Who here has almost died?

[Smelly_ballz]

What happened? What was it like? How did you survive?

 

[Gonnerr]

Many times, drugs , alcool, speeding in cars and driving under the influence.

Many close call when i was young , one with my cousin i remember walking on ice and didn't know the thickness, we knew it was not that thick, i wish i would have drown back then. Just because the ice was too thick.

 

[ADeadBunny]

I got close with self asphyxiation. It felt like my head was going to explode and I desperately wanted to take off the ligature that was wrapped around my neck. After a couple of minutes though it felt like the pain started washing away. I started to lose feeling in my face and became very relaxed. I aborted the attempt after about 15 minutes after that because I thought that it wasn't working and I needed to put more tension on the cords. Turns out I was about a minute away from passing out and called it too early, no one would have found me for at least 24 hours had I passed out.

When I took off the ligature, my face felt numb and it was cold to the touch. I had also managed to burst several capilaries in my face and a few in my eyes so I had red dots everywhere.

After I had gotten over the initial discomfort it wasn't that bad to be completely honest. If I had just been able to calm myself a little more and let it happen, I would almost certainly be dead now.

That wasn't too long ago, but I still regret the days I've spent needlessly suffering because I thought I could just readjust. After I took everything off though the pain came back with a vengence. I still have a headache because of it.

Long story short, I don't recommend aborting halfway through a self asphyxiation attempt.

 

[MatrixPrisoner]

4 times for me:

Once in college in 1999 when I almost OD'ed on LSD.
Once in 2005 when I was on my motorcyle.
Once in 2006 when I got an autoimmune disease called Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Once in 2008 when I drank 2 cups of anti-freeze, but immediately vomited it all back up.

 

[delphi4470]

I had a close call with an od a couple of years ago, it wasnt a suicide attempt or accident, for some reason I just wanted to know what it was like to od lol. Why am I like this?

 

[UKscotty]

Close to jumping off a cliff but cowardice kicked in, that was the closest. Literally looking down like 50 stories or whatever 500 feet is.

Second closest was driving to a car park ready to mix H2S, again cowardice kicked in and I went home.

Lots of other close calls but these are the closest of being literally seconds away from death.

SI really sucks for sure.

 

[Orbitc]

I took 600 digoxin tablets - I thought that I would die from cardiac arrest, but for some reason my heart was beating wildly and I just vomited when I lost consciousness and the acid damaged the mucous membrane of my nose and mouth and lungs - I then coughed up pus for 2 weeks. When I swallowed all these pills, I had such absolute confidence that I would die. But I was disappointed - I survived with a little damage to my heart. Because of this bad experience, I am now very afraid of failure and hesitate to take SN and propranolol, although I already have everything for this method. I'm so afraid that I won't succeed again and that I'll harm my health. Although every day I think about how I want my shitty, meaningless life to end.

 

[Intoxicated]

I was close to shallow-water blackout once. I had a sense of impending fainting after a long breath-holding and got out of the water, then there was a strong feeling of heaviness in the head for a minute or two. It wasn't a suicidal attempt, otherwise I could die easily back then.

 

[until death]

I had an overdose

 

[cosmic_traveler]

I've had dozens of near death experiences with DMT. In a word, strange.

When we tried to OD on cocaine, I blacked out feeling like "I'm going to sleep now, relief". When I came to we had a terrible headache and very thirsty.

When I tried to cut off my blood supply with zip ties, for half a second, the last thing we remember before blacking out was "bliss". When I came to I could barely move our body. I tried to crawl to the car to grab our knife but couldn't make it. I called the police to come recover us. We were out for about 45 minutes, we should have been brain dead.

 

[Notwinnernotawin]

Medicines overdose, almost got shot a lot of times, almost got stabbed, and the list goes on

 

[oddetoad]

I've had dozens of near death experiences with DMT. In a word, strange.

When we tried to OD on cocaine, I blacked out feeling like "I'm going to sleep now, relief". When I came to we had a terrible headache and very thirsty.

When I tried to cut off my blood supply with zip ties, for half a second, the last thing we remember before blacking out was "bliss". When I came to I could barely move our body. I tried to crawl to the car to grab our knife but couldn't make it. I called the police to come recover us. We were out for about 45 minutes, we should have been brain dead.

your personality disorder made me think , what if you're like 10 people who reincarnated at the same time in the same body? like twins coming at the egg at the same time .. just a thought but its interesting nonetheless. I hope u dont take it the wrong way its just a thought i had.

 

[cosmic_traveler]

your personality disorder made me think , what if you're like 10 people who reincarnated at the same time in the same body? like twins coming at the egg at the same time .. just a thought but its interesting nonetheless. I hope u dont take it the wrong way its just a thought i had.

We had one DMT experience that suggested that there were 5 of us sharing this experience. Like we were on a field trip. Years of therapy and psychiatry it turns out to be accurate.

Nothing to take personal. We're all just poking at life trying to figure it out.

 

[rileywatson]

I've been clipped or nearly hit by some pretty large and fast trucks before. I've had some issues with a genetic condition that put me in the hospital once, but honestly I wasn't in all that bad a state. My brother has it worse. I'm allergic to cashews, and I've had reactions before, but I don't think it was that close either (I've never had an actual cashew before, my reactions have been from people touching me after touching cashews). Honestly I'm more worried about other people, there is a reason why I keep nalaxone on me.

 

[SketchedOut]

i tried to overdose on almost 5g of venlafaxine. my mother got alerted by the tonic-clonic seizures and called an ambulance. i feel like i would've died otherwise.

 

[Alltheywanted]

When I was about 12 years old, I almost died by jumping off of something what looked like a small cliff (+/- 8 meters) into the water, but from what I remember I was "lucky" and landed on a small island made of sand and my dad immediately jumped in, to save me.

 

[Thomas Kub]

I was like 6-7yo. I was at the lake with my grandma. I slipped, hit my head on the railing and fell into the water. I was drowning for about 5 minutes because my grandma wasn't able to save me by herself and she had to find nearby people to help. I don't remember what it felt like. The last thing I remember before the accident is the splash of water - only the sound, no visuals. The next thing is me lying on the grass nearby having no idea where I am and what the hell happened.

 

[Burden_Bailey]

I tried to hang myself, committed to die this time. I had stayed on the rope for an entire minute before the pain became so much, I took the rope off. It was so painful I was clawing at the floor uncontrollably. (It was partial, of course.) After the attempt I looked in the mirror and saw my half-dead face. It was horrifying. It was like all the light had left my eyes. I could barely think or even pick anything up. I was barely even able to control my body, because my brain was so disconnected from the rest of my body. Since all the blood was trapped in my head, it felt like there was blood clogging my ears and nose. My body felt tingly, and my head and neck hurt so much. I've mostly physically recovered from the attempt, though. I'm very surprised I'm not dead. I really tried as hard as I could.

 

[tvoisluga]

i almost died a couple of times or at least couldve gotten horribly injured with a chance of survial ,so ig im glad i didnt get hurt. My mom couldve aborted me and saved everyone the hassle.

 

[oddetoad]

i tried to overdose on almost 5g of venlafaxine. my mother got alerted by the tonic-clonic seizures and called an ambulance. i feel like i would've died otherwise.

SNRI isn't lethal.
You would end up as a vegetable most likely. Either that or brain damage

 

[CTB Dream]

Injury damage die

 

[CheekyPhobia]

I had an overdose

What was that like? If you don't mind me asking. I have to imagine waking up after that would be horribly disappointing especially if the stuff is still in your body and you're unable to walk and breathe. Also your pfp looks shockingly similar to someone i once knew irl.

 

[edu0z]

for some reason I just wanted to know what it was like. Why am I like this?

I want to make a poster with this phrase and put it on the wall of my office

 

[until death]

What was that like? If you don't mind me asking. I have to imagine waking up after that would be horribly disappointing especially if the stuff is still in your body and you're unable to walk and breathe. Also your pfp looks shockingly similar to someone i once knew irl.

I fainted after a few minutes