scared', but don't take my words for it. This is what they call 'survival instinct'.

 

[Wishful]

For me it felt like my head starting beating then I went dizzy before losing control and then fainting.

 

[I’vehadenough]

For me it felt like my head starting beating then I went dizzy before losing control and then fainting.

Was it scary? I would think it's peaceful bc you're no longer focused on emotionally pain

 

[I’vehadenough]

Cloud 9

The fear of losing control and the realization of 'oh shit, i'm really going to die' is what I think they meant by 'scared', but don't take my words for it. This is what they call 'survival instinct'.

But we want to die lol

 

[Wishful]

No it wasn't scary. I was ready to go unfortunately got stopped though

 

[Shay]

But we want to die lol

For me it was fear of this is it... and once I lose consciousness I don't have any control of what my body will do (live or die)

 

[I’vehadenough]

No it wasn't scary. I was ready to go unfortunately got stopped though

What did you do and how did you get stopped?

 

[I’vehadenough]

For me it was fear of this is it... and once I lose consciousness I don't have any control of what my body will do (live or die)

That makes sense

 

[I’vehadenough]

For me it felt like my head starting beating then I went dizzy before losing control and then fainting.

What did you do to lose consciousness?

 

[Slacker]

I'm a control freak too and i just hate to loose control of my body.

It feels like endless falling to me when it happens slowly...

But i got knocked out once by a football to the head. Didn't remember anything. It was like milliseconds

 

[blood orange]

I've been both been both unconscious (few hours) and in a coma (for a few days).

In both cases I OD'd. I just remember taking a lot of medication and crossing my fingers that whatever I was experiencing would stop. Eventually things get hazy, you don't have a recollection of fading out of consciousness. It is definitely nothing like falling asleep.

For the coma situation, I actually ended up wandering around for a little and was found late in the day. I was told at the hospital I was in a coma there for a few days, they had to hook me on a machine to see if I also had seizures or brain damage.

 

[Wishful]

What did you do and how did you get stopped?

Partial suspension and I was stopped by a random individual who thought he had the right to intervene and then the police turned up.

 

[Shay]

Partial suspension and I was stopped by a random individual who thought he had the right to intervene and then the police turned up.

you were in a public place?

 

[satou]

Partial suspension and I was stopped by a random individual who thought he had the right to intervene and then the police turned up.

No offence, but if you do it in a place where a random person can see you, I don't think you can really blame them for putting a stop to it. Why should some random person have to live with the knowledge that they could have stopped some person from dying and they didn't? I am pro-choice, but I would not feel comfortable at all being put in that position.

And many places actually have laws where if you do not prevent someone from dying, you can be held accountable (although these laws are probably aimed at preventing accidental deaths).

 

[Wishful]

I was in a warehouse that I own although it hasn't been in use for sometime and this person had broken in. I was unaware that anyone was in there to stop me before I took my steps forward.

 

[bigj75]

Just blood rush to the head with tight pressure on neck. Then when you pass out it comes so quick you don't feel anything while passed out.

 

[Trashcan]

My vision became very blurry and I became hot. I realized if I would have lost consciousness if I continued.

I also realized the timing was wrong. I did it then because I was home alone for several hours but I was content and didn't want to die at that moment. So if you do it, only do it when you're in so much distres the survival instinct isn't an issue.

 

[EternalSanction]

There are some techniques to experience passing out by hyperventilating.
I can't find the corresponding video right now, but if you do a little research you should be able to find the right one.

 

[Chinaski]

Obviously it depends on how you go about it, but for me it was a case of "l wonder if this is where the carotid artery is?" to being completely out of it within seconds. No painful or panicky transition between a slight dizzying and being flat out.

 

[I’vehadenough]

Partial suspension and I was stopped by a random individual who thought he had the right to intervene and then the police turned up.

So it wasn't painful? I feel like a lot of people choose partial suspension

 

[Chinaski]

Not painful, in my case it was pretty much accidental, it was so quick.

 

[QueenEtna]

Black spots and lightheadedness for me

 

[I’vehadenough]

Not painful, in my case it was pretty much accidental, it was so quick.

How did it happen?

 

[I’vehadenough]

Black spots and lightheadedness for me

How did it happen?

 

[Chinaski]

How did it happen?

Upright partial, knees bent, leaned into knot, testing how to press against artery, out between five and ten seconds, like an off switch.

 

[I’vehadenough]

Upright partial, knees bent, leaned into knot, testing how to press against artery, out between five and ten seconds, like an off switch.

I thought the knot was supposed to be behind your neck? How did you wake up?

 

[Shay]

Upright partial, knees bent, leaned into knot, testing how to press against artery, out between five and ten seconds, like an off switch.

How did you wake up from that? I thought once unconscious you are through

 

[Chinaski]

I wasn't planning anything more than a test, partial wasn't my original choice but l read some of the resources on here and thought I'd see if it was as easy as described, but in so doing l hadn't affixed the bath robe belt tightly enough to the smooth, flat door handle. Whilst l took great comfort from discovering it was as simple as described, l was also disappointed that l was very close to accidental success and would now have to drum up courage to finish the deal.

As regards knot placement, l placed mine to the right of the Adam's apple, where I'd already located the carotid with my fingers, and pushed against that with the noose tight around my neck. This is what worked for me, might be different for others.