I apologize for sounding like I know what in hell I'm talking about. It's one of my many faults that no one will miss. Honestly, it could go a number of ways and all depends on a variety of factors:
- The weight of the person
- The sturdiness of the support for the ligature
- The type, length and thickness of the ligature
- The position of the ligature around the neck
- Whether the person is performing a full or partial suspension or drop hanging
- The type and amount of padding between the ligature and neck, if any
- The type and position of the knot used as the ligature
- Whether the person has any means prior to losing consciousness of relieving the pressure of the ligature
This is all based on months and months of cross-referencing suicides, auto-asphyxiation, live feed videos and testimonials from survivors of failed hanging and strangulation attempts. Too many to link to...
But in the end, it is what it is. Ultimately we just don't know and can't be certain until we make the attempt. And this method like any other comes with no guarantees of any aspect of it turning out the way we'd imagine.
Such is life and death.
Also, some poor girl in India died in agony because apparently she either didn't have the right materials or she just didn't do her research on the method. She ended up slowly (and I mean a good 15-20 minutes) suffocating to death in the pain of cutting off her windpipe instead of compressing her carotid arteries. Her ligature held but was so tight and she was dangling from a ceiling fan so she couldn't free herself. Horrid.