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THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF SUICIDE. SUICIDE IS A ONE-WAY TICKET AND THERE IS NO GOING BACK. SUICIDE SHOULD BE YOUR ABSOLUTE BOTTOM-OF-THE-BARREL LAST RESORT. DO NOT THROW AWAY YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU HAD A BAD DAY OR EVEN A BAD YEAR. REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE. GET HELP HOWEVER YOU CAN.
I'm going to post some suicide hotlines below, but please remember that these come with a disclaimer that the hotlines below may do a very inadequate job of helping you. These are posted out of respect for the site members who have major concerns about this.
THE SANCTUARY SITE TEAM ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES, DEATH, OR ANY MANNER OF HARM THAT MAY COME FROM FOLLOWING ANY INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS THREAD. WE ARE NOT MEDICAL EXPERTS AND DO NOT PRETEND TO BE.
If you see any errors in this guide, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Thank you.
I'm going to post some suicide hotlines below, but please remember that these come with a disclaimer that the hotlines below may do a very inadequate job of helping you. These are posted out of respect for the site members who have major concerns about this.
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Talk To Someone Now
If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the Lifeline network is available 24/7 across the United States.988lifeline.org -
Suicide prevention resources
Find resources for suicide prevention for your or someone you know.afsp.org -
Crisis Text Line | Text HOME To 741741 free, 24/7 Crisis Counseling
Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 support via text message. We're here for everything: anxiety, depression, suicide, school. Text HOME to 741741.www.crisistextline.org -
Veterans Crisis Line
24/7, confidential crisis support for Veterans and their loved ones. Contact the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988 then Press 1, chat online, or text 838255.www.veteranscrisisline.net - Canada
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National Suicide Prevention Helpline Uk » Home
www.spuk.org.uk -
Helplines and listening services
Find contact details for mental health helplines and listening services. Read about how these services could help if you are struggling.www.mind.org.uk - NZ
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Suicide Prevention
We develop information resources to support people who are worried about their own suicide risk or the suicide risk of someone else.mentalhealth.org.nz - Australia
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Suicide prevention - Beyond Blue
1 in 6 Australians will have thoughts of suicide. We can help you find the information and support you need to stay safe and help those close to you.www.beyondblue.org.au -
Find Help - Suicide Prevention Australia
www.suicidepreventionaust.org
THE SANCTUARY SITE TEAM ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES, DEATH, OR ANY MANNER OF HARM THAT MAY COME FROM FOLLOWING ANY INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS THREAD. WE ARE NOT MEDICAL EXPERTS AND DO NOT PRETEND TO BE.
ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS NO RETURNING FROM THIS. OPEN YOUR EYES. CONSIDER ALL YOUR OPTIONS. CONSIDER HOW THIS WILL TEAR APART THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU. YOUR LIFE IS NOT YOUR OWN. THIS WILL BE THE LAST WARNING I WILL GIVE.
Before we start, I feel I need to talk about why this guide/analysis is even being posted in the first place. Sanctuary is a place where we investigate the unknown. The not-talked-about. We stare into the deepest pits and we do not flinch. Further, we as a human race must progress. To progress requires knowledge, and knowledge is power. Power to create, to save, to change, and to destroy. The second thing is that this knowledge is not some secret confidential information. All pieces of information below could be gathered through a 5-second Google search and some basic logic. The third thing is that, as much as we all very understandably may not want to admit it, there ARE still a few situations where suicide is justified. For example, towards the latter part of terminal cancer. And the fourth and final thing is that some people may actually be comforted and assuaged by simply knowing that the option of suicide is ready and available to them. As long as it's available, might as well just see where life goes from here, just for the hell of it, and so, the decision is put off.
And so, without further ado, let's look at an overview of the methods ordered from worst to best.
NOT RECOMMENDED:
- Electrocution
- Falling
- Asphyxiation
MAYBE:
- Cutting
- Firearm
RECOMMENDED:
- Fentanyl
- Sleeping pills and alcohol
Electrocution
Pretty self-explanatory. Methods include a metal utensil in an active electrical socket or a plugged-in and turned-on toaster dropped into a bathtub filled with water. This method is very unreliable (some people have survived literal lightning bolts) and may cause permanent damage if you survive.
Falling
As in falling from a great height to a hard surface below. Again, self-explanatory. Methods include jumping off of a skyscraper or jumping off of a tall enough bridge. Like electrocution, this can be very unreliable and a gruesome way to die. Potentially incredibly painful and WILL cause permanent damage if you survive. Probably more reliable than electrocution though.
Asphyxiation
As in depriving yourself of oxygen for long enough through physical means. If I recall correctly, it takes around 5-10 seconds of solid choking before loss of consciousness occurs. Resources required for this are both low and at the same time high. The usual method for this is a kreh loop or a non-slip loop knot at a high enough point, the same knot at the end, then stand on a chair or bucket with the loop around your neck and then jump off. I think this method is unoptimal though. This obviously requires that you know HOW to tie such a knot, and if you mess up the process somehow, you could survive and cause permanent damage to yourself. It also requires that you have enough height and something above you to securely tie the rope to. If you are in a cramped prison cell, this will not work.
You could also go for asphyxiation through diving into deep water and keeping yourself under long enough to pass out. This may be harder to set up initially, but I think this would have more reliable results than the rope. May work well if you're on a deserted island with no resources and zero hope of rescue, as remote a possibility as that is.
Cutting
Now finally, we come to something with pretty reliable results and easy set up. The method for this is to slice down your wrists with an edge (the sharper, the better), fully parallel to your tendons. DO NOT SLICE ACROSS YOUR WRISTS. This will not only fail to work well but mess up your hand should you survive. Some people recommend doing this in a filled bathtub as it's supposedly more painless, but I don't know about that. Might just be a movie myth.
This method has the advantage of only needing a sufficiently sharp object to execute properly and has reliable results as long as nobody is able to resuscitate you in time with donor blood. It is a messy way to die though and it requires some mental fortitude to effectively slice yourself that deeply. Not everyone will have the stomach for that.
Firearm
This method is probably the quickest and most guaranteed way to kill yourself, but it has its own disadvantages. The method is to take a loaded firearm, aim it at your head, and pull the trigger. MAKE SURE TO AIM DIRECTLY AT THE BRAIN SO THE BULLET WILL GO RIGHT THROUGH THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN LOBES. IF YOU MISS, YOU WILL SURVIVE AND BE MISSING A PART OF YOUR FACE. MAKE SURE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO ONE IN THE PATH OF THE BULLET WHEN IT EXITS YOUR SKULL. This is usually done with a handgun of some sort but can also be accomplished with a long gun as well. That's not recommended though as it's obviously much more awkward. Beyond that, this is probably the most messy way to go and the most traumatizing for others to see, and you can forget about an open-casket funeral. And even beyond all that, you might be in a country where acquiring a firearm is impossible or really difficult. In the end, this method really should not be used unless you absolutely have to, but... It does definitely work.
Fentanyl
Fentanyl is very deadly at even very low doses, and at this time, this drug is getting pushed like mad in the US by every single shady dealer from here to Florida. Super cheap to make, kinda cheap to buy (about $150 for a gram it seems, which is easily enough to kill you), extremely easy to overdose with, and the overdose is a fully painless experience, often compared to immediately going to sleep. You better make sure you take enough though because if you survive, you're probably going to have a pretty damn major addiction to this drug. The one issue with it (and it is a large one) is that it does require you to go through a black market seller in order to obtain it, and that's just a giant pain in the ass. If you know where to get it though, just take as much of it as you can, and as long as someone doesn't get to you in time with a dose of Narcan, you'll be thoroughly dead. If you really want to go nuclear overkill with it, you could take it with alcohol, but it's really not necessary in the slightest as long as you take enough fentanyl, which really should not be hard. Oh, and one more note. The fentanyl will kick in within a matter of seconds. It really does work extremely fast.
Sleeping pills and alcohol
WARNING: I was not able to fully confirm just how reliable this combination is. There was a post on Reddit of someone saying they tried this and were able to survive it, but this could be either, one, someone lying and trying to prevent suicides, or two, the person not taking enough alcohol and sleeping pills together. In any case, I've seen a few news stories where this combination was definitely successful in killing someone.
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Assuming you can't or don't want to obtain fentanyl, the next best thing and by far the most accessible way is to combine sleeping pills with alcohol. And yes, you MUST take the sleeping pills with alcohol. Current day sleeping pills like Tylenol PM are rather hard to overdose with. You can do it but it's not reliable at all. With the alcohol though amplifying the sleeping pill's effects, you should be out very quickly. Chug something incredibly alcoholic like vodka or Everclear then take as many pills as you can. Of course though, you will need to be 21 or over to purchase the alcohol.
And so, without further ado, let's look at an overview of the methods ordered from worst to best.
NOT RECOMMENDED:
- Electrocution
- Falling
- Asphyxiation
MAYBE:
- Cutting
- Firearm
RECOMMENDED:
- Fentanyl
- Sleeping pills and alcohol
Electrocution
Pretty self-explanatory. Methods include a metal utensil in an active electrical socket or a plugged-in and turned-on toaster dropped into a bathtub filled with water. This method is very unreliable (some people have survived literal lightning bolts) and may cause permanent damage if you survive.
Falling
As in falling from a great height to a hard surface below. Again, self-explanatory. Methods include jumping off of a skyscraper or jumping off of a tall enough bridge. Like electrocution, this can be very unreliable and a gruesome way to die. Potentially incredibly painful and WILL cause permanent damage if you survive. Probably more reliable than electrocution though.
Asphyxiation
As in depriving yourself of oxygen for long enough through physical means. If I recall correctly, it takes around 5-10 seconds of solid choking before loss of consciousness occurs. Resources required for this are both low and at the same time high. The usual method for this is a kreh loop or a non-slip loop knot at a high enough point, the same knot at the end, then stand on a chair or bucket with the loop around your neck and then jump off. I think this method is unoptimal though. This obviously requires that you know HOW to tie such a knot, and if you mess up the process somehow, you could survive and cause permanent damage to yourself. It also requires that you have enough height and something above you to securely tie the rope to. If you are in a cramped prison cell, this will not work.
You could also go for asphyxiation through diving into deep water and keeping yourself under long enough to pass out. This may be harder to set up initially, but I think this would have more reliable results than the rope. May work well if you're on a deserted island with no resources and zero hope of rescue, as remote a possibility as that is.
Cutting
Now finally, we come to something with pretty reliable results and easy set up. The method for this is to slice down your wrists with an edge (the sharper, the better), fully parallel to your tendons. DO NOT SLICE ACROSS YOUR WRISTS. This will not only fail to work well but mess up your hand should you survive. Some people recommend doing this in a filled bathtub as it's supposedly more painless, but I don't know about that. Might just be a movie myth.
This method has the advantage of only needing a sufficiently sharp object to execute properly and has reliable results as long as nobody is able to resuscitate you in time with donor blood. It is a messy way to die though and it requires some mental fortitude to effectively slice yourself that deeply. Not everyone will have the stomach for that.
Firearm
This method is probably the quickest and most guaranteed way to kill yourself, but it has its own disadvantages. The method is to take a loaded firearm, aim it at your head, and pull the trigger. MAKE SURE TO AIM DIRECTLY AT THE BRAIN SO THE BULLET WILL GO RIGHT THROUGH THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN LOBES. IF YOU MISS, YOU WILL SURVIVE AND BE MISSING A PART OF YOUR FACE. MAKE SURE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO ONE IN THE PATH OF THE BULLET WHEN IT EXITS YOUR SKULL. This is usually done with a handgun of some sort but can also be accomplished with a long gun as well. That's not recommended though as it's obviously much more awkward. Beyond that, this is probably the most messy way to go and the most traumatizing for others to see, and you can forget about an open-casket funeral. And even beyond all that, you might be in a country where acquiring a firearm is impossible or really difficult. In the end, this method really should not be used unless you absolutely have to, but... It does definitely work.
Fentanyl
Fentanyl is very deadly at even very low doses, and at this time, this drug is getting pushed like mad in the US by every single shady dealer from here to Florida. Super cheap to make, kinda cheap to buy (about $150 for a gram it seems, which is easily enough to kill you), extremely easy to overdose with, and the overdose is a fully painless experience, often compared to immediately going to sleep. You better make sure you take enough though because if you survive, you're probably going to have a pretty damn major addiction to this drug. The one issue with it (and it is a large one) is that it does require you to go through a black market seller in order to obtain it, and that's just a giant pain in the ass. If you know where to get it though, just take as much of it as you can, and as long as someone doesn't get to you in time with a dose of Narcan, you'll be thoroughly dead. If you really want to go nuclear overkill with it, you could take it with alcohol, but it's really not necessary in the slightest as long as you take enough fentanyl, which really should not be hard. Oh, and one more note. The fentanyl will kick in within a matter of seconds. It really does work extremely fast.
Sleeping pills and alcohol
WARNING: I was not able to fully confirm just how reliable this combination is. There was a post on Reddit of someone saying they tried this and were able to survive it, but this could be either, one, someone lying and trying to prevent suicides, or two, the person not taking enough alcohol and sleeping pills together. In any case, I've seen a few news stories where this combination was definitely successful in killing someone.
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Assuming you can't or don't want to obtain fentanyl, the next best thing and by far the most accessible way is to combine sleeping pills with alcohol. And yes, you MUST take the sleeping pills with alcohol. Current day sleeping pills like Tylenol PM are rather hard to overdose with. You can do it but it's not reliable at all. With the alcohol though amplifying the sleeping pill's effects, you should be out very quickly. Chug something incredibly alcoholic like vodka or Everclear then take as many pills as you can. Of course though, you will need to be 21 or over to purchase the alcohol.
If you see any errors in this guide, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Thank you.
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