Why do people think of cutting themselves instead of stabbing themselves?

[PeacefullDeer21]

I have this doubt because in all the information I have gathered about this method of suicide I have noticed that most people ask about how to cut themselves, veins, arteries, carotids etc.

And from my point of view cutting yourself seems very complicated and painful, I think you would need a very sharp knife to do it right.
On the contrary I think that stabbing seems easier, for example if your target is the carotid arteries, I think it is easier to stab through your carotid triangle, with a knife even not so sharp and a little force I think it would be enough to achieve the goal, I don't know if I'm wrong and I'm missing a lot of information but I would really like to know why people never talk about stabbing, thank you in advance for your answers, love and peace to all.

 

[BEATNGU]

Probably because it would hurt too much and hesitation is an instinctive reaction to that much pain. On the subject of cutting it is far more effect to cut up and down the arm or artery rather than across. Bleeding to death is not that painful if done with precision. I have been told it gets quite cold though.

 

[Worndown]

It would be very hard to actually stab yourself. Try giving yourself an injection some day.

 

[lionetta12]

It would be very hard to actually stab yourself. Try giving yourself an injection some day.

I've cut myself a few times and that has been a lot easier for me at least, compared to injecting myself with medical syringes for example, which has actually been completely impossible so I didn't end up taking the medicine I was told to take.

 

[Worndown]

I understand. I had to do that twice a week for three years. Not once was it easy. I know cutting has a different drive.

 

[Hollowillow]

I have this doubt because in all the information I have gathered about this method of suicide I have noticed that most people ask about how to cut themselves, veins, arteries, carotids etc.

And from my point of view cutting yourself seems very complicated and painful, I think you would need a very sharp knife to do it right.
On the contrary I think that stabbing seems easier, for example if your target is the carotid arteries, I think it is easier to stab through your carotid triangle, with a knife even not so sharp and a little force I think it would be enough to achieve the goal, I don't know if I'm wrong and I'm missing a lot of information but I would really like to know why people never talk about stabbing, thank you in advance for your answers, love and peace to all.

You're a genius! But I told my friend not to seppuku because gut stabbing is a slow & maybe unlikely death? Without the person cutting heads with a sword to finish us off, it might be unlikely.

I drew a comic, he stabbed his throat with a big kitchen knife. Probably drowned in his own blood. Brutal.

carotid triangle? I love triangles. And knives. No clue what is it I'll ask google.

Hm... Not sure I could. Too much stuff going on there. I don't know what to stab. My SI would never let me

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I understand. I had to do that twice a week for three years. Not once was it easy. I know cutting has a different drive.

Why start & stop? Diabetes type 2 and you cured it with nutrition? I can't think of anything else...?

I still hesitate to prick my finger to test my hypoglycemia, thankfully rarely.

 

[Mephistopheles]

As someone who's cut themselves before it's because it's easier to hide if done in the lower extremities. Whereas stabbing requires a lot more explanation and an ER visit if not done with the purpose of killing

 

[PeacefullDeer21]

It would be very hard to actually stab yourself. Try giving yourself an injection some day.

True self injecting is difficult because you will feel the pain little by little and that would make you go back but what I mean exactly with stabbing is: mark with an X the artery you want to damage, do like the boxers and mark the punch a couple of times so you don't miss the punch and then when you feel ready, drop as hard as you can a quick punch, sure it will hurt like hell but you won't feel the pain until the damage is done and you can't back off, even if you are lucky according to several articles I have read from people who have been stabbed according to them sometimes it takes a while to feel the pain, either from shock or adrenaline.
I think in theory if all that went well and the arteries were damaged according to some books and media I have read, the loss of consciousness should not be more than 2 minutes and less than 5 seconds.
Again, I may be misinformed and I apologize in advance for that if so please correct my mistake.
And another thing I want to clarify for other people who read this is that my intention with all this is not to motivate people to kill themselves in this way please do not do it, there are more dignified and less painful ways to die, more than anything I ask this because these issues make me curious and especially this calls me the information for the little I have seen in the subtopics.

Peace