Discussion Why is stabbing not more popular for CtB?

[canoekit]

I have been planning my suicide for a few months and I've settled for a combination of OD and stabbing myself.

I have good methodology and resources for it. I am aware of how painful it can be and the consequences of it being unsuccessful. However, since I'm planning to do this uninterrupted and in a place where I cannot be found, I am hopeful I'll either die of exsanguation or respiratory arrest.

The reason why I ask why it's not more popular is simply because it seems quite accessible and easy to perform (with careful research and plan beforehand). Survival knives are fairly available online, in published suicide cases kitchen knives are also utilised (though not recommended due to the material they're made out of, and the risk of the blade breaking or getting stuck inside due to the force required to stab). Human anatomy is easy to grasp, it's up to you if you want to bleed out in a few minutes to hours. If you're actively suicidal, or maybe this is just my experience, but the pain involved isn't an issue. Survival instinct can be negated if you're under the influence or are just that determined/patient.

I would enquire here whether my specific method is reliable, but I think I'll make that a separate thread.

 

[U. A.]

Sigh.

Non-methods that should not be attempted

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[ElTopo]

You'll lose strenght in your own hands the second you stab yourself the first time, that is if you manage to overcome si.
And even if you somehow manage no guarantee of death+excruciating pain=non method

 

[everydaythesame]

I was the victim of a stabbing quite a few years ago. i was stabbed 7 times in the back. didnt feel a thing, took a few steps then collapsed with a punctured lung. all i wanted to was sleep. just remember drifting in and out of consciousness. I remember the ambulance driving slow because of the blood spilling out of me. I felt this peace though and no pain, admittedly I was pissed but I just wanted to sleep. paramedics were just trying to keep me awake, I went into cardiac arrest but strangely I remember quite vividly the paramedics putting a tube down my throat to resuscitate me and I remember coming back. next few days we're spent in surgery and intensive care. a couple of days after the stabbing, peace was broken and the pain hit. felt like I couldn't breathe for days due to the punctured lung and lacerated kidneys. I was still bleeding from wounds 2 weeks later. I've cut my wrist but that's a different story. it isn't the way to go pal, unless you do it through the heart or locate a artery, which is pretty difficult, you will just leave a mess.

 

[Siamese Believe]

Denial and fear, a good stab to the left ventricle while the door is locked and or barricaded, no survival…

 

[Forveleth]

Only 1%-4% of successful suicides are from cutting/stabbing. The reason we do not talk about it is because it usually does not work. Although one person nearly succeeded with it and discussed their experience here. I will try to find the thread.
Found:

Self-stabbing and my experience.

18th of March last year I stabbed myself with the intention of dying. Unsurprisingly, this isn't a common method to ctb and I haven't seen much if anything written about it, so I thought I would make a post about my experience. TLDR: it's way harder to die this way than you think, and surviving...

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I would enquire here whether my specific method is reliable, but I think I'll make that a separate thread.

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[closetoyou]

hanging yourself properly would be a far better method tbh, i would very much advise against stabbing yourself

 

[enough of this]

Probably because it would require falling on a strategically-placed knife (to the heart), or the help of someone else to achieve the task.
I would think shooting yourself, either in the head or the heart, would be easier to do.

 

[U. A.]

Although one person nearly succeeded with it and discussed their experience here. I will try to find the thread.
Found:

Self-stabbing and my experience.

18th of March last year I stabbed myself with the intention of dying. Unsurprisingly, this isn't a common method to ctb and I haven't seen much if anything written about it, so I thought I would make a post about my experience. TLDR: it's way harder to die this way than you think, and surviving...

sanctioned-suicide.net

Morbid as this is I am bookmarking it as a prime example for forthcoming neophytes who think that stabbing is at all viable. THAT PERSON DID THE DEED UNFLINCHINGLY AND FUCKING SURVIVED, MAN

 

[madameviolette]

Morbid as this is I am bookmarking it as a prime example for forthcoming neophytes who think that stabbing is at all viable. THAT PERSON DID THE DEED UNFLINCHINGLY AND FUCKING SURVIVED, MAN

This guy stabbed himself without any benzos or alcohol ?

Wow. I mean I've also seen people planning on immolating themselves here.

 

[gasforme]

I knew someone who was murdered by being stabbed a couple times in the chest but I can't imagine doing it to myself.

 

[DeathSweetDeath]

You'd just be combining two non-methods. Two non methods do not add up to one viable method. Just choose one viable method.

 

[gasforme]

Morbid as this is I am bookmarking it as a prime example for forthcoming neophytes who think that stabbing is at all viable. THAT PERSON DID THE DEED UNFLINCHINGLY AND FUCKING SURVIVED, MAN

I would kill myself over the hospital bills

 

[Sphinxi]

I have stabbed myself a few times, but never in a lethal spot. It hurts a lot, and SI kicks into overdrive. It is very hard to do to yourself